So we decided to raise some meat rabbits. Picked up 2 does and a buck yesterday. Here is my set up so far. I still need to put in feeders and the auto water system. That and the manure management system.
Jim have you raised them before? Ever killed and skinned one?
What's your manure system?
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I was the manure management system for my Bother's rabbits when I was a kid. We'd (actually, he) would make a killing selling them at the feed store every Easter. Best worms you can find underneath those cages.
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There will be 3 more cages under the existing 3. So I am going to make a slanted shelf with corrugated plastic for them to poop on.
Rich I'll use a rabbit wringer to dispatch them. As far as skinning goes it's not much different that squirrels.
What's wrong with eating rabbits? They're lower in fat and higher in protein than chicken. They are cleaner than chickens. Rabbit meat in the store isn't exactly cheap either.
We bought each of my three daughters a "bunny" for Easter one year. We had the pet store lady "make sure" they were all 3 females because we did not want to deal with any more than 3 rabbits. Turns out that one of the 3 was a male. Did not know that until the FIRST female had a litter... SURPRISE!!! Couple of weeks later the second female had her litter... I went from owning 3 rabbits to owning 17 rabbits within a 2 week time period...
There will be 3 more cages under the existing 3. So I am going to make a slanted shelf with corrugated plastic for them to poop on.
Rich I'll use a rabbit wringer to dispatch them. As far as skinning goes it's not much different that squirrels.
Rabbits are very good eating. Are they food for you or are u selling?
What's wrong with eating rabbits? They're lower in fat and higher in protein than chicken. They are cleaner than chickens. Rabbit meat in the store isn't exactly cheap either.
Rabbits are good. Especially cooked down in gravy.
I had a friend here in town that got his daughters rabbits for Easter one year. They built a pen and kept them outside under the barn.
One afternoon one of his daughters went out to feed the rabbits and there was a rattlesnake laying under the pen. The rabbit smell had apparently attracted the rattlesnake. Pay attention to whats around the rabbit pens.
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We are mating one of the does now and we will do the other next week. We'll see how it goes. I'm sure that once we get the the hang of things we'll have a few to share with friends.
new Zealand whites are delicious.
Can't see snakes or they will try to kill themselves
wind on their whiskers will make them have seizures. We used to get people bringing us a bunch of "easter bunnies" in the early summer when they put fans on them to cool them and they freaked out.
The poop + old wood shavings makes good worm dirt.
We killed tens of thousands of them growing up. Sold to the Barnes and Piggly Wiggly in South Alabama and Florida Panhandle.
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Whats up with the manure management though?Shovel and a rake wont work?
What's your manure system?
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I'm huntin wabbbits!
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Rich I'll use a rabbit wringer to dispatch them. As far as skinning goes it's not much different that squirrels.
Is it cost effective? Do you regularly consume rabbit?
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what are you going to do with the hides?
You must not know how to cook.
All of the rabbits are gone now...
how will you handle owls?
I don't think they will beable to get into the cage.
Even the pet wabbits made the plate.
Its really tastes wawzzie
Rabbits are very good eating. Are they food for you or are u selling?
Primarily just food for us. However I do have some friends that have said they want to buy some.
Rabbits are good. Especially cooked down in gravy.
I had a friend here in town that got his daughters rabbits for Easter one year. They built a pen and kept them outside under the barn.
One afternoon one of his daughters went out to feed the rabbits and there was a rattlesnake laying under the pen. The rabbit smell had apparently attracted the rattlesnake. Pay attention to whats around the rabbit pens.
"Winners take responsibility, losers blame others"
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Pellets and Timothy hay.
We are mating one of the does now and we will do the other next week. We'll see how it goes. I'm sure that once we get the the hang of things we'll have a few to share with friends.
Can't see snakes or they will try to kill themselves
wind on their whiskers will make them have seizures. We used to get people bringing us a bunch of "easter bunnies" in the early summer when they put fans on them to cool them and they freaked out.
The poop + old wood shavings makes good worm dirt.
We killed tens of thousands of them growing up. Sold to the Barnes and Piggly Wiggly in South Alabama and Florida Panhandle.
when we say the same thing about welfare recipients, you cry like a wounded buffalo Sopchoppy
It's their money, they spend it how they like. Truth and honesty have nothing to do with it. - Mr Jr
"“A radical is one who advocates sweeping changes in the existing laws and methods of government.” "