BASIC RABBIT
MANAGEMENT &
MODULE 1
MORNING STAR RABBITRY
POBLACION, BILAR, BOHOL
PHILIPPINES
Morning Star Rabbitry
MODULE 1
• Talk like a rabbit Farmer
* Why Raise Rabbit ?
• Doe & Buck
* A Rabbit Farmer
• Rabbits are Profitable
• Rabbit Care Guide
• Housing/Cages
• Rabbit Meat vs the rest
• DIY Cage-Estimated
Cost/Materials
* Things to Consider
Talk like a rabbit Farmer
Doe - female rabbit Gestation – Time between breeding
Buck – male rabbit and kindling
Spraying –Marking its territory
Dam –mother rabbit Chinning - Rub chin containing scent
Sire – father rabbit gland
Stomping – Nervous
Breeding – Mating rabbit
Kits – Offspring
Testing - Confirming doe pregnancy Litter – Group of offspring
Nesting –Putting a nest box in the Weaning – Separating the litter
doe’s cage from the dam
Kindling – Giving Birth
Why Raise Rabbit ?
* Farmed and slaughtered all over the
world – mostly in European countries
* One of the healthiest meat – low in
fat, high in protein, protein does not
convert to uric acid (according to W.H.O.)
* Can be butchered at home
* They have a light impact on the
earth, and they're healthy, all-white
meat.” Rich in highly-quality proteins,
omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin B12, and
minerals like calcium and potassium
* rabbit meat is also lean and low in
cholesterol
Doe & Buck
The protruding
circle The flatter slit
Here’s how we hold is the girl
is the boy
them - bottoms-up in bunny
bunny
our lap, head against
our stomach and hind
end towards the
knees
A Rabbit Farmer
Before, taking actions a rabbit farmer
need to know this
Their behavior – Important
to strengthen care
Shelter – Make plans for
housing before start raising rabbits.
Feeding process.
Care setup, and Maintenance
Diseases and the prevention steps
Most importantly the breeding process
Rabbits are Profitable
Affordable to feed
Medium-sized animals that grow fast
Prolific and multiple easily – can be bred at
5-6 months old with gestation period of only
28 to 32 days (no estrus cycle)
One breeding pair of rabbits – and their
offspring – can create nearly 4
million rabbits in only 4 years
As prey animals, reproduction is
the rabbit's only defense against extinction.
A single female rabbit can have 1-14 babies
per litter, but let's be conservative and say
that the average litter size is five.
Rabbit Care Guide
* enjoy and experience of being a rabbit
owner to the full.
* They can be easily raised by women and
children
* Relatively odorless
* Require little space (can be raised in a
small space at home)
* Easily adapt to the climate
* Gentle and quiet
* Can be raised as pets
* By-products: rabbit feet, fur, tails
* Manure and urine are used as fertilizers
Housing/Cages
* The hutch or cage should be high enough for
your rabbit to stand on their back legs and with
enough floor area to allow a minimum of three to
four hops in any direction.
* The living area should be as large as possible.
At least:
* big enough for your rabbit to lie down and
stretch out comfortably in all directions;
* be high enough for it to stand up on its back
legs without its ears touching the top; and
* be long enough so that it can move around,
feed and drink. As a guide, your rabbit should be
able to take three hops from one end to another
as a minimum.
* Take note that females must be separated from
males to avoid unintended breeding
Rabbit Meat vs the rest
DIY Cage-Estimated
Cost/Materials
(materials)
6 meters 1x1 =(200/meters) = 1,080
3.5 meters ½ x ½ =(380/meters) = 1,295
Cable tie/M CLIPS = (300) = 300
Nipple drinker ( 15x4 pcs ) = 40
Clay pot ( 15x4 pcs ) = 60
2,775
DIY 5 Doors Cage
Labor Cost not included
Things to Consider
Cage Location
* Usually made of * Road to Rabbit Farming
wood and has a
wire mesh front
• Society’s approval of the
idea of consuming rabbit
* Take note that meat
females must be
separated from * After preparing
males to avoid everything, that’s the only
unintended time you can proceed with
breeding. the actual rabbit farming,
which starts with the mating
* Standard size ng of the rabbits.
kulungan:
T-16”x L-24”x H-
48”
