144 CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF RABBITS 
stantly increasing amount of mash and hay in 
order to keep herself and litter in good condi- 
tion. The little fellows will come out of the 
nest box in about two weeks and commence 
to nibble at things and want to eat everything 
they can find, so it will be necessary, then, to 
increase the amount of the mash. During 
the third and fourth weeks after delivery the 
nursing doe and litter will need fourteen 
ounces of mash every morning and all the 
hay they will eat at night. During the second 
month they will need twenty-eight ounces of 
mash and more hay, and during the third 
month you will have to feed even more than 
this. If at this time you are feeding them for 
market, proceed as recommended in the pre- 
ceding chapter. 
If you wish to develop them for breeding 
stock, feed them as you do during the second 
month, that is, all they will clean up quickly at 
each feeding. It will not be necessary to give 
the noon feeding of bread and milk, although 
where it is possible it is highly desirable. 
