Hey all! Hope you don't mind giving a newbie some advice! Does everybody here separate their rabbits into individual cages? I thought that was the only way to do it, but I bought my first 2 meat rabbits yesterday. Their parents lived together in a large hutch, at least twice the usual size of meat rabbit cages I've seen, with another of the same size that they kept the young rabbits in. He said this was their 2nd large litter and he's always housed them together with no problems. I got 2 boys, Californias, they were all he had left. I need to email another seller back to get 2 or 3 New Zealand does. How old do they need to be before breeding? I believe the boys I got are 8 weeks old, and I assume the does will be somewhere around that age, since that seems to be what they all are when they're for sale. So 2 mos old, I have heard 4 months, and I have heard 6 months minimum for breeding, which is it? I'm purposely breeding mixed breeds, so they'll have some nice hybrid vigor, growing bigger faster. My kids are eating me out of house and home now. My only daughter is my youngest, and she barely eats anything. My 3 boys are a different story, and all they want is meat! With that in mind, do you think should get 2 or 3 does? Or even more??? I would like to be able to have 1 whole rabbit for a meal probably 3 times per week by next year. That's my goal. I already know we like rabbit. I just got some milk goats from the farmer's market guy I get chicken, lamb, and goat meat from, and I occasionally buy rabbit from him, too.
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