at what age to breed a minj rex rabbits

• #1

I take to Mini King does and one is 4 months and one is three months. I've heard some people brood every bit early as four months (too young, IMO), but most say six to 8 months to breed. I've then far merely breed rabbits over a twelvemonth old, so what do y'all prefer? My i, Abby, volition be five months this month. Cutie will exist four months this calendar month. All advice is appreciated.

Million

• #2

Some of the smaller breeds do need to exist bred before they are fully mature because the pelvic bones will fuse. If they have the offset litter after the, she can take trouble delivering the kits which could pb to death of the litter and the doe. Larger breeds tin can wait longer, only should withal be have the first litter around the historic period of 1 year old.

While I am non a breed (and one will probably come along to give a meliorate answer soon), I would say that they could be safely bred most virtually six-viii months onetime. You really want them to exist healthy and physically able to behave a litter and intendance for them afterward birth.

• #3

It depends on the rabbit. If the line has a history of hard to breed does trying as early every bit 5 months is fine if the doe is of proper size and health. If you lot do not breed a rabbit from a harder line and then yous are request for trouble, a rabbit that may not desire to breed until afterward a year or never. If you feel practiced most them being easy to breed expect until half dozen months. At 6 months the rabbit should be plently mature enough in size, mind, and sexually. The sooner they are bred later hitting proper size and age the better. I take heard from a few breeders of smaller breeds that if they look until viii months does are not as set up to brood and take more birthing probles. 5-6 months for a breed such as the Mini Rex is expert. Never over a year if i can help it.

Remember, the starting time litter is usually hit and miss. It is a trial litter, the doe trying the kickoff time and probably declining. My kind of Mentor in bunny breeding told me to never expect the doe to raise her first litter. He said in his herd the biggest portion of them lost their first litter. He likewise used the "Three strikes and your out" method. All rabbits I got from him where the finest moms and breeders, he only kept the productively all-time rabbits and his line was better for it - breeding wise.

• #4

Historic period to breed:

Pocket-sized breeds: four months

medium breeds: 4 1/2 to five 1/ii months

Giant breeds: 6-7 months

Fat build up around the reproductive organs of a doe is the main reason that breeding should not exist delayed. Nosotros try to go our junior does of pocket-sized breeds bred before half-dozen months of age.

Pam

• #5

Korr_and_Sophie wrote:

Some of the smaller breeds do need to exist bred before they are fully mature because the pelvic bones will fuse.

Pelvic bones fuse together in every vertebrae. Information technology is a myth that this has an agin result on rabbit/cavy breeding.

Pam

• #half-dozen

I have Hollands (a small breed) and wait to breed until 6 months. I seem to have success with this. It seems that if you breed much younger, a lot of does don't accept the natural instinct to accept care of their young. JMPO.

• #vii

IMO, I like a rabbit to exist physically washed growing. I but cant see getting a rabbit PG if she is still growing herself and so her body has to supply intendance to kits inside also?
No, thats not for me.

I get by the age the rabbit is done growing physically. For my rabbits thats shut to 1 yr. The primeval is seven months for my more English crosses. My English are grown faster than my French. The French have a little longer to fill out.

I besides like a nice suspension inbetween pregnancies. After weaning, which I let happen natural when mom does it, and so I expect at least iii more months before I attempt another convenance. Thats the soonest I will rebreed.

If a litter is lost, same affair no sooner than 3 months after the teats are totally dry out.

I personally see no reason for fast breeding unless its for production and I dont do production raised rabbits equally I dont raise them to make any money.

• #eight

I've usually bred betwixt 5 adn 6 months of historic period, with my dutch, hollands and mini king. Though I've only ever had two mommy's lose their beginning litter. I dutch and i kingdom of the netherlands, all the other have all raised their first litters(Kitty raised them until they were 3 weeks and so killed ane, so i removed the other and the foster died). I try non to breed more 3 times a year per doe. while some i've culled, some to pet homes, others i take sold into show/brood.
My mini rex doe, i bred her at six months and she can have i litter a year and notwithstanding produce the following yr at once a year, she unremarkably will take care of young kids if i take to remove them from mommy early even though she has no milk(kits are canteen fed milk but munching on pellets) merely her sister was waited until she was almost a twelvemonth to bred and still, at 3 years of age volition not produce live kits, she kills them after a few days if she does produce.

• #nine

I will wait until Abby is 5 months and so. She is a Mini Rex. Thanks for the information!

• #10

I breed my Mini Rex does at vi months... although I know of a breeder who breeds her does at v months.

Emily

• #11

I might wait until half dozen months. I'one thousand not entirely sure. I'm non doing it to make quick cash, and so I am not going to blitz her.

• #12

I recall all of ours the dwarfs we waited until 6 months becuase they're generally done growing.

I thought the simply rabbit brood that in that location were major issues with was the Flemish Giants and that was because of fat buildup or something forth those lines.

I've never had ANY issues breeding my rabbits at different ages, whatsoever felt former plenty for that particular rabbit. I want to feel the rabbit is mature plenty in every manner to intendance for a litter then its not a waste on her body or my fourth dimension. Depending on size the historic period goes up.

Though where some people are proverb a rabbit shouldnt be sold until 8 weeks old.... how so is information technology onetime enough to breed 4 weeks afterwards?

• #13

AndersonsRabbits wrote:

Though where some people are saying a rabbit shouldnt be sold until 8 weeks old.... how then is it onetime enough to brood four weeks later?

4 weeks after would make the rabbit iii months one-time, which is quite young for any rabbit to exist bred.

Emily

• #14

BlueSkyAcresRabbitry wrote:

AndersonsRabbits wrote:

Though where some people are saying a rabbit shouldnt be sold until 8 weeks old.... how and then is information technology old enough to breed 4 weeks later?

4 weeks later on would make the rabbit 3 months old, which is quite young for any rabbit to be bred.

Emily

I know thats what I was meaning.I def agree iii months is too young

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