JF RABBITS: FOREMOST RABBIT BREEDER IN NIGERIA

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Rabbit production

February 09, 2019

14 MUST KNOW FACTS ABOUT RABBIT MEAT PRODUCTION AROUND THE WORLD This section will consider particularly those terms which are regularly used in rabbit reproduction that have to bear with the process of bringing forth young ones. Male: The male rabbit is known as the buck. Female: The female rabbit is known as the doe. Gestation: The gestation period of a rabbit is 29-35 days. Litter: The litter size can vary from 4-12 offspring. Continue:

Traditional recipes

February 02, 2019

Evening Meal; Agidi with groundnut soup Ingredients: 1 full rabbit 1 Large onion Fresh pepper Salt Water Ground nut paste After skinning and evisceration, the rabbit carcass should be opened, salted and dried in the sun for the whole day. Following drying, it is then cut into pieces and a minimal amount of water added and cooked in a three-legged pot. Pepper and onion are grinded and a portion is added to meat A pinch of salt is added to the meat for taste. After an hour of simmering, the meat would be nicely cooked and is then removed from the pot leaving a small amount of gravy. The meat is then deboned and meat ground. The ground meat is then taken back into the pot containing gravy and mixed with groundnuts meal or peanut butter to make a very delicious relish. Remaining ground pepper is added. The mixture is allowed to simmer for a few minutes, after which it is now ready to be served with any meal, especially maize meal ( Agidi ). Related: Ins...

Basic steps to prevent diseases in rabbits

January 05, 2019

Prevention of diseases in rabbits Some basic steps to prevent disease problems in your herd are: Try to avoid buying at the marketplace where many unknown germs come together. Try to buy from respected breeders, or farmers with clean housing and healthy looking animals. Inspect the animals anyway and after bringing them home keep them separated from your other animals (quarantine) for at least 2 weeks. Make routine checks on the health of your animals on the following points: Check nose, eyelids, ear edges for mange (little crusts), inside the ear for ear mite. Check the manure. It should be dry not somewhat pasty. Feel the stomach, to check that it is not spongy. This requires some practice. Check nose and front legs, certain coughs produce a kind of snot which then makes the front legs dirty. Check for the smell in the hutch, diarrhea /enteritis often causes a dirty smell. When the doe is lactating she is under stress and more liable to ...

Rabbit Housing

December 29, 2018

Sample plan Rabbit Housing should be aimed at providing adequate shelter, a healthy and comfortable environment and reduce labor requirements to a minimum and at a low cost of formation. The rabbit spends its entire life in its cage and hence needs sufficient space to avoid the stress caused by restriction of movement. Vertical space is as important as horizontal space if the rabbit is to carry out its normal activities including stretching up its hind legs.

WHY RABBITS SUDDENLY DIE

September 08, 2018

The life cycle of the rabbit Do you remember the day you got your first bunnies, a happy day when you chose which rabbit(s) you would like took them home and probably showed them to friends and neighbors? But some of us are unfortunate enough hours, days, weeks and even months later our new rabbits suddenly dying for no apparent reason. Or so we think. There is always a cause of death and many new owners in particular think the rabbit just randomly dropped dead for no reason when this is never the case. Rabbits are born in litters of 1-14 typically around eight is what most rabbits give birth to, bear in mind new mothers will often birth smaller litters. The (kits) start eating what their mother eats at around three weeks and can leave their mother at eight weeks. Male rabbits (bucks) can become sexually mature as early as ten weeks so be careful but most become sexually mature at around four months when this is a good idea to have ...