How to build a warm rabbit mother house. The dimensions of the queen cell for rabbits and its manufacture by hand. Installation of film heating step by step

When creating cages for growing rabbits, they must provide for a space where the rabbit will bring offspring. Rabbit mothers are made in different ways. They are chosen depending on the technology of the content.

In 1978 I.N. Mikhailov (Leningrad rabbit breeder, author of accelerated rabbit breeding technology) proposed a method of raising rabbits, which takes into account all natural requirements for keeping conditions. One of the most important conditions is the presence of a nesting site that is insulated and heated in winter. He also developed the design of the mother liquor, which satisfies the conditions for reliable teaching of okrol at any time of the year.

Along with the Mikhailov's method, there are also traditional technologies that use cells of simplified growing of fluffy animals. Many rabbit breeders do not dare to resort to winter spawning, since there is no reliable device where you can raise young animals without fear of losing them on frosty days. Rabbit breeders are confused by a number of circumstances that do not guarantee the stable preservation of offspring.

Over the past hundred years, several hundred designs of cages for keeping and raising rabbits have been invented. In 1938, NIIZPK offered its product, in which many rabbits are raised today. Simplicity and reliability have been proven by several decades of application of the development of the Institute of Animal Fur Rabbit Breeding. In it there is only a place reserved for the birth of rabbits. But the sacrament of birth is possible only in a special queen cell for rabbits.

Along with the traditional cage, professional rabbit breeders have developed promising comfortable cages. They can be versatile, where animals of different breeds are well raised. There are also developments in which you can raise rabbits for specialized purposes:

day-old rabbits are purchased by hospitals, where they conduct research activities to develop new promising drugs. It is these organizations that buy hundreds of young rabbits taken from the rabbit every day. The breeds with light fur are used: White giant, New Zealand white, Californian, Russian white and others;
fur direction, in which preference is given to rabbits, which acquire commercial fur at the age of 2 months. It is not profitable to keep them longer, since it is at this time that the first molt ends, and the skin satisfies the consumer in its quality. Here, preference is given to Rex, Black-Fire, Veil-Silver and others;

broiler direction provides for the cultivation of fast-growing animals: California White, New Zealand White, New Zealand Red and others. Broilers are usually slaughtered at 3 months of age. They don't care much about the skin;
meat and skin production is the most widespread direction in rabbit breeding. All major breeds are represented here;
growing dwarf rabbits sold to the population for home keeping in people's living quarters.

For any growing technology, the place where the rabbits will be born is important. Therefore, it is relevant to choose the most suitable design of the mother liquor.

Types and designs

Most Internet users can find the simplest design of the box, which has an opening wall and a round opening for the rabbit to pass. Everyone seemed to be going to redraw anew the NIIZPK product of the 1938 model. A mother of such a design can work well for raising rabbits. But he is very far from ideal.

Creating the Minifarm, I.N. Mikhailov developed a whole tier for the rabbit, in which a nesting department was provided. For the period of okrol, as well as until the rabbits reach the age of 20 days, it was proposed to install a queen cell of a different design. Here the author envisaged a number of innovations:

a special place, covered with a lid, in which small residents can hide from being trampled on the first day after the round-up, when their mother comes into a state of hunting;
heating, carried out by an electric heating pad, which helps to grow young animals on the coldest days and achieve maximum survival of rabbits;
removable bottom, which simplifies maintenance of the mother liquor, it is removed and replaced with another while the first is sent to the sink;
a special design of the nest and the mother house, allowing the breeder to block the entrance to the nest, as well as to inspect the born rabbits.

In the designs of the modular cage proposed by I.A. and Kuzmin S.F. (Komov-Kuzmin's cage, as it is called by experts), a removable module is provided in which the mother cell is located. The design itself is thought out no worse than that of Mikhailov. Such a cage is much easier to maintain. Therefore, many rabbit breeders took it as a basis in their farms. The removable compartment has a full set of options that allow the rabbit to bring offspring, and the rabbits themselves grow up healthy.

