TinysMom
Well-Known Member
We love all our buns - our flemish is my favorite - but my husband and I are both fascinated with the lionhead breed. We are considering breeding lionheads in the future(next fall or later) - but we want to do more research on breeding,etc. We also need to find a place for our herd because we know our pets have been exposed to the snuffles (pasturella)...
Anyway, here are my questions:
a. Why did you choose to start breeding? Do you still enjoy it? (How long have you been breeding?)
b. What is your biggest challenge in breeding? Do you have a hard time finding homes and buyers?
c. What resources would yourecommend for us to read? What would you recommend we have on hand besides cages & supplies? (Certain medicines?)
d. I'd like to hear any special thoughts/comments (even if they're recommendations against breeding) because we want to think everything through.
We know that if we choose to do this - we're going to buy double-maned lionheads from particular breeders that we trust. My lionhead breeder explained to me that she knows some folks who "backyard breed" lionheads from their pets and have a hard time selling their lionheads-while she always has a waiting list going and her litters are normally sold before they are of weaning age. She also has a lot of requests from my area and Mexico and she has offered to mentor me if we choose to breed.
In fact, here are some of her recommendations - maybe y'all can comment on them?
a. Start out with at least three rabbits - 2 does and a buck. Put the majority of my money into the buck since he will be siring all of my herd at first.
b. Pick 2-3 colors I'd like to work with and focus on those.
c. Start up a webpage with lots of pictures once I get going.
I forget what else - I don't have my notes handy. But I'd love to hear comments....
Peg
P.S. I recognize that lots of folks don't make money breeding and they do it for the love of it - while others do make money at it. Income is NOT my reason we would consider this...
Anyway, here are my questions:
a. Why did you choose to start breeding? Do you still enjoy it? (How long have you been breeding?)
b. What is your biggest challenge in breeding? Do you have a hard time finding homes and buyers?
c. What resources would yourecommend for us to read? What would you recommend we have on hand besides cages & supplies? (Certain medicines?)
d. I'd like to hear any special thoughts/comments (even if they're recommendations against breeding) because we want to think everything through.
We know that if we choose to do this - we're going to buy double-maned lionheads from particular breeders that we trust. My lionhead breeder explained to me that she knows some folks who "backyard breed" lionheads from their pets and have a hard time selling their lionheads-while she always has a waiting list going and her litters are normally sold before they are of weaning age. She also has a lot of requests from my area and Mexico and she has offered to mentor me if we choose to breed.
In fact, here are some of her recommendations - maybe y'all can comment on them?
a. Start out with at least three rabbits - 2 does and a buck. Put the majority of my money into the buck since he will be siring all of my herd at first.
b. Pick 2-3 colors I'd like to work with and focus on those.
c. Start up a webpage with lots of pictures once I get going.
I forget what else - I don't have my notes handy. But I'd love to hear comments....
Peg
P.S. I recognize that lots of folks don't make money breeding and they do it for the love of it - while others do make money at it. Income is NOT my reason we would consider this...