← Rabbits
H24-03 · Module 3 of 7 · Pages: 19 · Worksheets: 5
Feeding: hay, greens, pellets
What, how much and when a rabbit eats through the year, how to feed it on hay and greens from your own land, and how to avoid diarrhoea and gut stasis
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In short
- Hay always, ad lib, every day of the year. It is the base of the ration, not an extra.
- Pellets roughly 50–100 g a day (2–3½ oz) for an adult rabbit; a nursing doe and growing youngsters 150–250 g.
- Introduce every change of feed over 1–2 weeks. Fresh greens for youngsters after weaning only very carefully.
- Greens fresh or fully dried, never wilted in a heap; not from the roadside, not sprayed.
- Never silage, bread, potatoes, onions or feed for other species.
- Homestead plan: 180 kg of feed per doe a year (pellets and hay, plus grass and greens in summer); growers roughly 9 kg each and the buck 100 kg are counted separately.
What's inside
Chapters
- How a rabbit eats
- The ration at a glance
- Hay
- Grass, greens and garden leaves
- Branches and leafy fodder
- Pellets and mixes
- How much for whom
- Water
- Salt and minerals
- Feeding through the year
- Changing feed
- Common mistakes
- Printable checklist
Worksheets
- Yearly feed calculator
- Area and mix recipe
- Daily ration per hutch
- Feeding calendar
- Feed and weight log
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