Learn how to use rabbit breeding cards to track bucks and does, prevent costly mistakes, and make informed breeding decisions. This lesson explains what to record, why it matters, and how proper record-keeping improves herd health, productivity, and long-term success in your rabbitry.

Learn why tattooing is essential for herd identification and record keeping, and see two common tattooing methods in action. This lesson explains how tattoos help track lineage, breeding performance, and offspring throughout your rabbitry.

Learn how to identify and breed the best rabbits for superior results. This lesson covers ideal rabbit shapes, key traits, and strategies to produce healthier, stronger, and more profitable offspring.

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to correctly identify whether a rabbit is male or female using safe, practical techniques that work for both young kits and adult rabbits. We’ll cover who should be checking sex, what physical traits to look for, when sexing can be done accurately, and where to position your hands and eyes to avoid mistakes. Correct sex identification is essential for preventing accidental litters, planning breeding programs, managing housing, and keeping peace in your rabbitry.

Female rabbits do not have a traditional heat cycle like many other livestock species. Instead, they are induced ovulators, meaning ovulation occurs as a result of breeding. Understanding how the rabbit estrous cycle works—and how to recognize when a doe is receptive—allows breeders to time breedings correctly, improve conception rates, and reduce stress on both the buck and the doe.

In this lesson, we’ll break down how the rabbit estrous cycle functions, what visual and behavioral signs to look for, how vent color changes indicate receptiveness, and when the best time to breed is for successful results.

Identifying a Receptive Doe and Proper Breeding Timing

In this lesson, you will see a real-life demonstration of what a receptive rabbit vent looks like and how proper breeding should occur. Understanding when a doe is receptive is one of the most important skills in successful rabbit breeding. By learning to recognize vent color, swelling, and behavioral cues, breeders can time pairings correctly, improve conception rates, and reduce stress on both rabbits.

This video walks you through visual confirmation of estrous and shows what a correct breeding looks like, so you can confidently apply these skills in your own rabbitry.

In this lesson, we cover proven management practices for breeding meat rabbits efficiently and responsibly. You’ll learn why timely weaning, structured rebreeding schedules, and consistent routines are critical for maintaining productive does and preventing breeding setbacks. This lesson explains how weaning by six weeks and rebreeding at four weeks helps keep does cycling, supports steady fryer production, and prevents behavioral and hormonal issues that can interfere with long-term success.

This video focuses on practical systems that keep a meat rabbit operation productive, predictable, and sustainable.

In this lesson, we explore advanced, situational breeding tactics used by experienced rabbit breeders to encourage reluctant or inconsistent rabbits to breed. These techniques are designed for times when standard breeding methods are unsuccessful. You will learn how environmental changes, controlled stress, strategic cage placement, breeder rotation, and hands-on techniques can help stimulate receptiveness and improve breeding success—while still prioritizing animal welfare and safety.

This lesson is intended for experienced breeders and should be used thoughtfully and responsibly.

Breeding rabbits during the winter months requires thoughtful management to maintain fertility and protect rabbit health. In this lesson, we discuss how cold weather, reduced daylight, and increased energy demands affect breeding success, and how proper nutrition, hydration, lighting, and housing can help your rabbits continue to breed productively throughout the winter.

In this lesson, we examine what happens inside a doe’s reproductive system when rabbits are bred again just days after a successful breeding—without confirming pregnancy or receptiveness. You will learn how a rabbit’s uterine horns function, how embryos implant and develop, and why breeding a doe again 7 days later can disrupt early pregnancy and increase the risk of embryo loss or stillborn kits.

This lesson explains why breeders should avoid “blind breeding” and instead wait for clear signs of receptiveness and confirmation methods such as palpation. Understanding these internal processes will help you make informed breeding decisions and protect the health of both the doe and her litter. This lesson serves as the foundation for the next video, where we demonstrate how to properly palpate a rabbit.

Palpation and proper nest box timing are two critical skills every rabbit breeder should master. Together, they allow you to confirm pregnancy early, plan your breeding program efficiently, and ensure that the doe has everything she needs to kindle safely and comfortably.

When done correctly, palpation is gentle, quick, and non-invasive. Nest box management, when timed properly, helps prevent kit loss due to exposure, poor nesting, or premature box use as a litter box.

In this lesson, we take a close look at a non-traditional rabbit hutch design that allows rabbits to breed successfully through both hot summers and cold winters. You’ll learn how an underground-style tunnel system connected to an insulated tote creates a more stable microclimate, helping rabbits regulate body temperature naturally while still allowing for exercise, nesting, and productivity.

