European wild rabbit bloodline to improve herd.

[elevan]

galoreherd - I'm interested in hearing about why the European wild rabbit may be beneficial to add to the bloodlines of the European domestic rabbit.

You may also want to edit your thread title to say "European Wild rabbit..."

 

[galoreherd]

galoreherd - I'm interested in hearing about why the European wild rabbit may be beneficial to add to the bloodlines of the European domestic rabbit.

You may also want to edit your thread title to say "European Wild rabbit..."

well as already mentioned, the wild blood makes the stock hardier to diseases, especially when rabbits are pastured. this is very important in europe as it can be a huge expence vacinating rabbits twice a year. meat quality is another reason. eventhough you will breed down in size the quality of the meet more than makes up for the lack of quantity. If free ranging in a large area the extra wildness makes these rabbits have a great survival instinct from preditors. I must add that very few introduce wild blood because most dont have access to it or dont know enough about it. more are afraid of bringing diease into their stock. So you have to know what you are doing. but if you do know what you are doing it can be very rewarding by saving on costs and improving stock quality. It only has to be done every few generations.

 

[terri9630]

galoreherd - I'm interested in hearing about why the European wild rabbit may be beneficial to add to the bloodlines of the European domestic rabbit.

You may also want to edit your thread title to say "European Wild rabbit..."

well as already mentioned, the wild blood makes the stock hardier to diseases, especially when rabbits are pastured. this is very important in europe as it can be a huge expence vacinating rabbits twice a year. meat quality is another reason. eventhough you will breed down in size the quality of the meet more than makes up for the lack of quantity. If free ranging in a large area the extra wildness makes these rabbits have a great survival instinct from preditors. I must add that very few introduce wild blood because most dont have access to it or dont know enough about it. more are afraid of bringing diease into their stock. So you have to know what you are doing. but if you do know what you are doing it can be very rewarding by saving on costs and improving stock quality. It only has to be done every few generations.

What do you vaccinate against? There are no rabbit vaccines here (USA) that I am aware of.

 

[galoreherd]

galoreherd - I'm interested in hearing about why the European wild rabbit may be beneficial to add to the bloodlines of the European domestic rabbit.

You may also want to edit your thread title to say "European Wild rabbit..."

well as already mentioned, the wild blood makes the stock hardier to diseases, especially when rabbits are pastured. this is very important in europe as it can be a huge expence vacinating rabbits twice a year. meat quality is another reason. eventhough you will breed down in size the quality of the meet more than makes up for the lack of quantity. If free ranging in a large area the extra wildness makes these rabbits have a great survival instinct from preditors. I must add that very few introduce wild blood because most dont have access to it or dont know enough about it. more are afraid of bringing diease into their stock. So you have to know what you are doing. but if you do know what you are doing it can be very rewarding by saving on costs and improving stock quality. It only has to be done every few generations.

What do you vaccinate against? There are no rabbit vaccines here (USA) that I am aware of.

VHD and myxomatosis

 

[Royd Wood]

Very interesting topic and boy do I miss my English rabbit pie (wild of course). Hare too.
Not tried a cotton tail yet but they look a little smaller

 

[galoreherd]

Very interesting topic and boy do I miss my English rabbit pie (wild of course). Hare too.
Not tried a cotton tail yet but they look a little smaller

ya lots of people say the full wild rabbit taste is too gamey/strong but the wild x meat rabbit cross is perfect.