BREEDING AND CARE OF RABBITS 



The proper slope of the floor in the hutches would 

 be about one and one-half inches higher at the back 

 than in front, provided your drainage troughs are in 

 the front of the hutches. If they are in the rear of the 

 hutch, slope them from the front to the back. The 

 drainage troughs can be made of tin or wood, and 

 sloped along the floor of each hutch the entire length 

 of the row of hutches and then run off into pails or 

 outdoors on the ground. Never build your hutches 

 above horses or cattle or in with poultry. Build the 

 hutches about five to eight inches of? the floor. Long 

 hutches about eighteen to twenty feet, with several 

 hurdles in them, are fine for youngsters just after being 

 weaned. In using self-cleaning hutches be very care- 

 ful of the youngsters for they are apt to get deformed 

 front feet. They are fine for adult stock, but caution 

 must be used with the young. 



Feeding. 



In feeding Belgian hares the most successful way 

 is to keep them a trifle on the hungry side at all times 

 and in this way the stock will be more healthy. The 

 most successful breeders are the ones who feed their 

 rabbits, regardless of the breed, as individuals and 

 watch what each one seems to relish. The fancier who 

 goes to his hutches and throws the food at his stock 

 and never pays any attention to how they are eating, 

 will very likely have a larger burying than sales list. 

 The fancier who loves his stock and never passes them 

 without examining them closely, noting at each meal 

 how and what they are eating, and if they refuse to 



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