So... I gave up trying to hobby farm rabbits about a year ago. The city said we couldn't keep rabbits, period. They were OK with other animals though; just not with rabbits.
I'm actually OK with it. I don't like how they smell. And it wasn't working for me.
But in the back of my mind I want to know why it didn't work. That part bothered me.
I tried for 6 to 8 months trying to get the rabbits to breed and produce litters of new baby rabbits to raise for meat and to sell. And never ever did any of them get pregnant. This I found puzzling. They had beautiful cages, that were very clean. They had shade from the heat. And they had plenty of water and feed. They always had water access. I tried to keep the cages from getting too hot in summer also, and the overhang on top should have kept them not too hot.. or do you need a second overhang of wood over the top of the cage, to keep that piece cool too?
There was 10 rabbits. 8 were does, and 2 were bucks.
But none of them could ever get pregnant, even with alternating the bucks in.
...
Is there a way someone could somehow make the rabbits infertile before selling them to people like me, so that they could cut out competitors? This was especially something I wanted to ask.
Or are people selling rabbits that are too close to each other genetically to the point of the new ones being sold could be all infertile? (Or could that have been intentional also?)
I probably won't be able to rabbit farm for a bit. But still in the back of my mind, they should have been able to get pregnant. How is it that 100% of the does never got pregnant? In terms of math, there should be a failure rate, but for 100% to fail should be impossible. At worst, it should have been the case that maybe 5 or 6 failed to get pregnant and maybe only 1 or 2 would succeed. But that didn't work either.
I'm actually OK with it. I don't like how they smell. And it wasn't working for me.
But in the back of my mind I want to know why it didn't work. That part bothered me.
I tried for 6 to 8 months trying to get the rabbits to breed and produce litters of new baby rabbits to raise for meat and to sell. And never ever did any of them get pregnant. This I found puzzling. They had beautiful cages, that were very clean. They had shade from the heat. And they had plenty of water and feed. They always had water access. I tried to keep the cages from getting too hot in summer also, and the overhang on top should have kept them not too hot.. or do you need a second overhang of wood over the top of the cage, to keep that piece cool too?
There was 10 rabbits. 8 were does, and 2 were bucks.
But none of them could ever get pregnant, even with alternating the bucks in.
...
Is there a way someone could somehow make the rabbits infertile before selling them to people like me, so that they could cut out competitors? This was especially something I wanted to ask.
Or are people selling rabbits that are too close to each other genetically to the point of the new ones being sold could be all infertile? (Or could that have been intentional also?)
I probably won't be able to rabbit farm for a bit. But still in the back of my mind, they should have been able to get pregnant. How is it that 100% of the does never got pregnant? In terms of math, there should be a failure rate, but for 100% to fail should be impossible. At worst, it should have been the case that maybe 5 or 6 failed to get pregnant and maybe only 1 or 2 would succeed. But that didn't work either.