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THANK YOU!!! I'm so grateful for the thorough explanations and detailed instructions! We can't afford meat anymore and are already butchering chickens. We got rabbits and just needed some instruction. Again, thank you!

I don't get your meat mutt comment, who cares? What are you, racist?😂 If you're going to eat it, IDC.

Raising animals is only outlawed in cities to protect capitalism. Watch them chicken eggs skyrocket but they won't allow you to own a hen that really isn't loud. My neighbor has one but you'd never know unless you looked over his privacy fence. I'll never snitch on my neighbor.

a note about some of the less common breeds... almost any of the not white rabbits (i include colored NZs, and californians here) LOOK more like pet or show rabbits to the typical nosy neighbor, or township inspector. row after row of white rabbits, even if they are all show bunnys and not ever intended to be eaten, LOOK more like livestock to a lot of folks. also, if you have a heritage breed- especially a rare one-, simply stating (honestly) i am helping to preserve a threatened rabbit variety! they are kind of rare..." tends to get a lot of folks to back off.

wow! the florida white sounds AWESOME for those of us with small lots!

my local laws specifically ban chickens, QUAIL!!!! ducks, etc (i dont get it) so i raise pigeons and now rabbits

thank you!

Thank you. Exactly the information I need and want. I know why I want rabbits … so need to watch the rest of your offerings.

Thank you 😊

Question...I am new to breeding rabbits. I feed them organic just like my chickens since my family will be eating them. I was only able to get 2 until the other kits are weaned. My doe and buck are almost 9 weeks now. I feed them the head size amount of pellets (1/2 c), body size amount of Timothy hay, and tail size amount of sweet potato greens, etc. My concern is that the New Country Orangic pellets are only 15% protein. I do grow comfrey among other herbs along with moringa trees. Could I supplement the comfrey as protein to get to 18% because I don't believe 15% is enough. I started out mixing the pellets they came with (non-gmo) adding my organic pellets gradually so not to upset their stomachs, but they now eat the organic ones and leave the non-gmo ones. I guess they taste better, lol. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Love my Palominos. Just had a buck reach 6lbs at 11 weeks everyone else is over 5lbs

I'm setting up a colony about 50m from a place where I have running water. PE 25 pipe on a right path could be a solution, and it must end deep in the ground. Tiny closed cellar with a tap etc.

my boss and i were discussing ways to get more protein; i have raised rabbits for a few years but had never compared rabbit to chicken; so i used google to look at the different nutrition values between rabbit chicken and turkey as well as eggs and cottage cheese. i found out that not only does rabbit have more protein to all but also and this is a biggie, it has 91% of your daily B12 where chicken has 1% and turkey has 9% per serving. This is huge. and a good reason to raise rabbits

Chickens are okay, but rabbits are hands down the best. I raise rabbits and quails, which imo are also better than chickens, they are in nice size, quiet, don`t smell as much as chickens, eggs are smaller but more packed with nutriens, etc. If you have greenhouse you might also consider adding a small aquaponics system there, it`s a nice way of raising fishes and have awesome, free fertilizer.

This is THE BEST video I’ve found on meat breeds. I completely agree with every point. I even have Florida Whites who have hit 3lbs at 6 weeks.

but who eats rabbit skin or fat? where as chicken skin and dark meat is delicious. that is the main issue with eating rabbits. for those that need to lose weight it would be good tho.

And most importantly make sure to wash them in your kitchen sink and throw your rabbit pee glove in the counter

Nice video friend, good content!

If done right, meat animals have a great life. They only have one bad day that they don’t even remember.

I want to raise rabbits for their poop and urine for my garden and fruit trees...also want to give my dog free treats...

So here's what I'm confused about with the flemish giants, maybe you can clarify for me? Im looking into raising meat rabbits for personal consumption and have plenty of space, and was planning to raise in a large colony type enclosure and feed almost exclusively forage from my property and the "waste" from growing a lot of vegetables. So feed costs are irrelevant, and additionally Id prefer to do less killing and less often. The idea of butchering every 9 weeks makes me not even want to consider meat rabbits because I don't have time for that and would rather do it like twice a year. Id also like to keep the pelts, and I don't mind the meat actually having flavor. For me, wouldn't they make the best choice? Any input would be appreciated!

No matter how I calculate it thought, it is not worth it raising your own food, let alone raising it to sell. You'd need to start out as a millionaire even if you already own land, because anything on a small scale, like for example 300 rabbits, isn't profitable. Even if you automate literally everything so you barely have to work, so your only work is like 8h a week for you to move the rabbit tractor and check their health, you still only get 2-3 dollars for an hour of your work at the end of the year. Same shit goes with almost all animals except when focusing on egg or milk production on the land you already own and live on. I calculated literally everything, and even if you sell the rabbits like 50 dollars per dressed rabbit, which is insane price, you can't get more than 2-3 dollars per hour. And this is again working only few hours a week because everything is automated.

