Raising Rabbits - What You Can And Can't Feed A Rabbit
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Today's video is a 5 week update of our litter that we have been following from the beginning! They are now starting to eat some fresh grass in preparation for being moved to the growout lawn tractor. We are also discussing what foods every rabbit should have in their diet, and what foods you should never feed a rabbit.
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Pre-season your meat by feeding it herbs!
What a life hack.
Honestly, watching back I use to be so defensive about the rabbits lives and everything, but I’ve grown to respect your honesty with the process. You have 1st hand control of your diet and know directly where your food is coming from. We in the comments have to depend on stores with there GMO products and GH produce, not knowing what we’re truly eating. Disclaimer : (People in the comments )please stop with the hate because this woman has an abundance of rabbits and is doing what we all should be inspired to do. PERIODT
Thank you, I appreciate you hearing us out.
..'loss of life.. in fact IS life' ...i do respect how y'all care for your animals..as i admire your willingness to share specific information & tips to those who wish to learn to raise rabbits responsibly..., another video (btw as long as it's factual and helpful...you can never share too much information - r.e. your LIVE last evening ☮️&🌱's
Thanks Leroy, and we appreciate your respectful approach even though we eat differently.
@@GoodSimpleLiving ..as i do yours as well...have a great week...☮️&🌱's
@@leroybrown7757 thank you, you too
A couple we know are quitting their homestead life to move to the city.....don’t ask me why, maybe they don’t watch the news. But they are getting rid of their rabbits. Sooooo I’ll be watch all your rabbit videos.
I have free range rabbits in my backyard. Rabbits dig like made and eat roots, so carrots etc. are on the menu. In the summer. I go up to the local veg stand everyday and they give me all of the questionable stuff. The rabbits literally come running when I put it out. Never any issues, I'm aware of. They also have access to rabbit pellets and alpha hay.
I add a screw to the bottom of the nest box with the head sticking out just enough to catch on the wire floor to keep the nest box from moving.
So sad to see you lost one. I’ve had wild rabbits around here and I could swear they were eating on my strawberries 🍓. Strawberries are they harmful to rabbits. These are fat pretty healthy rabbits around here and occasionally if I’m steaming kale I leave the stems out for them although I’m sure the deer might help.
They love strawberries!!
Good Simple Living And Homesteading , that’s good to know.
Personally i don't give my rabbits anything green until they are 8 weeks old. By so doing I greatly minimize chances of them suffering from diarrhea or bloated tummies. I also wean my bunnies at the age of 8 weeks and by then most of them will be weighing 2.1kg to 2.3kg. I feed them hay and pellets only until they reach 8 weeks. After that I start giving them greens, including fresh grass and vegetable leaves but in very small quantities for about a month. As for bigger rabbits, i give them mainly pellets and also hay as something to nibble on whenever they feel like chewing something. I should also mention that rabbits that feed on pellets mainly taste much nicer than rabbits that eat greens and hay mainly.
Speaking of composting, have you tried or know about using black soldier fly composting for chicken feed? That dead pup meat could be converted into chicken, pig or fish feed.
Interesting, no I haven't
Very informative. Looking to get rabbits soon and this channel kept coming up. Thumbs up! Awesome!
Great topic.... Well done!
Thank you very much!
Tricky topics but we'll needed... It's sometimes hard to find solid advice with rabbit care.
@@wildedibles819 thanks, glad its helpful
💔😥 I'm against this as I own rabbits but you do you, it's a way of life and no one can stop you 😓 I would so take one of the babes too thier so cuteeeee
We always put them up for sale first. Last 3 litters have all sold long before reaching processing. I understand how you feel, and our breeders are pets we would never eat, but we are also meat eaters. As meat eaters we decided that the responsible thing to do would be to raise our own meat (chickens and rabbits) instead of contributing to the abuse and pollution of factory farming.
@@GoodSimpleLiving oh >-> I did not know the sell part. But yeah I understand the meat part, when I can afford my own place I plan on raising Chickens to feed to my doggos and what not ^-^
Yeah that's why we breed Rex. The 4h kids love them so most are sold. Our dog loves the rabbit meat as well. Rabbits will be half the cost and trouble for dog food vs. Chickens, but there is a cute factor.
