Breeding and Care of Rabbits 



Part I. 



CHAPTER I. 

 HOUSING AND HUTCHES. 



THIS subject is so great and important that a 

 book could be written on it alone. In starting 

 in the fancy the greatest drawback usually is 

 the place to keep the rabbits. America is so large 

 and has so many different states, each having a differ- 

 ent climate, that it becomes necessary to house rabbits 

 in different rabbitries and hutches in different locali- 

 ties. 



In California, the open outdoor hutches with a 

 roof about four to five feet above the top row of 

 hutches will work fine, and in fact is really necessary 

 in the entire southern part of California, and in nearly 

 all of the northern part also. In the southern part of 

 the state, many fanciers have rows of open self-clean- 

 ing hutches built under the shade of the trees. This 

 method brings good results. The hutches run 5 feet 

 long by 2 feet deep and 2 feet high. They also use 

 sheds without ends or sides, just high roofs and open 

 hutches. The stock does well in these hutches, but 

 great care must be used in not keeping too many 



