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| How late in the year is too late for breeding? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 21 2012, 07:27 AM (744 Views) | |
| SomeBunny2Love | Aug 21 2012, 07:27 AM Post #1 |
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I palpated one of my mini lops again this morning. She should be due on Thursday (so in 2 days) and I still can't feel a thing. I'm pretty sure she's NOT pregnant. I found some mini lops local to me, and I am thinking about calling to set up a time to come see them and find out if they have any senior bucks available. Problem is, if I breed them now, we're looking at late Sept. litters. It's already dropping down into the 50s at night here, and my rabbits are outside. So my question is: How cold is too cold for newborn bunnies? Should I just wait until Spring to try again? |
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Amanda, raising Lionheads and Mini Lops since 2012 Brough Burrows Rabbitry | |
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| fuzzypatch | Aug 21 2012, 12:30 PM Post #2 |
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Baby Gandalf ❤ R.I.P.
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Honestly, babies can die from being cold in the summer. I have never had a "too cold" problem, I live in Florida. Most breeders breed during the winter, and take a break in the summer. If it gets too cold, they bring the nesting boxes inside. The fur from momma should be enough for 50 degree weather. Someone with more experience will jump in, but I think you're fine to breed throughout winter. |
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| Maple Front Rabbitry | Aug 21 2012, 12:46 PM Post #3 |
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I agree with K-risp. The only months that I don't breed in are July & August because of the heat. I live in Canada and I rarely have problems with the cold. I do have a little electric box heater for when it gets really bad. Rabbits handle the cold very well. Newborns not so much, of course. But like she said as long as mom pulls lots of fur and keeps the babies covered they should be fine. Edited by Maple Front Rabbitry, Aug 21 2012, 12:47 PM.
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| GorbyJobRabbits | Aug 21 2012, 07:13 PM Post #4 |
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Hey, look at you! You chatterbox you. Now you can request a new title! PM the Admin to do so
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i breed all year 'round and just bring the nest box in at night if need be for the first 2 weeks. |
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| SpotLover | Aug 21 2012, 10:44 PM Post #5 |
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Hey, look at you! You chatterbox you. Now you can request a new title! PM the Admin to do so
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I breed year-round. My bunnies head indoors once it starts getting in the negatives, though! |
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Rainefall Rabbitry Raising... Harlequin's in black, blue, & chocolate Japanese and Magpie | |
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| athomepets | Aug 25 2012, 12:24 PM Post #6 |
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This bunny isn't leaving anytime soon
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my rabbits kindle year round even in the depths of South-Western ontario. I get better litters in the winter with less losses than any other time of the year. They are housed out of doors in an unheated portable garage. Edited by athomepets, Aug 25 2012, 12:24 PM.
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| flemishgiantbreeder | Oct 2 2012, 06:39 PM Post #7 |
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I breed threw spring fall and winter and stop during the summer as my doe's don't like to breed at 80 to 90 dagree weather. so during the fall and spring and winter season i breed my doe's and we are suppose to get down to the lower 30's tonight and i have a litter of 4 12 day old kits that have all survived in the lower night's momma pulled lots of fur aswell i have stacked aspen in the nest boxs and alot of alfalfa/grass hay in the nest boxs for her as so has she put alot more hay in the nest boxs. all my rabbits are out side and i have no problem in the colder season's and i don't bring in the nest boxses at all and they are fine. I check on them before we go to bed make sure they havent jumped out of the nest box's. I should have 2 more litters here on the 22nd of this month. |
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| The Thicket Rabbitry | Oct 2 2012, 06:50 PM Post #8 |
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Somebunny is a awfully chatty
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We generally breed year round. If it gets too cold, we bring the expecting Mother's in. We've had many kits not make it due to the cold. It breaks your heart. |
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The Thicket Rabbitry Jackie, Erin and Heather, and our many beautiful bunnies! | |
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| NeuBunny | Oct 3 2012, 06:55 AM Post #9 |
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Genetics Geek!
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we bred 3 the first week of September in the first cool break we had. FA didn't take - 1 JW (who had 6 kits her first litter) had just 1 doa at day 35 (big kit - maybe too big) - and 1 survivor of a littler of 3 (1 larger stretched kit assume the other doa got stuck behind it) .... so -- possible the bucks hadn't recovered fully from the heat - resulting in smaller litters of larger kits? if so, how long should you wait for bucks to recover for fall litters (we are now starting to turn cold, so not sure how much later one can safely wait before too cold for kits becomes an issue in unheated rabbitry). This was our first try at fall breeding (other than the AFL which hasn't ever taken) - very disappointing relative to our spring litters. I've gotten used to the occassional peanut, but the larger DOAs are heartbreaking Edited by NeuBunny, Oct 3 2012, 06:57 AM.
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| Asinaway | Oct 3 2012, 01:50 PM Post #10 |
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Social Bunny
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I breed all year round. Last year I had my Doe's in a heated garage which worked wonders. Only problem I have ever had in the winter is if a kit some how comes out of the nesting box, or a mom delivers on the wire. I really had no grace period of time to get them back in the box, like I do in the summer months. |
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