I never raised bunnies for meat. Only as pet and I absolutly adored them. I would feed them grass and plants that I'd go pick up in the nezrby fields. My grandpa though use to raise rabbits, and made a mean rabbit stew, with black olives. Killer stuff.
They are cute, I don't disagree, but yes.... delicious. I love my breeders. I've had a few for 6 years now.
Enjoying your informative videos; wondering what their diet looks like during the non-growing season?
We keep kale going all winter, but it's always pellets and timothy no matter what. 1 cup of pellets, mineral lick, and unlimited timothy.
Thanks for sharing. We just acquired a bunch of silver fox rabbits and will start breeding next month. Thanks for all of the info on feeding rabbits!
The carrot myth originated from Bugs Bunny, it was originally a nod to an old movie and had nothing to do with actual rabbits:
"Bugs Bunny's nonchalant carrot-chewing standing position, as explained by Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, and Bob Clampett, originated in a scene in the film It Happened One Night, in which Clark Gable's character leans against a fence, eating carrots rapidly and talking with his mouth full to Claudette Colbert's character"
in nature the apples don't get picked they fall to the ground. my rabbits eat apples off the ground
One of my does kindled 3 days ago but didn’t make a nest in the box. I put the nest box in a few days before she was due. She didn’t pull that much fur this time either. Im in Colorado days are 80s to 90s, nights 60s. I figured its warm so she pulled less fur. There were 8 kits to start but she’s been killing them and now there’s only 4. I think the ones she killed maybe went hypothermic and she could tell they wouldn’t survive so she killed them. Ive seen when they don’t think they can raise them or they’re super stressed they’ll kill them. I didn’t want to interfere with the nest, but I don’t want to lose the rest of the kits. I think they’re too cold at night. I decided to put the box back in and make a new nest. I plucked some belly fur from the doe and made it how they usually make it themselves. Have u had this happen to you? Ive raise many rabbits but haven’t had this happen yet. I hope I didn’t screw up. Any suggestions? I hope that’s the right thing to do, i guess we’ll see, but any other advice you can give would be greatly appreciated. We love your channel, you guys are great, best wishes to you and your family!
I've had it happen, and I did just what you did. It didn't work, because she just wasn't into that litter. Not sure why?? She did great the next time.
How can bloat be treated ?
What is the feed ratios in pellet for rabbit looking at 100kg.
Crude fibre -%
Crude protein -%
Fat-%
Energy %
Treat bloat with infant gas drops, and remove all feed except hay and water
I was wondering of you were going to talk about carrots - Bugs Bunny is probably to blame for that myth.
I'm glad to see the crazy vegans are already giving you material for the next "Hater comments" video!
I have a notebook full already! Part 3 is extra crazy!!
Ok, where do you buy Timothy grass, its terribly expensive at the farm store? Can you feed alpha? I guess, I've been feeding to much pellets. Didnt know a out broccoli and cauliflower, I gave the stocks, but to adults. Thank you so much for the info!
You bet! Timothy from the farm store is about $10 a bale but lasts forever
@@GoodSimpleLiving I saw little bags here for $9, I'll have to check the other farm store.
Buy it by the bale
Great info. I've kicked around the idea of raising meat rabbits for a while. I'm still working on getting past the "cute bunny feelings" though. What breed are your rabbits? I'd also like to have a breed with nice fur to tan.
Rex, they have the best hides hands down.
Do you have a video on how you set up that water system for your rabbits
Hoping to have rabbits in the future. Loving these videos! Very informative ❤️
Thank you, I'm so glad!
Great great video as always....thank you
Thank you!
What about weeds in the lawn? Also how do you make sure they dont dig out of the lawn tracker?
Can you feed timothy hay to rabbits? How do you make cut grass safe, that's been cut by a riding mower?
how many cups of feed should i give to bucks, does, and kits?
Thank you so much, Thai is the bast Larry
Thank you!
Cabbage? I give my rabbits lots of it because a local store gives me a boatload each week.
Very odd for.a.kot to get smashed at that age... thats why I don't use nest boxes and build a closed in nesting area that way none could.get under or.behind it and have an accident. Anywho they look great.
