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Bennett, Bob, 1936-

Storey's guide to raising rabbits : breeds, care, housing / Bob Bennett.

[New ed.].

North Adams, MA : Storey Pub., ©2009.

xii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

From the Back Cover: Everyone who owns and cares for rabbits will benefit from Bob Bennett's practical guidance and comprehensive care instructions. Solid advice on breed selection, year-round care and feeding, and safe housing and sanitation help every owner-from the commercial producer to the dedicated fancier-raise happy, healthy rabbits. This revised and updated fourth edition includes: breed photographs; building plans for safe, comfortable housing; coverage of disease prevention and treatment; humane handling techniques; guidelines for showing; marketing and sales tips.

Rabbits.

Bennett, Bob, 1936- Raising rabbits the modern way.

Raising rabbits

Previously published as: Raising rabbits the modern way, ©1975.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1: Getting Started -- 1: Why start? -- First of all, good eating -- Rabbits serve science -- Fancier's role -- Would you believe 12 million rabbits? -- Here's where you come in -- Progress in raising rabbits -- 2: Right rabbit -- 40-million-year-old species? -- American domestics: probably not Belgian hares -- Choose your market -- Enticing economics of a small breeding-stock rabbitry -- Choose the right rabbit -- Coat types -- 3: Obtaining the right foundation stock -- Crossbreds are the least valuable -- Pedigreed rabbit has papers -- Registration -- What does it all mean? -- Best rabbit raisers -- How to find a raiser -- What to expect when you buy -- How to build your herd -- What you can expect to pay for purebreds -- Purchasing by mail-order -- Bringing your rabbits home -- Part 2: Housing, Feeding, And Breeding -- 4: Housing and equipment -- You are in charge -- Why the all-wire hutch? -- How to make a wire hutch -- Creature comforts: situating the hutch -- Building a dream barn -- Rabbit sheds -- Other rabbit-shed options -- Economics of sheds -- Other equipment and considerations -- 5: Feeding rabbits right -- Pellets are the ideal feed -- Feed supplements -- General feeding guidelines -- My preferred lifetime feeding regimen -- What else should you know? -- 6: Breeding and producing rabbits -- Mating your first pair -- Is she pregnant? -- Time for the nest box -- New litter -- Breeding the doe again -- Weaning and housing the litter -- Problems of weather -- Keeping breeding records -- Ear identification -- Choosing future breeders -- Methods of breeding -- Reminders that bear restating -- Part 3: Marketing And Miscellany -- 7: To the best market: selling rabbits -- Meat market -- Slaughtering and butchering -- Laboratory market -- Breeding stock -- Ironclad guarantee -- Let's set a price -- Good records make future sales -- What else to sell? -- Some sales advice from rabbit raisers -- Trends in the rabbit business -- Reviewing some of the best ideas -- 8: Rabbits and the home garden -- Make manure go a long way: compost! -- What the garden can do for rabbits -- 9: Preventing problems -- Breeding tips -- Disease prevention -- Is medical treatment available for rabbits? -- Sanitation -- Complaints from neighbors or relatives -- 10: On to the rabbit shows! -- Locating and entering shows -- Judging by class -- Selecting show stock -- Make the rabbit shows work for you -- 11: Rabbit associations and the future of the industry -- National organizations -- Regional groups -- ARBA benefits -- Into the future -- Increasing the demand for meat -- Promotional campaign -- Show of support -- Rabbit's potential -- 12: Cooking rabbit -- Chicken is cheaper -- Comparing rabbits and chicken -- Preparing for cooking -- Recipes -- Afterword -- Reading about rabbits -- Breed gallery -- Glossary -- Index.

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