Rabbit breeder E. Maklyakov (cages "Maklyak") creatively approached the development of predecessors and created his own version, which is now being adopted by many manufacturers of cages for rabbits. Here, too, a removable mother tank is used, hung only during the rounding period. The design has repeatedly received approval from many users for its high functionality and ease of use.

In the cells of N.I. Zolotukhin. it is also provided for the installation of a removable mother liquor only for the period of nesting and primary rearing of young stock. As the experience of the breeder shows, such an approach in creating conditions for obtaining rabbits brings its enormous benefits. In a limited area, it is possible to raise a large number of rabbits.

Non-removable

A non-removable rabbit mother house is installed by rabbit breeders who have little experience in working with a fluffy farm. It is difficult to maintain, for any action inside the cage, the pets inside experience some stress. It is sometimes difficult for the rabbit breeder himself to perform cleaning and cleaning operations for the spawning and primary rearing of young animals.

Some install non-removable mother liquors, fixing them with self-tapping screws using a screwdriver. With this use, it is only fixed against possible movements inside the cell. At the end of the period of use, the screws are turned off, and the temporarily non-removable mother liquor is removed. It will not be needed here soon, but for now the entire area is provided to the rabbit and her children.

Portable

The transfer mother is used in cages, where it is used only for a limited time. The presence of such miniature rooms makes it possible to expand the functionality of the rabbit cages themselves. Instead of a removable mother liquor, an attached room is installed, which increases the floor area. This expansion of space makes it possible to grow large breeds of rabbits that grow quite intensively.

There are a lot of portable structures. For modular cages, they are made so that it is convenient to install or replace with other equipment. In the cells of N.I. Zolotukhin. portable nests are replaced with a small removable wall. The functionality in this case is limited.

Heated

The simplest way of heating is the use of an electric heating pad installed under the bottom of the mother liquor. But this is not the only way to create a microclimate for rabbits. Several studies have suggested other ways to maintain optimal conditions:

heating with infrared lamps, this method is practiced in a number of industrial rabbit farms, infrared lamps locally heat a small area inside the cage where the rabbit brings offspring. With this method, it was noticed that the females cease to tear out the fur and cover the bottom of the mother liquor with it;
heating with a water heater is used in large fur farms. There, warm water with a temperature of 36 ... 40 ° C is supplied from the boiler inside the cells, on cold days it can be slightly increased to compensate for the loss of heat when delivered to the inhabitants of the cells.
Additionally, the walls of the mother liquor are insulated. The result is a hot water heating system similar to that used in residential buildings. Practice shows that such devices are quite effective (they are widely used in Germany and Finland);
electric heating with local floor heaters. A similar design was developed and proposed at one time by Professor D.I.Netkachev, later many followers developed it creatively, now they are used everywhere. Film and ceramic heaters heat only a small part of the mother liquor floor, creating a microclimate in a limited area.

Outdoor raised rabbits are known to get sick less and grow better. Therefore, winter cuts in heated nests with wall insulation make it possible to significantly increase the efficiency of rabbit breeding.

How to make

The rabbit broodstock is a box, the design of which is created for the cages used. Making it is easy, the main thing is to measure it correctly.

Using the Maklak cage as an example, it will be necessary to use plywood 5… 6 mm thick.

First, the drawing is worked out, and the parameters of the parts that need to be cut out of the plywood sheet are determined.
The elements are connected on a "rail", therefore, sections of the required length are sawn from a 20x20 mm rail.
The assembly is carried out using self-tapping screws, so that cracking of the rail does not occur in the right places, holes with a diameter of 2 mm are drilled, where the self-tapping screw will be screwed.
The walls are of a complex design; they provide for filling the space with insulation. Many people use foam materials (foam, it has the highest thermal resistance to heat transfer).
After assembly, staining is performed.
The convenience of hanging removable queen cells for rabbits is checked.
So that the rabbits do not gnaw the mother plant, open places are upholstered with galvanized steel strips.