I'm interested in starting to raise rabbits! Your videos have been so helpful. How do I find rabbits to buy? I'm assuming you don't buy from a pet store? And what breed do you recommend?
New Zealand, Californians, Rex or Silver fox are all great. Search Craigslist.
Damn i'm SO reporting this 😓😲😲
@@natalymariscal9718 no one cares
@@natalymariscal9718 For what reason?
What kind of pellets do you feed your rabbits?
Purina
@@GoodSimpleLiving thank you.
can you di like mashed carrots?
very informative
Do you give your rabbits black oil sunflower seeds?
I do, especially during molt.
What about comfrey leaves?
Do you have a video about your tractor set up?
I do under my "raising meat rabbits" playlist. We are also going to be doing another one in about a week, and then another video on how we build our tractors.
I didnt know that you can handle them like that.
Im new, but mine get born down in the hole.
Do you use; all purpose pellets?
No, rabbit specific
My rabbit jumped on my bed and ate my whole Kit Kat, it’s been 8 months and surprisingly she’s still alive
A rabbit will absolutely eat carrot, potatoe, beets, saw grass, fire weed ( Alaskan here) in the wild because when they are in the wild there food choices are not 18% timothy pellets. I have seen crops decimated by rabbits in the fall when the green grass is mostly gone including corn, millet, sorgam, green beans, bell peppers, and even tomatoes and peas (especially). Rabbits frequently nest and try to warren in gardens. I am glad you have never experienced losing your garden to rabbits but 90% of what you said they do not eat in the wild is only accurate if they are miles from a garden out in a forest somewhere.
I've had rabbits that dug carrots up and ate them right out of the ground.
I believe you 110%.
Rabbits barrow. I was actually questionable about this. Until this question.
Rabbits can really dig deep. They've got Tough Claws. And really Strong legs
Yeah, they would probably eat a lot of the things she said not to feed them in nature, they aren't very picky, and they do dig. That doesn't mean it's good for them, and in nature they'd mostly be eating grasses and leafy greens. But if you are raising them for meat, maybe it doesn't matter so much so long as they live long enough to grow full size.
Know a girl who feeds her rabbits a carrot every day they are all fine no clue why she thinks they shouldn't have them much at all
@@Nick-yh6of exactly,mine too was crazy about her carrots.
If I can't grow grass, can I just use pellets, Timothy hay, and the other things you mentioned?
Yup, pellets and hay
Sorry for your loss. People don't understand even if you are raising them for food, you still care about them.
Thank you, yeah losses on the farm are never easy.
I will never understand that myself. I don’t eat animal products as they deserve to live out their natural lives just like us.
😂😂😂That's quite the ethical leap you made there, pal!
@@bvegannow1936 do us all a favor and go take your vitamin B12 supplement you stupid asshole. Your brain is so malnourished you don't even know what you're saying. You have no sense of logic or reason.
bveganow your friends list must be very short, this is very personal for you and you have to JUDGE everyone you interact with and toss all the meat eaters. How many decades can you keep this up?
I'm a 2x pet rabbit owner, so I couldn't ever imagine eating them now. But I've ate rabbit before and I respect that they do taste delicious. I appreciate the information you shared in this video. I'm forever googling, "can a rabbit eat..... "insert food" while at the grocery store. Thank you for the informative video. And regardless of why you raise them, it appears you take great pride in their care. ❤
Thank you! It's good to know whether pet or livestock. My breeders are pets. I have breeders I've had for 6 years already.
I just started watching "rabbit" videos and you are already my favorite because you have no issue just talking about everything. Just like the little smashed rabbit and what you might do with it. My female German Shepherd would totally eat that. Thank you for not being squeamish!!
You bet!
Something was wrong with it or it got damaged during delivery lol you talk like they lil fluffy amazon packages
I’m sorry for the loss. I don’t eat meat myself. But I know there has to be some kind of connection between you and the rabbits due to the fact that you take very good care of them. They are very cute.
Farmers do love and care for their animals. They are our livelihood, and we do want to see them have a good life until the day. It's always sad to see one get hurt or sick.
@Austin Martín Hernández so you rather farmers starve and mistreat their animals because they are going to die anyway?? What a moron!!! Are you a computer nerd?? You have zero common sense! Probably a farmer will get top dollar for well cared animals versus neglected animals.
