Fauve de Bourgogne

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The Fauve de Bourgogne is a medium French meat rabbit of uniform fawn-red colour. A. Renard fixed the type at La Celle-Saint-Cyr in the Yonne out of the fawn farm rabbits already kept across Burgundy, and the first standard was homologated on 22 April 1914 by the Société Française de Cuniculiculture. The Fédération Française de Cuniculiculture asks for 3.5–5.0 kg with an ideal of 4.0–4.5 kg — one range for both sexes — ears of 11–13 cm carried erect, a cobby massive body with a very thick loin, and a warm, intense fawn-red over the whole upper body with paler eye rings, chin, belly and underparts. Research populations sit inside that standard: adult does averaged 4.3 kg from about nine months of age, and 4048 g at mating in a nine-breed comparison. Reproduction is modest and depends heavily on the system — 4.3 kits born alive under an intensive 42-day rhythm, against 6.44 total born and 5.17 born alive on experimental farms — while growth and robustness are the breed's stronger side, with 1649 g at 65 days and gains of 30–33 g per day between 35 and 65 days obtained without antibiotic supplementation. The FFC still describes the breed as extremely widespread in France. It is not recognised by ARBA.

Datos rápidos

Grupo de tamaño: Medio
Propósito: carne
peso del conejo macho: 3.5–5 kilos
peso de la coneja: 3.5–5 kilos
Peso adulto: 4.3 kilos
Camada (promedio): 5 gazapos
abrigo: normal
tipo de cuerpo: commercial
Orejas: erect
Origen: FR · Bourgogne (Yonne)
Reconocido: 1914

Colores

fawn-red

Temperamento

calm

hardy

hechos notables

The first standard was homologated on 22 April 1914 by the Société Française de Cuniculiculture — not in 1928, the year repeated across English-language pages without any primary source behind it. The Entente Européenne lists Fauve de Bourgogne (German: Original rötlicher Burgunder) and the Burgundy Rabbit (Burgunder) as two separate medium-sized breeds, so German, Polish, Czech and Slovak names built on the Burgundy root do not automatically mean this breed. A 2004 INRA evaluation of eight fancy breeds against a control line called the Fauve de Bourgogne and the Argenté de Champagne the most productive of the medium-sized breeds tested, and drew 60 founders from 25 breeders in France and Italy — the largest founder sample of the eight.

Recomendaciones de cría

Mate does on weight rather than age: 3.6 kg, reached at a median of 149 days, about 84% of adult weight. Avoid an intensive 42-day remating rhythm — reproductive performance under it was judged low, and third-parity kit survival to weaning fell to 39.2% in a small sample after 83.3% and 72.1% at the first two parities. Record born alive and total born as separate columns, because the two published datasets report different ones, and keep parity on every line. Weigh kits at birth: they ranged from 26.2 g to 72.5 g, so fostering and evening out litters pays. Plan roughly 70 days of fattening and about 17 weeks of age to reach 2.8 kg, with feed conversion near 5.0, as measured in crossbred trials. Select on what actually distinguishes the breed — survival to weaning and 35–65 day gain without antibiotic support — and judge adults against the FFC minima and maxima for both weight and ear length, since ears under 11 cm or over 13 cm are serious faults.

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