Creep feeding is the practice of giving young animals additional feeds to supplement the mother’s milk production. For rabbits; the fryers [young rabbits] will remain in the nest for two and a half weeks, feeding on their mother’s milk.
From three weeks on however, the young should be fed to appetite on a pellet with 15 per cent protein and 20 per cent fiber. Fresh succulent feed with low moisture or hay should also be supplied. The food intake is usually between 5 and 7 per cent of their body mass. The young intended as replacement or breeding stock should be separated and their ration regulated to prevent excessive fatness. Those intended for meat are fed to appetite to ensure rapid growth rate and early marked mass. Marked mass can be attained at about 10 weeks under commercial or about 16 weeks under village conditions.