@Austin Martín Hernández kind of compare it too, your pets are the moms and dads, you name them and care for them for say 10 years, in that 10 years they have taken care of you by providing food for most of that 10 years. you would eat their young at about 5-6 months old. my granddad waited until the young weighed about 6-7 pounds. they raised rabbits and had over 300 with names. they sold them to pet stores and sold them dressed out as food. they killed 25 every 2 weeks and sold 50 pure breed New Zealand whites to UAB laboratories every month. they had on average 500 that they fed and watered everyday. they had about 6-10 different breeds. New Zealand reds and whites, Siamese Satin, Rex, Dutch (black,red,and blue),Dwarfs,Californians, a couple of Lops and 1 doe from the Giant breeds (she weighed 20 pounds). they would keep the breeders until they couldn't produce anymore then they were fattened up and used to make rabbit sausage. old rabbits have tough meat, they mixed 2/3rds rabbit 1/3 pork, rabbit has very little fat. Rabbit is all white meat like chicken breasts more protein and less fat than chicken also. If you love chicken to eat you would like rabbit very much.
@Austin Martín Hernández I'm fighting that battle in my head at the moment. I need to start raising something for meat. Given the breaks in the supply chains I believe we all do, but I'm not sure I could ever kill anything. Butchers are a good option, or friends who are comfortable with the process are a good option if they'd do it for trade or something. One of the best videos I've watched about it is Becky's Homstead's video "Meat with Mercy."
Good luck!
@@cherylmcelveen2817 one thing you can do is to check if there's anyone nearby with meat rabbits to go to and just observe how everything is done. It's a bit scary, but very informative =)
In the end I could do it myself with no help. I believe that if I've raised them I'm also the one to put them down as well
Rabbits do eat root crops in the wild tho. A rabbit has no trouble digging up carrots, radishes, turnips, etc. Yes, the prefer the nice tender, green tops first but in nature they always go back for the root during winter when the green tops cant be found and nobody left them a bag of pellets behind the stump. They can dig a carrot up in seconds flat in frozen ground, just like deer do. Rabbits often dig into the ground to build a nest for their litter. Digging is necessary to keep the toenail from overgrowing and growing into their feet.
Animals eat much more in the wild than what we give them credit for or think they should eat. Usually the animal itself is the best indication of what its diet needs to contain. They know better than we do on what is good or not so watch closely sometime and you'll see.
I have been raising rabbits just shy of 50 years now. The past 15 years I have allowed free ranging of t b.c e rabbits and that is when they teach you everything you thought you already knew about raising rabbits.
Have fun!!
That's true, they can dig them up, but they only will if greens aren't available.
Ty for info!
Don Pfeiffer great and helpful comment. Funny how we think pellets could be better than anything they get naturally. Encourages me for our rabbits!
I have a pet rabbit in my lawn .. and 90% of the time it stays under the ground .. getting out things to eat although there's loads and loads of grass grown .. .. rabbits can surely dig in and eat reddish carrots n all even if the greens are available
@@rahemahmed7094 do you have fencing? Or how do you teach him to stay in your lawn?
I personally have watched a group of rabbits(5).. You're correct, they do eat the green tops of carrots.. But these SOB's did dig up potatoes. They seem to love only the skin of the potatoes.. The tops were partially eaten and the potatoes were "PERFECTLY" peeled.. They also loved cabbage.. Many times, I wanted to kill them.. I got more enjoyment watching them for about 2 months.. Beside, only a matter of time B4 a hawk would pick them off.. Thought I might get to see it.. No such luck.. I "NEVER" saw any smaller rabbits.. All the same size.. No fighting... No chasing.. Like they were a group of related bachelors.. From around mid Aug to late Sep, I enjoyed the antics of these (5)..
I just got a lawn tractor for my bunnies and their pups once they're of age. They love it! I'm raising my bunnies on pasture in the spring‐fall and winter will be hay and fodder. I live in texas so winters tend to be mild. Already nearly doubled in size since I switched them from straight hay! Can't wait for the first litter and harvest! You've been my main influence for raising meat rabbits myself ❤💗 Thank you!