I need efficiency to raise meat, not for sales, for young bucks no matter what we feed them.. they'll eat as I'm starving them? I'm better off getting a compost toilet 🤣 Informative channel, mate🤙🏼 Cheers from Aotearoa New Zealand 🇳🇿

the cornish cross is a miracle and a monstrousity, exactly what i think. to the point where i would not like to eat it even if it was raised in my backyard. it is such a deformed and vulnerable animal it does not seem right to me.

I'll save you the trouble of watching 28 minutes of rant to only learn that🦆>🐇.

Just curious I loved your video btw !! My brother was telling me that it takes more energy in the body to digest the rabbit 😂 than what we get?

Great advice all around.

So what did you do to repair the land & damage?

Where can I buy California whites ? And Nz's

Where are you located? Do you sell meat rabbits ?

One reason for raising meat rabbits not mentioned... dog food! I have siberian huskies and prefer to feed them real food. I may eat some, but the reproduction rate and simplicity of care makes this a great sustainable food source for my girls. 🐕 🐕

I see you don’t have lids on your j feeders- aren’t rodents a problem? I have diy plastic feeders that hang on the outside of my cages (for my quail) and the rats chewed straight through to get to the feed.

Are there certain plants to avoid? I'm afraid of accidentally poisoning my rabbits.

Their poor feet:( they need blankets at least to cover the bottom!

Good to know!!!

Our permanent breeders (14 of 'em) ... about 35% of their feed (Oct- April) is dried leaf. They love it ... but it takes A LOT of space to store all Winter.

Are there any kinds that they can't eat?

A good tree I have in my yard is mulberry. It's also basically a replacement for alfalfa.

A small dog sized rabbit, "it's a shame he's small." hehe I know it's probably the species, just funny to see a rabbit 2x's bigger then the one behind you called small.

Would north georgia (zone 7b) be considered too hot for any of these breeds? I heard you mention that florida is heat hardy, but im curious if you have knowledge on any of the others in that regard. Thanks in advance!

I'm sure I'd get used to it, but I'd always worry about the dislocation and if it was done right. I've only done cervical dislocations on mice (lab stuff) but they were already essentially euthanized with isofluorane and carbon dioxide, so no twitching. They were small so I was never 100% certain if it was done right. Maybe on a bigger animal I'd be more sure. On the other hand, I've also helped euthanize pets and they do some twitching. I feel like this is a mix of both that somehow makes me more nervous. I doubt I'll ever be able to have a nice place to do this, but maybe I'll find a Workaway farm that has some of this stuff.

If you were going to mention EVERYTHING one should consider before raising meat rabbits you should have also included how rabbits are declared unclean and unfit for consumption in Leviticus 11 of the Bible in the Law that YHVH declared through Moses. The text goes as far as calling the consumption of these impure animals abomination, the same descriptor it uses to describe homosexuality. Just a little food for thought!

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From a logical and financial point of view, rabbits are an obvious choice. Will I ever raise them? NOPE; I've had rabbit in just about every dish possible because I REALLY wanted to raise rabbits because of the financial aspect ... but I finally had to admit that I just don't like the way the meat tastes. That actually extends to all rodents (squirrel, nutria, etc). So another consideration before jumping into raising a particular animal for meat is to know whether you are okay with eating them day in and day out (if raising them for the homestead).

Very informative . Thanks

I think the main problem is that people look at all rodents as the same. This I see is perfectly fine with rabbits, however wire is bad for other rodents. If hamsters use a wire wheel, it will cause them to get bumble foot. I also see this bad for chinchillas. Chinchillas have no fur padding on their feet and can easily get dry feet with sores on them. It's recommended that they have aspen shavings or anti peel fleece in their cage. Basically what I'm trying to say is that just because a animal is a rodent, doesn't mean wire is ok for all rodents.

How'd it perform in the winter? Did you find a way heat the lines

BS. Rabbit starvation is well documented historically and was an incredibly common cause of death historically among pioneer, mountain man and prospector types. There are many instances of people documenting the experience of it while dying from it themselves and there absolutely is an upper amount of protein you can eat that will cause you harm. Ask anyone with kidney issues about that. People can and do get kidney damage from having too much protein in their diet for too long of a period You're talking utter nonsense

Freedom!! I do whay I want with taking care of us on our property and I can't stand that they control everyone so much.