Tools

For self-production of such a device you will need:

jigsaw or circular saw, they will help to facilitate cutting out workpieces;
the electric screwdriver will speed up the assembly of the mother liquor;
the knife is useful for cutting out foam insulation;
using metal scissors, it is easy to cut strips to frame the passage;
spray gun to speed up the process of painting the product.

Material

As mentioned above, for the manufacture you will need plywood with a thickness of 5 ... 6 mm, slats 20x20 mm and self-tapping screws for wood 25 mm long.

Assembly

You can collect a queen cell for rabbits and nails. On self-tapping screws, the process is much more technological. If repair is necessary, it is easier to unscrew the screws and replace damaged parts.

Conclusion

The use of queen cells for rabbits makes it possible to carry out okrols in the right place for the breeder. Rabbits do not crawl around the cage. Being in a zone with a given microclimate, they grow healthy and strong.

Every rabbit breeder, even a beginner, using the simplest set of tools, can independently make a nest for rabbits.

Rabbits are known for their fertility - females sometimes give birth more than six times a year. It is important to create good conditions for them. Then the mother and cubs remain healthy, and the livestock grows. For the expectant mother and offspring, a special compartment is built in the cage. Since the design is simple, more often all the work, starting with the drawings of the mother liquor for rabbits, is done by hand.

Basic requirements for the cage

In the wild, females give birth in burrows. The mother plant reminds them of a natural shelter, meets economic requirements. The rabbit maternity hospital has features:

The structure is a box with a manhole - an entrance... It is undesirable to leave the female in an open cage, this can cause stress. When the rabbit begins to worry, the hormonal background is disturbed, the body weakens. This threatens the health of the offspring, her own.
Rabbit broodstock should not be cramped... The sizes depend on the build of the mother.
It should be dark and cozy in the mother liquor. It is important that the female feels calm, as in nature.
Shelter is made warm... Heating can be arranged if necessary.
Fight against drafts. They harm the rabbit, and are dangerous for offspring. At first, the young have no wool, weak immunity. A young organism also cannot maintain a normal body temperature. The female warms the kids, but if it is cold in the cage, she cannot cope.

How to make a queen cell for rabbits

There are several design options. Cells with built-in queen cells are more common on sale. Available with or without heating. When making with their own hands, craftsmen, as a rule, add something of their own, but start off from proven designs and technologies. This saves you from mistakes, losses.

Materials and tools

Before work, prepare everything you need. Approximate set of materials:

As a rule, the mother brood for a rabbit is made from sheets of plywood or chipboard. It is important that the material is not chemically processed. Rabbits don't like strong odors. Females sometimes even refuse to give birth in a cage that smells bad. The best way to build a nest is from plywood 3-5 mm thick.
You will need insulation. For example, pressed sawdust is suitable.
Small boards. Typically, a section of 2.5 x 3 cm or 2.5 x 2.5 is used.
Galvanized iron sheets.
Piano hinges.
Straw.

From tools and devices you will need:

saw - ordinary or circular;
tape measure or ruler;
pencil;
screws, nails;
screwdriver, screwdriver;
hammer;
scissors for metal;
jigsaw.

Size of the queen cell for rabbits

The size of the nest depends on the breed of the animal:

Common, standard length - 56 cm, width - 35, height - 30. The opening for the entrance is made with a diameter of 15 to 18 cm. Such a mother cell is suitable for medium breeds of rabbits, for example, New Zealand. Their body length is no more than 57 cm, weight - up to 6 kg. For more accurate calculations, you can measure the rabbit.
Dimensions for dwarf, ornamental breeds: length - about 50 cm, width - 30, height - 25. Sometimes smaller boxes are suitable.
The nest for a large breed rabbit, for example, a flandra, is larger than the standard one. Its length is 90 cm, width - 40, height - 75. The hole must also be appropriate. Its diameter is 20 cm.

