Better Farming Series 36 - Raising Rabbits 1: Learning about Rabbits; Building the Pens; Choosing Rabbits (FAO, 1988, 56 p.): How to begin: Where can you put your rabbit pens?

Better Farming Series 36 - Raising Rabbits 1: Learning about Rabbits; Building the Pens; Choosing Rabbits (FAO, 1988, 56 p.)

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Preface

Introduction

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What do you need to raise rabbits?

Learning about rabbits

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What kinds of rabbits can you raise?

What can rabbits eat?

How many rabbits should you raise?

Now you must decide

How to begin

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Where can you put your rabbit pens?

What materials can you use to build rabbit pens?

Building the rabbit pens

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Some simple rabbit pens

How to build better rabbit pens

The rabbits

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Choosing good rabbits

How to handle your rabbits

Bringing your rabbits home

Preparing the pens and putting in the rabbits

Where can you put your rabbit pens?

62. The best place for rabbit pens is near your home. That way you can watch your rabbits, take care of them easily and protect them from animals.

63. You have already been told that rabbits are easily frightened. So, try to choose a place that is quiet and peaceful, away from animals, people and noise.

64. You were also told that wind is bad for rabbits. So, try to choose a place that is protected from the wind.

65. Perhaps you have a place that is protected from wind by the walls of your house, a fence, some trees or a hill.

Wind

66. If it rains a lot where you live, put your pens in a place that is sheltered from the rain. You can also build a shelter over the pens to protect your rabbits and keep them dry (see page 43 in this booklet).

Shelter

67. If you have a wall around your house and farm buildings, put your rabbit pens inside the wall, as shown below.

Put rabbit pens inside the wall