Bob Bennett

Storey's Guide to Raising Rabbits, 5th Edition (eBook, ePUB)

Breeds, Care, Housing

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The fifth edition of this best-selling handbook features the same detailed approach that has made it the trusted source for raising healthy, productive rabbits - plus a total redesign with color photos and graphics. Whether you're interested in raising rabbits for show, meat, fur, or as pets, this comprehensive guide offers expert advice on breed selection, housing, feeding, humane handling, and more. In addition, author Bob Bennett includes the most up-to-date information on preventive health care, treating diseases, marketing, and showing. This publication conforms to the EPUB Accessibility specification at WCAG 2.0 Level AA.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781612129778
• Artikelnr.: 50902681

Autorenporträt

Bob Bennett is the author of six books on rabbit raising, including Storey's Guide to Raising Rabbits and Rabbit Housing, as well as numerous magazine and newspaper articles. He has served as the editor of Rabbits magazine, has been a contributing editor to Countryside magazine, and is the founder of Domestic Rabbits and a past director of the American Rabbit Breeders Association. An Air Force veteran, Bennett has a master's degree from New York University and lives in Vermont, where he has raised rabbits for more than 50 years.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: For the Love of Rabbits
Acknowledgments              
Part I: Getting Started
1 Why Start?
First of All, Good Eating • Rabbits Serve Science • The Fancier’s Role •
Would You Believe 12 Million Rabbits? • Here’s Where You Come In • Progress
in Raising Rabbits
2 The Right Rabbit
A 40-Million-Year-Old Species? • American Domestics: Probably Not Belgian
Hares • Choose Your Market • The 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 • A Pedigreed Rabbit Has Papers •
Registration • What Does It All Mean? • The 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
4 A Gallery of Breeds         
 
Part II: Housing, Feeding, and Breeding
5 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 • The Economics of Sheds • Other
Equipment and Considerations
6 Feeding Rabbits Right     
Pellets Make the Ideal Feed • Feed Supplements • General Feeding Guidelines
• My Preferred Lifetime Feeding Regimen • What Else Should You Know?
7 Breeding and Producing Rabbits   
Mating Your First Pair • Is She Pregnant? • Time for the Nest Box • The New
Litter • Breeding the Doe Again • Weaning and Housing the Litter • The
Problems of Weather • Keeping Breeding Records • Ear Identification •
Choosing Future Breeders • Methods of Breeding • Reminders That Bear
Restating
 
Part III: Marketing and Miscellany
8 To the Best Market: Selling Rabbits
The Meat Market • Slaughtering and Butchering • The Laboratory Market •
Breeding Stock • The 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
9 Rabbits and the Home Garden
Make Manure Go a Long Way: Compost! • What the Garden Can Do for Rabbits
10 Preventing Problems
Breeding Tips • Disease Prevention • Is Medical Treatment Available for
Rabbits? • Sanitation • Complaints from Neighbors or Relatives
11 On to the Rabbit Shows!
Locating and Entering Shows • Judging by Class • Selecting Show Stock •
Make the Rabbit Shows Work for You
12 Rabbit Associations and the Future of the Industry
National Organizations • Regional Groups • ARBA Benefits • Into the Future
• Increasing the Demand for Meat • A Promotional Campaign • A Show of
Support • The Rabbit’s Potential
13 Cooking Rabbit
Chicken Is Cheaper • Comparing Rabbits and Chicken • Preparing for Cooking
• The Recipes
 
Afterword
Reading about Rabbits
Glossary
Metric Conversion Charts
Index