Hi :) In your experience, does day length have any effect on the ratio of male:female kits? We raise rabbits indoor for bio/physical security reasons, and we've always had the standard ratio of boys to girls. Last year we didn't notice a timer had malfunctioned, and the rabbitry ended up in 24/7 lighting for about 2 weeks. We ended up with around 3 bucks out of those 2 litters. Yeah... Wow! Since then we've kept them at around 17/7 in lighting, and we're still getting higher rates of doe. Have you seen this before? I've read studies on the average doe ratio going up when there is plenty of feed available, but nothing on lighting.

How are you finding the classes so far? How about we share a bit about yourself, what breeds you have, how big is your rabbitry and where are you from?

Please read, let me know if you have any questions. Have I missed anything?

Welcome Hayley! It's taking me a bit longer than expected to write up the class on Diseases sorry everyone. I hope to get it up next week for you all to look through.

Tell me what breeds you have? Do you know what coccidiosis is? Are you familiar with signs of RCD/RHD?