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Breeding Bullet Points
HOLLAND LOPS
Visit www.arb.net go to specialty clubs and
then to Holland lops
BREEDING:
Place Doe into Bucks cage
Breed 3 times 30 minutes apart or Twice 8 hrs apart
Place nest box in cage at 28 days (babies come at 30 days or as late as 36
days)
Rebreed the Doe within 3 days after she has bunnies
o If Doe keeps the babies, like in the summer, then rebreed at 26 to 28 days
after she had babies.
o If you miss at 28 days then go to 40 to 42 days after she dropped. (2 week
cycle from when doe has bunnies)
Wean babies at 14 days old
Nest box is used in cage for 16 to 18 days then get babies on hey on top of
the wire. Use fine blade grass hay.
Separate babies from mother at 6 to 8 weeks (6 weeks for big litter or 8 weeks
for small litter)
Place nest box back in cage 28 days after Doe was rebreed
Baby BUNNIES
Wean babies at 14 days old
Start with 1 table spoon Alf Alfa leaves and 8-10 pellets
Gradually decrease Alf Alfa and increase pellets
At 2 ½ to 4 months add oats and ½ table spoon docks
At 7 months feed 2 table spoons pellets and small amount of Alf Alfa
Feed Holland lops ½ cup feed per day
Add vitamin E oil to feed (wheat germ oil) about 1 tablespoon per 25 lbs.
PET CALM
Blue GOO, Probios by Jeffers (300 ml-gram for
around $16) |
