The most common breeding system is quite simple - take the doe to the buck s cage and leave them together for up to 30 minutes. If the doe is receptive, mating will occur soon after pairing. The average gestation period is 32 days. The average litter size is 7-8. The young weigh 30-100 grams at birth, are hairless, and have closed eyelids.
Cannibalism is rate.
The doe normally nurses her young only once a day, usually in the morning. Immature rabbits are sexed by observing the external genitalia. Females have an elongated vulva with a slit opening, whereas males have a rounded protruded penile sheath with a rounded urethral opening. Sterile postpartum mating occurs. An infertile mating, excitement by nearby bucks, or mounting by other does may occur, resulting in pseudopregnancy lasting 15-17 days.