This lesson explains how this setup improves quality of life, reduces seasonal breeding stress, and supports consistent litter production across a wide range of climates. While not a conventional system, it demonstrates how thoughtful design can balance animal welfare with practical breeding goals.

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to care for newborn rabbit kits during their most critical early days to ensure survival, healthy growth, and proper development. We’ll cover:

• Safe Kindling Practices: How to use insulated kindling totes to protect kits from extreme temperatures while keeping them comfortable and secure.

• The First 10 Days: Essential monitoring tips to ensure kits thrive, including how to gently encourage eye-opening if needed.

• Transitioning to Grow-Out Cages: When and how to move kits to larger cages for easier handling, better health monitoring, and preparation for sale or weaning.

• Mother Rabbit Breeding Schedule: How timing your doe’s next breeding at four weeks post-kindling promotes her health and maximizes reproductive efficiency.

By the end of this lesson, you’ll have a step-by-step system for raising healthy kits while supporting the wellbeing of the mother rabbit—a foundation for a productive and safe rabbitry.

In this lesson, we’ll cover the crucial process of weaning your kits from their mother’s milk to solid food—a key step to ensure healthy growth and prepare them for sale.

You’ll learn:

• When and how to introduce solid food so your kits transition smoothly.

• Techniques for a gradual shift from milk to pellets and hay while keeping kits hydrated and well-nourished.

• How to monitor growth and health, ensuring your kits thrive during this critical stage.

• The importance of socialization and sibling interaction to support happy, well-adjusted rabbits.

• Gender separation tips to prevent early breeding and maintain a healthy herd.

• Our proven system, including the use of insulated kindling totes, grow-out cages, and a strategic breeding schedule, to keep kits safe, healthy, and ready for the next stage.

By the end of this lesson, you’ll know exactly how to wean your kits confidently and efficiently, giving them the best start for long-term health and productivity.

In this lesson, you’ll learn when and how to properly wean rabbit kits to protect the doe’s health, support strong immune systems, and keep your rabbitry running smoothly. Bobby walks through real-world weaning methods, feeding adjustments, and common mistakes to avoid.

In this lesson, you’ll learn how linebreeding works in rabbit breeding and how experienced breeders use it to strengthen desirable traits while maintaining healthy, productive animals. We’ll break down what linebreeding really is, how it differs from inbreeding, and how to apply it responsibly in your own breeding program. By the end of this lesson, you’ll understand how to build consistent bloodlines, avoid genetic problems, and know when—and why—to introduce new genetics.

In this lesson, we’ll talk about balance—how to avoid overfeeding, overbreeding, and burning yourself out when starting a rabbitry. You’ll learn how to run a simple one-buck, two-doe trio on a rotating schedule that provides consistent rabbits every 30 days. We’ll also cover how linebreeding fits into this system, how genetic percentages work, and how to steadily improve your herd without constantly buying new rabbits. This lesson breaks down a proven, repeatable system that works for beginners and scales easily as your rabbitry grows.

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to scale a rabbitry into a 1,000+ pound annual meat production starting with only four rabbits — two bucks and two does. We’ll walk through timing, breeding strategy, line-breeding basics, cage planning, and how to create both meat and sellable breeding stock along the way. This is not a beginner system, but for those ready to build serious production, it’s efficient, affordable, and proven.

In this lesson, you’ll learn the tabletop method, a safe and reliable technique to breed does that won’t lift naturally. This is especially useful for older rabbits, non-lifting does, or time-sensitive breeding goals. You’ll learn the step-by-step process, proper handling, and how to ensure successful breeding every ti

Are you ready to take your rabbitry to the next level? In this final lesson, you’ll learn how to put it all together building a predictable, productive, and sustainable breeding system that keeps your herd healthy and your litters consistent. We’ll cover line breeding to lock in desirable traits, how to balance it with genetic diversity to protect fertility, and the truth about hybrid vigor — why it works in the first generation but doesn’t last without a plan. You’ll also discover how to adapt your breeding schedule to your climate, so your rabbits stay productive and healthy year-round. By the end, you’ll know exactly how to structure your rabbitry for long-term success.

You’ve reached the final lesson of the Rabbit Breeding Course. In this video, we’ll reflect on what you’ve accomplished, prepare you for the final exam and certification, and give you a preview of what’s coming next for those who want to turn their rabbitry into something more.