Cross Breeding Qestion

[Robo Buck]

What would be the outcome if i crossed her to a light brown Holland lop. And would she be able pass the babies and what would i get ? Thanks

 

[woodleighcreek]

What would be the outcome if i crossed her to a light brown Holland lop. And would she be able pass the babies and what would i get ? Thanks

Yes, but I would not reccomend it. The babies would not me meat quality and they won't be able to be shown.

 

[DKRabbitry]

I would be more inclined to try a mini lop as opposed to a holland. The minis are a little bigger, more compact & meat type to have something to do with the extras, and they are still cute and not too big to target pet folks.
I am not 100% sure if rabbits have a huge problem with birthing babies sired by a breed larger than them. I will be finding out though... Have a smaller Cal doe due any day to a Giant Chin buck... I'll let you know how it works out

 

[woodleighcreek]

When small does are bred to large bucks, there is a great chance of the babies and possibly the mom dying.

 

[Robo Buck]

Im not a good Sexer at all ! When it come to rabbits i got my lop that was supposed to be a boy when it ended up being girl and my dwarf ended up being a male . Guess how i fiugared that out ! It was a Supurise

 

[DKRabbitry]

Well I looked at it this way, when the giant chinchilla kits are born, they are almost the exact same size as my champagne & NZ kits when they are born... just depends on litter size of both. I have had giant chins be born smaller than champagnes too. So, I didn't figure it would make that much of a difference if the buck was the larger rabbit. If I lose them all, I guess I will have learned a sad hard lesson. If she kindles fine, then hopefully the kits will growout nice and I will get a doe to replace her mother.

Im not a good Sexer at all ! When it come to rabbits i got my lop that was supposed to be a boy when it ended up being girl and my dwarf ended up being a male . Guess how i fiugared that out ! It was a Supurise

That is hilarious! Most of my Champagnes won't breed until the does humps the buck first. It is almost like she is saying, "Hey buddy! Like this!" then the bucks always get down to business. I haven't seen that with any of the other breeds. Really freaked out my NZ buck when my Champagne doe went after him LOL

 

[oneacrefarm]

Well I looked at it this way, when the giant chinchilla kits are born, they are almost the exact same size as my champagne & NZ kits when they are born... just depends on litter size of both. I have had giant chins be born smaller than champagnes too. So, I didn't figure it would make that much of a difference if the buck was the larger rabbit. If I lose them all, I guess I will have learned a sad hard lesson. If she kindles fine, then hopefully the kits will growout nice and I will get a doe to replace her mother.

I think it is more of a problem with small breed does and medium to large breed bucks, like a mini rex or Florida white doe and a Champ buck or Cali buck or even Giant Chinchilla. There is a lot more difference in size there than say Cali doe to Giant Chin buck. Those MR babies are as small or smaller than my thumb! so tiny!

 

[DKRabbitry]

Those MR babies are as small or smaller than my thumb! so tiny!

Oh yes they are! That would be like trying to shove a full size chick into a bantam egg. ouch! Yah, I would NEVER dream of doing that kind of cross breeding. Not only would carrying/birthing the kits be an issue, but I imagine the actually breeding would be horrible for the poor lass. I only have one small rabbit, and it is a he, and he is a relatively large small rabbit, so he can cover my large does no problems

 

[Robo Buck]

So is it normal or a buck to mate on the females face i a kind of feel bad for her is there any way i can correct him ? and why does he moan before he mates her i am very new to this !

 

[Robo Buck]

Anyone ?