Work technology

Construction features depend on the model, materials and preferences. A rabbit brood is made like this:

They carry out a detailed drawing, stock up with tools, boards and other things.
Side walls, floor, ceiling are cut from plywood to size. They will all be double, so there should be 12 blanks.
Cut off 8 slats for the frame of the front and rear walls, bottom, cover.
Prepare 6 more plates for the "skeleton" of the sides.
The production of the wall begins. For a plywood rectangle, make a frame: fill the slats along the edges. Insulation is placed inside, for example, sawdust. They must be dry and tamped down. Another piece of plywood is fastened on top with nails.
This is how the floor, lid, and other walls, except for the front, are performed.
Provide for insulation. The front wall is upholstered with slats throughout the entire area, leaving only a hole. On top of them, another piece of plywood is attached.
A few centimeters retreat from the sidewall and cut out a round or square opening for the entrance. It is not worth making it too spacious, since heat escapes through the large hole.
A rectangle for the floor is cut from a galvanized sheet with metal scissors.
The bottom is sheathed with galvanized coating to protect it from decay.
Connect the floor, side, front and back walls. It is important to select the size of the nails and make sure they do not protrude. This is a source of injury for rabbits.
Hinges are attached to the back wall from above.
They put a lid on them. Convertible mother liquor is easier to clean. In cold weather, it is corked up, and in summer it is opened slightly for ventilation. This cover allows you to keep track of the rabbits.
A straw mat is placed on the floor. Better to make a layer at least 20 cm thick. The straw is changed regularly. In unsanitary conditions, you can get infections.

Sometimes additional heaters are used:

There are devices for mother cells in the form of rugs. They are laid on the floor and covered with cloth and straw on top. The temperature of the heaters is adjustable.
Special films. The heating element has a power of up to 100 W. Films are placed on a corset made of slats. On top they put the mother liquor. This creates a buffer that keeps heat near the bottom.
Heating pads, water bottles of suitable temperature.

Experienced farmers take into account the features of materials and aspects of the behavior of eared pets during construction:

The wires of the devices are carefully covered and masked. Otherwise, they will be nibbled. This is a serious threat to the health and life of pets.
Sometimes there is no need for heating, for example in the summer. The devices are removed, otherwise the rabbits will be pampered, with poor health.
Reiki is best chosen from hardwood trees. Conifers give off an odor that scares off the female rabbit.
A manhole made at a height of 10-15 cm from the floor is the best option. So the rabbits do not scatter, but they can explore the world through the hole.
The floor is sometimes done with a slight slope. This makes cleaning easier.
It is advisable not to take glass wool for insulation. It, as a rule, enters the mother liquor through the smallest cracks. Glass wool is harmful to rabbits. It hits the surface of the body, eyes, ears, mouth.
Sometimes straw is used to insulate walls, ceilings, floors. They put it inside the "sandwich". Better not to. The straw rots quickly. As a result, heat is lost, and the number of microbes grows. In order for the straw to lie longer, it must be dried, treated with pest control drugs. Funds should not be toxic, poisonous.
To insulate the structure, the walls are sometimes sheathed with foam. Perhaps this is the best replacement for pressed sawdust. Even if you stuff the pieces between the sheets of plywood, the foam keeps heat well. The material is safe and inexpensive.
The female rabbit also insulates the queen cell. They pluck the fluff from their belly, chest and prepare "bed". This happens, as a rule, a few days before the appearance of offspring. Although sometimes the rabbit does not make a nest before giving birth. This is due to undernourishment, stress, or inexperience. When the mother is not ready for childbirth, you need to follow her. Often such females push or even eat rabbits.

The motherland is a simple but important structure. When making, one should not forget about the characteristics of the breed. The size and profitability of the farm depends on the health of the offspring.

