Fat bucks do not breed satisfactorily. Fat does do not conceive regularly. Even if fat does do conceive, they frequently lose their young at kindling time, or if the young live, the doe provides too little milk. Modern and complete rabbit rations developed by research in rabbit nutrition, teamed up with good breeding and careful management, are responsible for the phenomenal gains made by rabbits today. Rabbit Feed Program Livestock need a nutritionally balanced feeding program to achieve optimum results.
Good management based on good judgment is essential in caring for all animals.
Different raisers may obtain varied results under similar housing and equipment conditions. Rabbits may be in the best of condition in one rabbitry while in another rabbitry, the animals have dull eyes and rough coats that may reflect inadequate feeding and management practices. Too often, lack of production, poor growth and mortality are the result of an accumulation of many small factors over a period of time until the herd is weakened. Successful livestock production is the end result of doing a lot of things right. A lack of one or more needed minerals or vitamins in a ration may be as serious as a short supply of feed.