Good records are essential to raising quality rabbits. Which doe is the best producer, who do I breed with who, which litters grow the fastest, when is it time to retire my buck? The answers to all these questions and more can be answered by accurate records.
Rabbitry records are the core of your operation. You will reach your breeding goals much faster if you make decisions based on fact and track record rather than feelings or whims.
A safe place for records
Cage tags or cards are often used for temporary info. Unfortunately, rabbits love to chew them and cards frequently get lost or damaged. Always save important info in a permanent place. You can keep rabbit records in a binder or on a device such as a computer or smartphone. Choose the method that works best for you. Make sure it is easy to use since records are useless if you don’t maintain them.
I keep hand-written rabbit records in a binder for our small rabbitry. Manual records are a great choice for beginners and small-scale operations.
Print a free Rabbit Records Binder and Breeding Board below to keep track of breeding, litters, weights, sales, expenses, etc.
For techies or those with larger herds, you can use Excel spreadsheets or a digital program or app (such as Hutch, Kintraks, or Evans). Digital records should be backed up periodically.
Rabbitry Records Binder
When I first started raising rabbits, I couldn’t find printable rabbitry record pages, so I made a set. These are the same records we use. You are welcome to print them and make your own Rabbit Records Binder…
You will need:
1″ 3-ring binder
8 tabbed dividers
lined filler paper
Label divider tabs as follows:
– Buck Records
– Doe Records
– Tattoo Log
– Income/Expense
– Sales Records
– Waiting List
– Show Records
– Pedigrees
(Feel free to re-arrange or omit sections you don’t need.)
Assembly:
(Print and place the corresponding sheets behind each section of your binder)
- Buck Records: Buck Record Sheet
- Doe Records: Doe Record Sheet
- Tattoo Log: Rabbit Tattoo Log (blank) *Rabbit Tattoo Log (example)
- Income/Expenses: Income Log, Feed/Expenses, Rabbits Purchased, Income/Expense Summary
- Sales Records: Rabbit Sales Record (horizontal) or Rabbit Sales Record (vertical)
- Waiting List: Rabbit Waiting List
- Show Records: Rabbit Show Record Place show records, registration, and winnings here
- Pedigrees: Place copies of pedigrees & some lined paper here
Breeding Board
Always record breeding info immediately. Since we don’t keep our Record Binder in the rabbitry, we write breedings on a breeding board, then transfer the info to our binder once a month.
To make your own: Print out a Breeding Board on standard paper, then laminate or place in a plastic page protector. Attach to a clipboard. Write info with a Sharpie or permanent marker. It is helpful to keep a calendar with the board to calculate dates. You can erase the board with nail polish remover or a Magic Eraser once the info has been recorded.
TIP: Record the info on the breeding board when a doe is bred. Then add the nest box and due date dates to your calendar so you won’t forget!
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Hope you find these rabbitry records pages helpful. How do you keep records at your rabbitry? Please comment below…
This is a great resource for me as a new rabbit keeper.
This rabbitry record book is very detailed. I’m experimenting on how to rear rabbits commercially, and the challenge I had was record keeping. Your post has been a huge help. And I will even customize the record book for greater cane rat (grasscutter) farming, which I also do.
This is an awesome resource! I’ve saved them all in a “special desktop folder for future use/re-use yay me! I’m such an eager beaver to get myself off my feet with a rabbitry… 2 Does and a Buck are coming home next week!
So Excited
Thank you so much for these record sheets. I’ve been using Everbreed that used to be Hutch and I’m not happy with it. I’m going to use your sheets and go back to a binder. I appreciate the time you are putting into this website.
Ps. My state of Virginia doesn’t allow the sale of rabbit meat, only the sale of a live rabbit and offer of help processing it. The person looking to buy meat needs to check what is legal in her state.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I AM JUST STARTING OUT AND THIS IS A HUGE HELP AND TIME SAVER.
This is so useful, thank you for sharing all of this. I have been trying to organize my rabbitry’s records for a long time now!
Thank you! This is great information.
Glad to be of service!
Alyssa , just wanted to take a minute and say thank you for all your help ,as we began our adventure ! Thanks too for all the great info ! Dawn Pfeiffer
Do you sell the meat commercially?
Homestead Rabbits is an informational website. We do not sell rabbit meat. If you are looking for meat, I invite you to contact breeders on our breeder directory to see if they sell any. Good luck! https://breeders.homesteadrabbits.com/
I downloaded and use kintraks, plus keep handwritten records in a binder.
Thanks for the comment and mentioning Kintraks. I added it to the post so others can check it out. How do you like Kintrax? Pros/cons?
I really like it. I have several databases (rabbits, pigeons,etc)
Its pretty easy to use.you just have to fill in a few things (how long pregnant,etc)
I also use and love Kintraks! The only con I have is I can’t fit all the info I want on my pedigrees, that my breeders my initial stock came from can. They use Evans. Though I haven’t really tweaked the pedigree too much to make it work. I won’t be changing programs anytime soon. I used Kintraks for my dairy goats and beef cows as well. I just printed all the printables and am putting together a binder too! I had one for my dairy goats, so I am excited to have one for my rabbits as well.