If a decision is made to breed rabbits, then you need to immediately make sure that they have healthy offspring. And for this it is very important to create all the necessary conditions for the rabbit so that she has a suitable place for caring for her droppings, and there must be a comfortable and suitable temperature. To do this, you can make a queen cell for rabbits with your own hands, and such that it has a favorable habitat, and the breeding process does not depend on the weather. Do-it-yourself mother-house for rabbits, like drawings, is not difficult to make, the main thing is to adhere to the recommendations of specialists.

Queen cells are different, the size of the queen cells should be such that the rabbit family is not cramped. When making a mother liquor for rabbits, it must be borne in mind that the offspring depends on its quality.

Is a mother cell necessary?

Before wondering how to make a queen cell for rabbits, you need to figure out if this is necessary. For example, many are of the opinion that the queen cell is needed only when it is cold, and if it is warm, then the queen can feed the cubs in the cage. However, this is a misconception. The fact is that in natural conditions, lagomorphs feed and care for their offspring in burrows, which protects them. If the rabbit is in a cage that is open, then this will constantly cause her anxiety. So you need to mark her in her usual habitat, otherwise she simply will not be able to perform her functional duties.

It is also necessary to take into account the fact that rabbits are born completely defenseless, blind, bald. Of course, the mother does everything to keep the nest warm and cozy, but when it's winter outside, this is not enough. The cubs have weak immunity, they get sick from the slightest draft and from temperature fluctuations. If it happens in the mother liquor, then all this negative can be avoided. Cubs grow and get stronger quickly, so in a couple of weeks they themselves will begin to crawl out and walk around the cage.

Moreover, it is very simple to make a mother cell, it is distinguished by an elementary design, in fact, it is the most ordinary box where there is an entrance. With the knowledge of all the necessary nuances, a house for a family will turn out to be where mothers raise healthy and cheerful cubs.

It should also be noted that the queen cell in the form of a cage is a truly universal design for breeding eared pets at home. It needs to be additionally insulated, that is, made as a kind of sandwich that will function like a thermos, that is, it will have a high temperature, which is so necessary for newborn rabbits, even when it is cold winter outside.

About materials and tools

The manufacture of such a structure is not difficult, you will need the appropriate materials and tools. However, such tools, in all likelihood, are in every home:

hammer;
screwdriver, you can use a regular screwdriver;
you will need a tape measure for measurements;
carnations need to be taken small, here the length of the slats should be taken into account;
you will need a pencil for marks, you can use chalk;
self-tapping screws and a sharp saw.

Now we should talk about the details from which the rabbit nest will be made:

the easiest way is to work with plywood sheets, since they are inexpensive, it is better to take sheets with a thickness of 3 mm;
wood boards;
slats, two and a half centimeters thick;
loops;
insulation materials.

However, the design can be even more cheaper if you use not purchased slats, but the most ordinary scraps from boards. It is strongly recommended to use sawdust as insulation materials. They have excellent thermal insulation, and their cost is generally zero. So, the money spent on construction is minimal.

So, when choosing an insulation material, you need to be vigilant.

About assembly

You need to make a house only after the drawings are made. Not only will it be easier to work, and the whole picture will become as clear as possible. After all the preliminary work has been completed, you can proceed directly to the construction, and here it is very important to be not only accurate, but also to be consistent:

fragments of the structure should be cut as planned, that is, the dimensions should be proposed in advance. And they need to be done in duplicate, since one must not forget about the insulation, that is, the sides must be equipped from the outer and inner sides;
slats for edging are made;
now you can start hammering together the blanks. The slats need to be stuffed onto plywood, then a heater should be installed there, with such work it is extremely important to ensure that there are no cracks and gaps. Otherwise, it may turn out that the sawdust will begin to spill out a little, the cubs will eat them, which will not lead to anything good;
the top plywood layer is carefully stuffed onto the fabricated frame. The sheet, which is in front, must be provided with an entrance hole, and it can be of arbitrary shape, the main thing is that there are no problems with the free entrance of the rabbit;
if you change the front wall to a board, then the whole process will go faster and home entrance will be easier. A jigsaw is most effective for cutting, but not everyone has one, so you can use a regular saw. For the diameter of the entrance, 15 cm is quite enough. That is, the female can enter easily, but the heat will not evaporate;
the walls of the house are ready for use, but they must be fastened with self-tapping screws. The side walls must be attached to the bottom, after which the back is attached. The upper cover should be fixed on hinges, then it can easily look after the offspring and easily maintain the nest. Moreover, if it is hot outside, then the door can be slightly opened, so the air will circulate better. So you can use the house in the summer months.

