BREEDING AND CARE OF RABBITS 



it they like it. Feed just a little at first, and do not 

 start it until after the young ones are weaned. Keep 

 plenty of clean straw or timothy hay in the hutches 

 winter and summer, and you will have little trouble 

 with the green food. Cut down the food supply on 

 your bucks, and does that are not going to litter, so 

 they will be in just fair condition for the hot summer 

 weather. In localities where there is no extreme heat 

 this is unnecessary. The youngsters should weigh 

 four pounds or more at two months of age. When 

 you separate the youngsters and divide the litters, 

 proceed the same as with the Angoras. Use the same 

 care in feeding and handling the Flemish as the Bel- 

 gian (see full description in the chapter on Belgians). 

 Study each individual and when you have learned their 

 likes and dislikes, your task of feeding will be easv. 

 Never overfeed the Flemish does before you are ready 

 to breed them or after they are bred, for the conditions 

 will be even worse with .the Flemish than with the 

 Belgians. 



Breeding. 



Breeding Flemish proved a task that discouraged 

 many a new fancier and some of the old ones also. 

 The most important thing about the Flemish is to be 

 sure they are in perfect condition when they are bred. 

 Never breed a buck or doe with the coat in a moulty 

 condition, for very likely an Angora coated Flemish 

 will make its appearance from breeding stock in a 

 bad moult. The writer puzzled over this one point 

 for some time, but after testing it in several instances 



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