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Facts About Rabbits

Breeding: Wild rabbits in New Zealand can start breeding at the age of two to three months old. Their gestation period is 28-30 days. They are pregnant within 12 hours of dropping a litter.
The saying breed like rabbits didn’t come from nowhere.

Food: They eat approximately .1kg of grass per day, love garden type bushes and vegetables.

An old English saying on the food intake; three rabbits to a hare, three hares to a sheep.
So going by that, for every nine dead rabbits there is the food for another stock unit…

The Rabbit

Rabbits, damned rabbits!   They are coming back in places around Otago and Canterbury thicker than ever.  Central Otago is, well, on high alert again as they little buggers need controlled, and quickly.
In case you aren’t sure what these little pests look like here is a few photo’s of them just to keep your mind refreshed.

The rabbit enemy!

 

Ok, so we see a few Quail around the place. Very cool wee birds!

 

 

 

 

 

If I wasn’t trying to kill these rabbits I’d be laying in the sun too!

 

There’s four rabbits here.  Can you spot them all?