Now we can say with confidence that a cozy and reliable nest for babies with a mother is ready, after which it is installed in the cage. If you subject the drawings to minor changes, then you can make a mother plant with some adjustments, for example, provide for a slope, which will greatly facilitate cleaning. If the individuals are large, then you can make a bigger home. But as for the regions where it is cold even by the standards of our country, it is possible to provide heating elements that can easily fit under the bottom of the cage, and then there is no doubt that the whole family will feel great. Now you can give recommendations yourself on how to make a queen cell for rabbits with your own hands.

For a rabbit, there is nothing better than a warm, cozy home that can even be made from a regular box. Bunnies need space, as rabbits very soon after birth are very active. It is not recommended to use plastic material for construction. As it becomes clear, rabbit breeding has many subtleties.

It is not worth making an unnecessarily large structure, since the female will decide that this is the same cage in which she can relieve her natural needs. But it is not worth doing a small queen cell, not only will the rabbits have nowhere to frolic, since the mother can simply transfer them with her mass. Now one more question - is it necessary to lay straw on the bottom? If the rabbit is inexperienced, produces offspring for the first time, then of course she needs such help, since in some cases she may simply get confused. But if the female is already experienced and a mother with experience, then she does not need anything of this, she herself knows perfectly well how to do everything as best as possible.

Plywood is good for everyone, but after the rabbits defecate profusely in it, it quickly decays. To prevent this, you need to send galvanized sheets. But in this case, the straw is laid in a thicker layer, otherwise when the iron freezes in cold weather, the rabbits can freeze with it.

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The fertility of rabbits is known to everyone. One healthy adult rabbit is able to give birth to offspring five to six times in one year. And here the problem of the survival of the cubs is not the first plan. The vitality of newborn rabbits directly depends not only on genetic qualities, but also on the conditions of keeping created by the owner. This is especially true in winter, when the ambient temperature can greatly affect the offspring.

We want to devote this article to such a topic as the correct arrangement of the mother liquor and the process of making it with our own hands.

Each rabbit breeder equips his rabbitry to his taste.

The uterus is a special place in which the rabbit gives birth and subsequently feeds her cubs.

It is placed in a cage, which is the habitat of the female. Its design is extremely simple: most often it is just a wooden box with an opening for the entrance. In most cases, ordinary plywood is used to make the mother liquor.

There are two types of such a box - insulated and without additional insulation.

Why use a queen cell? Its main purpose is to protect young rabbits from low temperatures, as well as to give their mother a feeling of complete safety and comfort. In other words, a warm home for rabbits is the same as a burrow in the wild.

The female, as a rule, is engaged in arranging her nest herself, carrying straw and hay there, as well as laying down the fluff torn from her own body. In the mother liquor, the rabbits are usually kept for about 20 days with their mother. Then they gradually get stronger, and begin to independently get out of the nest box.

Many rabbit breeders believe that the queen cell needs to be installed and equipped only during the winter season, when the environment is unfavorable for the offspring. We will not argue with this. Of course, in the summer, the offspring is able to survive even at ambient temperatures, but for such a shy animal like rabbits, a sense of security is no less important. Especially for nursing rabbits. Therefore, even without special insulation, such a box will not be superfluous in the summer.

In general, rabbits tolerate low temperatures quite well, but this applies to adults. Comfort and warmth are extremely important for the newly born young, since young rabbits do not yet have sufficient immunity and tolerate frosty weather much worse. In winter, no one doubts the need for a mother liquor.

