BREEDING AND CARE OF RABBITS 



times your does will not mate when they are too fat. 

 Do your heavy feeding after the youngsters are born. 

 Remember, this is true not only with Angoras, but 

 with every other breed of rabbit. 



If your doe kills her young or refuses to mother 

 them, breed her again and see that she is in just fair 

 condition ; feed her bread and milk a few days before 

 she is due to kindle, and keep this up every day until 

 the youngsters are weaned. The day the doe is due 

 to kindle, place some nice green food before her and 

 watch her until after she kindles. Some breeders 

 have had to hold and force the doe to let the young- 

 sters nurse. It may be necessary to breed the doe 

 three or four times before she will mother her off- 

 spring properly; but if she is a good doe it will pay 

 you for your trouble. 



The writer has often been asked how to force the 

 coat on the Angora. Outside of proper feeding and 

 proper breeding, in the first place, it is impossible to 

 force the coat. If you have selected the proper 

 parents and they have the right blood you will have 

 little trouble with the length and quality of the fur. 

 The writer recalls a fine Angora buck owned in Chi- 

 cago, with such fine blood that, by breeding him to 

 common white rabbits, very fair looking Angoras 

 would result. At the great Chicago show held Janu- 

 ary, 1916, over SO beautiful Angoras were displayed 

 and all but three of them were from this wonderful 

 buck, which goes to show that the hardest battle lies 

 in the blood of the parents and especially the sires. 



You can help the coat some by proper brushing, 

 which should be started when the specimen is about 



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