Tre Bannink September 2010 BLACK BROOK RABBITRY PRESENTS 8 grade HOW TO START A RABBITRY Why start. Take one look at the domestic rabbit, and you will understand its appeal. Recognize it as an animal that thrives almost anywhere and is inexpensive to obtain and easy to maintain. Add its legend any prolificacy, its unmatched cleanliness, and a steadfast refusal to bark at the moon at midnight or crow at the neighbor at 6 A.M. Consider, above all, its versatility, and you will readily comprehend it’s steadily, zooming popularity.

If you going to start a rabbitry you will first need to be able to find out if u have the space for a 35 by 24 rabbit hutch for indoors or outdoors. Once u get all that figured out, u need to find out what kind of bedding u will be getting. The three best bedding u can get is straw, hay, and wood shavings. In the summer u would probably want to mix wood shavings and hay. You could also put a frozen water bottle in there so they can lie on it to cool down. It’s a good idea to have the bedding about 3 inches thick through out the hole box of the hutch. In winter line the whole cage with stray or hay. If it is possible get the straw or hay stacte on the sides of the walls.

The next step of building a rabbitry is to build your herd. There is multiple different rabbits to choose from. You could pick the small breeds, like the Nether Land Dwarf or the large breeds, like the German Grey Giant. You also need to know what you are raising rabbits for. The top three things for rabbits are meat, show, and breeding. If you choose to raise them for meat you want to go with the giant breeds. New Zealand Whites make a good meat market rabbit, but make sure to stay away from Flemish giant, because they are big bond and there is no money in raising them. Next comes the show rabbits, when picking a show rabbit you have to look for serration qualities in the rabbits. The fur should be nice and smooth; ears need to be cleaned, etc. Then there is breeding rabbit for breeding. First u have to find out what kind of rabbits people are raising around you area. Too build a herd for breeding the rabbits must registered, because you are trying to sell top quality litters.

Now it is time to name your rabbitry. It is all up to you what you name it. Once you done that you must find a way to attract customers. Go visit local rabbitrys or fares and tell them what you got. Then you ask them if there interested and tell them where they can find you. It also ant a bad idea if you enter your rabbits in the far. Then the will be able to see what you got or you could sell after the show.

Now you have the knowledge to start your own rabbitry. If you think all this knowledge I work so hard to type, please crumple op this paper and through it in the trash can!!!