What should be the queen cell? Let's say right away - no special skills and abilities are required for this. The design of the mother liquor is so simple that any person can make it with their own hands.

As we said above, it is an ordinary wooden box with a hole cut through it.

The main thing is to be careful and make such a box correctly, taking into account our further recommendations.

First you need to prepare the materials that we will need to make the uterine box. The most popular material for such a construction is plywood, since it is inexpensive and very easy to work with.

The general list of required materials looks like this:

sheet plywood;
wooden slats;
wooden plank;
door hinges;
insulation (for example, ordinary sawdust);
regular nails;
self-tapping screws;
hammer;
small hacksaw;
measuring instrument (tape measure);
a pencil for marking.

As you can see, absolutely nothing supernatural.

Before you buy material and start work, it will not be superfluous to sketch out a simple drawing.

This, firstly, will help you in manufacturing, and secondly, it will allow you to accurately calculate the required amount of materials.

It is not necessary to lay straw inside with your own hands. Just place it so that the female can walk up to it, and she herself drags it into the box. This will be even better, since instinct allows the animal to equip the nest in the most convenient way.

The above dimensions of the mother liquor are average. Despite the fact that such a box should not be excessively large, its dimensions depend primarily on the size of the rabbit. Too spacious or, conversely, a very cramped queen cell will cause discomfort in the female. She should feel as if she has dug her own cozy hole.

The female does not actually go to the toilet inside the nest. The rabbit shits either in the tray or in another chosen place, but there are exceptions. So that the plywood sheets on the floor do not rot from the feces of the rabbit and cubs, it is best to cover them with a galvanized sheet, and pour a layer of thick straw on top.

Attention! The litter should always be dry and clean and should be changed regularly.

Fresh thyrsa is not suitable as a heater, as it has a strong and pungent odor, which can lead to the fact that the female simply refuses to give birth in such a mother liquor.

It is not difficult to wean a female from shitting in a mother liquor. Rabbits are clean animals and a litter-trained rabbit will not defecate in a box. But the kids are very capable of shitting. In the first days of babies' life, their natural functions are insignificant, so the bedding can be changed every other day at this time. However, after a week it will need to be done daily, sometimes several times a day.

For a rabbit with your own hand or buy a ready-made one - you need to decide at the planning stage of rabbit breeding. The breeder will have to tune in to the greater fertility of individuals, the constant employment of a specific compartment.

Rabbit breeding, as a type of animal husbandry, is especially difficult, it requires constant care, arrangement of cages, whose inhabitants are sensitive to comfort.

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Manger for giants:

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A similar conditional division by size is allocated for large breeds. Those who are engaged in breeding medium-sized species will need a standard size mother plant:

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Depending on the breed of animals, queen cells are constructed for rabbits:

decorative
broiler
ordinary, medium

For rabbits, there are no restrictions on reproduction, this process is not affected by seasonality or the desire of the breeder.

The procedure is as follows:

the female reaches puberty, the hunting period begins
a male is placed with the rabbit for mating
fertilization or ovulation is performed
pregnancy proceeds, the uterus equips the mother with fluff
childbirth, nursing offspring

It is the responsibility of the farmer to provide timely with all the necessary adaptations that expectant mothers need, then mortality will be reduced to a minimum.

Phased arrangement

Before you start building what is essentially a simple, rectangular box, with a hole in the side wall for easy movement of the box occupants and an attached top lid for easy cleaning, you need to prepare.

Collect the tools that will be needed in the course of work, which will allow you not to break away in the process to search for parts:

plywood sheet
wooden slats
pressed sawdust
regular circular
fasteners in the form of nails, self-tapping screws
galvanized plate
tape measure, pencil
loops

They will need a kind of barrier that will have to be overcome, while not spending much effort. The babies still do not have enough strength, and maternal control is necessary, then they will not run randomly, they will definitely return to a comfortable den.