JAK Rabbitry
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Recently my rabbitry gained a business partner and has since kind of split into two sections. I manage the part at my house with the Frenchies, Dutch, and Belgians, and I sold/gave my angoras to my friend who keepsthem at her home about 40 minutes away. The one doe I sold her is nearly a year old and just had her first (living) litter about 7 weeks ago and allt he babies are doing fine.
She also has another doe that she bought as a 6 week old baby. The woman we got most of our Eng. Angoras from is a rather popular and awesome breeder in the area, and we go to her for a lot of advice about our furballs.
Mandi and I were wondering what is the best age to breed a doe. We weren't too worried about Alea, the doe with the litter now because she was nearly a year old and had had a litter before, even if they didn't make it. (first time mom, she n00bed out) But now we have little Niobi to think about. She's still a JR now , I think only like 4-5 months, too young to have a litter at the moment.
The breeder we speak to said not to breedt hem until they are around 9 months since they're a medium-sized breed. I'm usedt o Dutchies being ready to go at 5 months. It makes sense that it would take longer for her to mature...but that long? From my own research it takes French Lops that long to mature.... but i've recently purchsed an awesome breeding pair of Frenchies from an awesome breeder in Illinois (anyone know of Lingle's?) And he tells me he breeds his does at 6 months. Now he's been raising champion lops for years and years and years and his animals are in very high demand and he makes thousands of dollars a year selling them. So I didn't want to doubt his word, y'know? He really has everything down to a science it seems.
So can you see why i'm a little confused? Anyone else raise Eng. Angoras or have any advice on breeding ages to give us? We don't want any bad to come to Niobi and we'll wait as long as we have to, but we don't want to wait an unneccessary extra few months if we don't have to y'know?
-JAK
She also has another doe that she bought as a 6 week old baby. The woman we got most of our Eng. Angoras from is a rather popular and awesome breeder in the area, and we go to her for a lot of advice about our furballs.
Mandi and I were wondering what is the best age to breed a doe. We weren't too worried about Alea, the doe with the litter now because she was nearly a year old and had had a litter before, even if they didn't make it. (first time mom, she n00bed out) But now we have little Niobi to think about. She's still a JR now , I think only like 4-5 months, too young to have a litter at the moment.
The breeder we speak to said not to breedt hem until they are around 9 months since they're a medium-sized breed. I'm usedt o Dutchies being ready to go at 5 months. It makes sense that it would take longer for her to mature...but that long? From my own research it takes French Lops that long to mature.... but i've recently purchsed an awesome breeding pair of Frenchies from an awesome breeder in Illinois (anyone know of Lingle's?) And he tells me he breeds his does at 6 months. Now he's been raising champion lops for years and years and years and his animals are in very high demand and he makes thousands of dollars a year selling them. So I didn't want to doubt his word, y'know? He really has everything down to a science it seems.
So can you see why i'm a little confused? Anyone else raise Eng. Angoras or have any advice on breeding ages to give us? We don't want any bad to come to Niobi and we'll wait as long as we have to, but we don't want to wait an unneccessary extra few months if we don't have to y'know?
-JAK
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