BREEDING AND CARE OF RABBITS 



using good stud bucks that are registered and that have 

 been proven to be good sires. The prize winners, 

 however, do not always prove to be the best sires, but 

 very often poor ones. 



The next important point is the healthy condition 

 of the stock. If a buck or doe shows signs of being 

 sickly or unhealthy, refuse to breed them, for it will 

 take many breedings to breed out of stock the sick, 

 diseased blood which has been bred into it at an un- 

 guarded moment. Examine your bucks and does often 

 for vent disease, and when strange does are sent to 

 you, give them a thorough examination for the same 

 trouble, as a buck often gets vent disease from does 

 that have been shipped in for service. Too much care 

 cannot be used in keeping your stock clean and 

 healthy. If they should have vent disease, use vent 

 ointment or twenty-five per cent Argyrol. 



Handle your rabbits every time you go past them, 

 looking them over as often as you possibly can, for 

 diseases will come in a short time and tomorrow may 

 be too late to save your most valuable specimen. 



There is one very important point that must be 

 observed with every breed of r'kbbits and that is to 

 breed them when their coats are in perfect condition. 

 Failure to observe this most important point will re- 

 sult in rough coated youngsters and in Flemish, many 

 times Angora-coated Flemish will make their appear- 

 ance and the breeder wonders what is wrong with his 

 stock. 



If the sire is from poor stock, this could also re- 

 sult, but in many cases rough coated rabbits are caused 

 from breeding stock that have poor coats. Better 



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