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Special breed

Currently, we have 14 rabbits. The FAO vet taught us to take good care of them, to vaccinate on a regular basis, to enrich their feed with vitamins, keep their hutches very clean at all times and things like that.

Each female delivers four or five litters every nine to ten months. In other words, with one male and three females, you can get, ten months later, around 100 rabbits.

The breed is a heat tolerant V-line, a mix of New-Zealand White and Egyptian Baladi. The mortality rate is low. I usually wait until the rabbits are two months old to sell them. The best marketing age is two-and-a-half months.

 
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