 | John Lawrence - 1816 - 284 pages
...days before PARTURITION, or kindling, hay is to be given to the doe, to assist in making her bed, with the flue, which nature has instructed her to tear...at this period, seen sitting upon her haunches, and tear, ing off the flue, and the hay being presented to her, she will, with her teeth, reduce and shorten... | |
 | John Lawrence - 1822 - 350 pages
...kindling, hay is to be giv to the doe, to assist in making her bed, w 202 Error — Cautions — Weakness, the flue, which nature has instructed her to tear...her purpose. — Biting down of the litter or bed, i* the first sign of pregnancy. The number produced, generally between FIVE and TEN; and it is most... | |
 | William Clarke - 1829 - 476 pages
...together above ten minutes. Some days before kindling, hay is to be given to the doe, with which, and the flue which nature has instructed her to tear from her body, she will make her nest. Biting the hay into short pieces, and carrying it about in her mouth, are almost... | |
 | John Lawrence - 1832 - 274 pages
...before PARTURI13 TION, or kindling, hay is to be given to the doe, to assist in making her bed, with the flue, which nature has instructed her to tear...presented to her, she will, with her teeth, reduce and shgrten it to her purpose. — Biting down of the litter or bed, is the first sign of approaching pregnancy.... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - 640 pages
...to assist in making her bed, with the flue, which nature has instructed her to tear from her hotly for that purpose. She will be at this period seen...Biting down of the litter or bed, is the first sign of approaching pregnancy. The number produced, generally between five and ten ; and it is most advantageous... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - 618 pages
...days before parturition, or kindling, hay is to be given to the doe, to assist in making her bed, with the flue, which nature has instructed her to tear from her body for that purpose. She will be seen al this period sitting upon her haunches, anc tearing off the flue, and the hay being presented... | |
 | John Lawrence - 1837 - 464 pages
...days before parturition, or kindling, hay is to be given to the doe, to assist in making her bed, with the flue, which nature has instructed her to tear...Biting down of the litter or bed, is the first sign of approaching pregnancy. The number produced, generally between Jive and ten ; and it is most advantageous... | |
 | Peter Boswell - 1842 - 170 pages
...days before parturition, or kindling, hay is to bs given to the doe, to assist in making her bed, with the flue which nature has instructed her to tear from...Biting down of the litter or bed, is the first sign of approaching delivery. The number produced is generally between five and ten ; and it is most advantageous... | |
 | Francis Simmons Holmes - 1842 - 264 pages
...days before parturition, or kindling, hay is to be given to the doe, to assist in making her bed, with the flue, which nature has instructed her to tear...Biting down of the litter or bed, is the first sign of approaching pregnancy. 973. " The number produced, generally between five and ten ; and it is most... | |
 | William Clarke - 1849 - 646 pages
...together above ten minutes. Some days before kindling, hay is to be given to the doe, with which, and the flue which nature has instructed her to tear from her body, she will make her uest. Biting the hay into short pieces, and carrying it about in her mouth, are almost... | |
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Like chickens, the best breeding rabbits are those kindled in March. Some days before parturition, or kindling, hay is to be given to the doe, to assist in making her bed, with the flue, which nature has instructed her to tear from her body for that purpose.... 