What To Do When Your Meat Rabbits Won't Breed!

[@westmeadowrabbits]

Note: I misspoke. When breeding, we always take the doe to the bucks cage, not the other way around.

[@christinewiet363]

Got it, thanks!

[@lancestaub]

Suggest you to redo or modify your video. Your comment here is not adequate. You knocked me over with your error. Newbies are listening and might not see reason to go to the comments and they could end up making this mistake. Also, smaller item. Do not even suggest incandescent bulbs since LEDs are so available and lower heat. They also create a more natural light that would be healthier for the rabbit than the incandescent which is so obsolete.

[@westmeadowrabbits]

@@lancestaub I will put it in the description as well.

[@ledakerrigan8403]

I was going to comment on that and then I saw your comment. Glad I was right cause I thought hey I thought you never do that lol

[@westmeadowrabbits]

@@ledakerrigan8403 Yea I was editing the video when I noticed but at that point it's to late to change it!

[@easternrabbitfarm4561]

Hi Very informative video. I am running my rabbit farm for the last 4 years but today I learnt many new things. Regards

[@westmeadowrabbits]

Glad I could help!

[@amberlennox846]

Thank you for covering this! I am at the ACV stage of this, will try it today. :)

[@amberlennox846]

Less than 24 hrs later and I got 1 fall off. I'll take it!

[@kaleighwhite1711]

This was so helpful! Thank you!! Subscribed! ❤

[@westmeadowrabbits]

Thanks, glad I could help!

[@christinewiet363]

Thanks for your videos- I’m learning so much. I plan to breed rabbits for the first time ever, March 1st! You said “take the buck to the doe’s cage”? Did you mean to say the opposite?

[@westmeadowrabbits]

Yes you are correct, I misspoke! I will pin a comment explaining my mistake.

[@tracybruring7560]

Thanks for your video. i sent it to my friend who just got her first rabbits yesterday

[@CP-jk3tc]

7:15 100% I can relate to this information

[@romanstefaniv8535]

Thank you for information

[@jeanbergeron4112]

Great information as usual

[@jenningsrountree458]

I thought the doe should always be taken to the buck's cage to prevent the doe from becoming territorial.

[@westmeadowrabbits]

Yea some day I need to fix the video, but I put a clarification in the description and in a pinned comment.

[@Lumbasi_E]

@west meadow Rabbits Some good information,thanks. We started with 10 does and one buck around March this year, the cages we had made for them couldn't fit in their intended house,so we temporarily put the cages in our garagethe cages were all net wire and mesh. The breeding was all ok,only two didn't breed. So we made other wooden cages and transferred them all plus the new members,kits, from the garage to the wooden cages and we also aquired another buck,first mistake it's fat,mistake number two I agree our cages are dark,we have tried breeding since may nothing,..either the does mount the bucks ,or the bucks just tries like once or twice to mount the doe and they start pampering each other nothing goes on,we have tried vitamins,nothing no breeding,will share the wooden cages design and advice,or you can check on my channel and advice,I will appreciate,but there's a bulb in their rooms where the cages are. I guess I have to look for a leaner buck , light in the cages,even though the initial buck served us we'll in March and April,nowdays nothing goes on.do I need to change it also,may be. TIA .

[@westmeadowrabbits]

It could be a lot of things and its hard to tell by just looking. Your setup looks great so I doubt that it is the problem. Make sure your does aren't to old before breeding and don't go to long between breeding's. You want to start breeding them at six months, and breed them at least three times a year. If they go a while without breeding its difficult to get them going again. Otherwise just keep trying!

[@Lumbasi_E]

@@westmeadowrabbits Thanks ,will keep on trying ,I must say it's a whole learning process ,each day that passes by, new thing.Initially bloat and coccidia gave us unending headaches ,but as beginners I must say we are at 75% ok,not badly off as I have heard stories where begginers lost all their parent stock,we won't give up ,we have put them also on multivitamins,this is day four, hopefully in a day or two again we try breeding.

[@suran396]

So glad I saw this. Just trying to breed my first rabbits and what a nightmare! I thought rabbits would want to, well, f*** like rabbits! I will try lights and a little less weight, but sheesh!!!!!

[@westmeadowrabbits]

Light is really important, especially in the fall wit rabbits that have never bred.

[@suran396]

@@westmeadowrabbits ok, we have created extra light for 2 evenings, switched cages last night. Will try again now and get back to you

[@westmeadowrabbits]

@@suran396 Good luck!

[@suran396]

Forgot to get back to you. Yea, it's not working out. Now what?

[@westmeadowrabbits]

@@suran396 Not much else but keep trying everyday. How easy a rabbit breeds is largely genetic so select for easy breeders!

[@brandivoyles6138]

I have a new unproven buck that's apparently bites pretty hard. Anything I can do to thwart that behavior? I think he's just frustrated at the doe (she's new too).

[@westmeadowrabbits]

Unfortunately no. Is he on the younger side? Aggression towards the doe from the buck is much less common then the other way around. If he is older I would consider culling.

[@roxyhenderson1522]

How often do you want to breed the rabbits if they are not used to being breed? I have a buck that did have a successful breeding and after that the DOE didn't want to be breed again?

[@westmeadowrabbits]

One "fall" (successful breeding) is usually enough. If you can get two or three, so much the better, but usually one is plenty.

[@garywwelch]

Replace and eat

[@poppylovestattooing-u8m]

Hi Sam, I am new to raising meat rabbits and my 3 does and 2 bucks have never been breed. After watching your video, you suggest putting an experienced doe with a new buck and vice a versa. Well since I have all virgins and want to succeed, what do you suggest? 🙏 Poppy

[@westmeadowrabbits]

That's a situation many people find themselves in! This is a tough time of year to breed rabbits that have never been bred before. My advice is to just start and see what happens, then refine from there.

[@poppylovestattooing-u8m]

@@westmeadowrabbits I appreciate your advice. Wish me luck!🙏Poppy

[@westmeadowrabbits]

@@poppylovestattooing-u8m You got this!

[@joeldavis8851]

Your bucks are lean mean breeding machines. 😆