|
|
Article: A kindling cage for Angora rabbits.
- Article from:
- Countryside & Small Stock Journal
- Article date:
- January 1, 1994
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1994 Countryside Publications Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
When my wife and I decided to breed English Angora rabbits, we were embarking on a venture completely new to both of us. Although we talked to many breeders, and although we read volumes on the subject, we were to discover that there were many things one only learns through experience.
Our first, and one of our most graphic lessons came with the delivery of our very first litter. We had "prepared" mother rabbit's cage for the delivery with a "nest box." Unfortunately, neither of us had ever seen a real nest box, and the books we had read had contradicted one another with suggestions for design.
The box we used had a low lip, about three-quarters of an ...