Sainfoin is a candidate worth to be explored for rabbit feeding because of its nutritional properties. In this study, growing performances of rabbits and reproductive performances of does were compared, over 3 reproductive cycles, when fed isonutritive feeds containing either 0, 13 or 26% dehydrated sainfoin (DS: Perly cultivar). Doe performances (intake, live weight, fertility) were not affected by dietary DS incorporation, while the stillborn rate was improved for cycles 1 and 3 (20.5 vs. 13.3 vs. 8.8% respectively for DS0, DS13, DS26, P<0.001). DS incorporation rate had no impact on kits growth before weaning, but after weaning it slightly reduced the growth rate (44.2 vs. 43.2 g/d respectively for DS0 and DS26, P<0.05) and slightly impaired the feed conversion (2.91 vs. 2.98 respectively for DS0 and DS26, P<0.05).