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Five Key Points for Raising Rex Rabbits in Autumn
1. Do a good job of autumn breeding. Strengthen nutrition and raise the rabbits carefully so that breeding bucks adapt to the environment and build up their constitution for autumn breeding. The age for first mating is 7 to 8 months for bucks and over 6 months for does, and the body weight at first mating should reach over 3.5 kg. In late autumn, does reach their peak in mating.
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Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Vesicular Stomatitis in Rabbits: A Must-Read for Rabbit Keepers
1. Symptoms: Sick rabbits have difficulty eating and chewing, reduced appetite or refusal to eat, followed by indigestion, diarrhea, and dehydration. Body temperature rises to 40-41°C. They become depressed, gradually emaciated, and die of exhaustion after 5-10 days. 2. Prevention and Treatment Measures: Strengthen feeding management in normal times. Regularly disinfect rabbit houses, rabbit cages, and equipment with 0.5% peracetic acid or 2% sodium hydroxide solution. If rabbits with excessive salivation are found, they should be isolated for observation and treatment in a timely manner. Healthy rabbits can be fed concentrate mixed with 5 grams of sulfadimidine per kilogram for prevention. For symptomatic treatment and control of secondary infections, the following drugs can be selected.
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Key Points of Winter Feeding and Management Techniques for Angora Rabbits
Along with the rise in rabbit wool purchase prices, the Angora rabbit breeding industry has begun to recover, and many farmer friends have started to shift their breeding focus to Angora rabbits. However, in feeding and management, the author has found that some breeders spend a lot of money to buy improved-breed rabbits, but in feeding and management they still
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Methods to Increase the Conception Rate in Meat Rabbit Breeding
The autumn climate is suitable, meat rabbits have a strong appetite, their reproductive function is active, and the conception rate is high. Generally speaking, when a doe is in estrus, the conception rate from mating is high, so the rabbit herd should be checked frequently for estrus, so that estrus is detected promptly and mating is carried out promptly. When mating, care should be taken to place the doe into the buck's
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How to raise Rex rabbit kits well? The key is to grasp three critical stages
Ensure a good weaning stage. Young rabbits start eating at 16 days, fed a small amount of easily digestible tender grass, vegetable leaves, etc. At 22 days, begin providing complete-price feed, and feed small amounts frequently. When young rabbits are 28-42 days old and reach a weight of 750 grams, they can be weaned. Use the intermittent weaning method, nursing once every other day, and after the
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Seventeen Methods for Angora Rabbit Farming to Make Rabbits Grow More Wool
1. For each rabbit, use 0.5 g of sulfur, 1 g of silkworm droppings, 1 g of Smilax glabra, and 0.1 g of trace elements daily. After mixing and crushing, mix evenly with feed and feed to the rabbits. Generally, wool can be clipped 7-10 days earlier. 2. After Angora rabbits are sheared for 1-2 days, inject 250 mg of vitamin B12 intramuscularly into each rabbit daily,
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How to Improve the Survival Rate of Young Rabbits in Rabbit Farming
Young rabbits refer to young rabbits from weaning to 3 months of age. In rabbit farming, young rabbits are the hardest to raise and have the lowest survival rate. The main reasons are: 1. High requirements for environmental conditions. The young rabbit stage is the period of fastest weight gain in a rabbit's entire life. Under good feeding conditions,
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How to prevent and treat emaciation disease in wild rabbits? Prevention and control measures that farmers must know
Young rabbits within 3 months of age are more prone to a kind of emaciation disease. Its symptoms are reduced appetite in the sick rabbits, dull or discolored hair coat, walking with an arched back, pale ocular conjunctiva, gradual emaciation, and finally death from exhaustion with skin clinging to bones. The sick rabbits that survive show stunted development and lose their breeding value
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How to raise Rex rabbits? Master these five breeding key points
Pay attention to improved breed selection: strictly select improved breeds according to the characteristics of Rex rabbit fur being short, flat, fine and dense. Color types should not be too many, and white and "eight-point black" should be the main ones, adhering to the principle of staged selection. When the body weight reaches more than two kilograms, attention should be paid to the selection of fur quality indicators
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High-yield breeding techniques for increasing wool production in Angora rabbits in winter
Scientific feeding. Angora rabbits are somewhat selective about feed. For example, they like leafy feed and sweet-tasting feed, and are especially fond of carrots and sulfur-containing feed. Where conditions permit, adding a small amount of sugar, earthworm powder, or vegetable oil to the daily ration can further improve its palatability.
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