Rabbits burrow, they eat underground stuff all the time
That's MY cilantro! When we get our rabbits, they better step off my herbs 😛
They also like strawberries, clover, and dandelions.
Yes they do!
My oldest buck chows down dandelions faster than Charlie Sheen can snort a line of coke.
do rabbits ever get gut problems from the white powdery mildew? like is seen late summer , squash leaves are really noticeable
commonconservative well you wouldn’t feed them plants with mildew in the first place lol.
in my area the mildew hits around june july so any homegrown greens or dandelions start getting mildew, my point is somebody stills feeds it to their rabbits probably and I wondered if they are able to tolerate it
I bury my baby dead rabbits in my flower garden in a cloth and tell them I love them.
They can also get bloat from cucumbers. And it will give them diarrhea if given too much
Every time I watch your videos I learn something! Iceberg lettuce was something I never would have thought about not being good for them 😮
But now that you explained it, it makes total sense 👍
Yay, I'm so glad! Thank you for your help yesterday!
Good Simple Living And Homesteading
My pleasure, Thank you 👍😁
I only feed iceberg lettuce in the summer when it is hot.
I assumed it would due to it being bad for rats but now I know it’s bad for them.
Wow! How informative. When I was younger we raised rabbits as pets and meat and we gave them the corn fodder, tops of various brassicas, as well as the rabbit pellets and apples. This was all at the instruction of the lady that we called the rabbit lady.
We also used to trap wild rabbits and it seemed that the best bait for wild rabbits( cottontails) was onions and apples. Thank God for the internet and RUclips. We now get very valuable information that makes much of our past learnings obsolete. Thank you for the information, keep putting out great videos.
Thank you very much! Glad it's helpful!
Onions are not good for rabbits.
Sounds like that litter has a secret fight club, and nobody's talking about it. How many litters do you get from a Mother, and what do you do with the older mother rabbit when it's past it's litter years?
Not sure what happened to that fluffy guy?? He was the runt, maybe there is some Lord of the Flies going on. I get about 4 litters a year from our does, but I don't breed heavily. I breed them about 4 years, and then retire them to pet homes.
My retired breeders and the other rabbits that I don't eat become cat food. I grind them up and add egg yolks, water, taurine, fish oil, vitamin e, and vitamin b complex. Then I freeze it and the cats eat it raw at body temperature.
Will Dwyer aw that’s not very nice to those hard working rabbits. But I understand it. Can’t waste any I guess
They use cooked grains from breweries as an ingredient in rabbit pellets.
Throw it to the dogs 🤣 you’re really going to get the keyboard Warriors all worked up.... are you working on a part 3 on haters comments.. enjoyed the informative video!
Part 3 could be made today, there have been some really nuts comments this month!
Good Simple Living And Homesteading well I enjoy your regular videos but definitely would like to see part 3 for a good laugh
I raise rabbits for dog food.😳🤣
@@MrRbrgrn it'll be coming!
Good Simple Living And Homesteading don’t engage with trolls, they have closed minds.
The rabbits are beautiful I need to start up again with my rabbits especially for the manure
O'ops, I was feeding Kits broken broccoli crowns I was getting from a Grocer by the Bagful. I have been slowly pruning Apple Tree's that were never Sprayed, and they love the leaves and totally strip the bark which helps dullen their teeth. I save the stripped sticks for Woodstove Kindling once they dry up.
In nature, wild rabbits eat bark, when we were cutting Poplar for veneer and Pulp in the winter months we'd see the stripped branches in the morning.
Love you're Videos, much appreciated from Northern Ontario.
A little broccoli is fine, but I wouldn't feed a lot. Stems are probably better. They love the tree trimmings!
I have seen rabbits eating tomatoes in my garden. Though I must admit that is very rare. high sugar and acid, low fiber. I thought it was odd. but after I chased them out, I found that about 6 of them had been eaten half way through.
That being said, I would never feed them tomatoes even as a snack. I built mine 4x12 wheeled cage with chicken wire bottom. over seeded my back yard with clover timothy and alfalfa, and let the dandelions grow. Moved the cage around the yard every couple days. They mowed my yard and fertilized it.
Nice, that's a brilliant strategy there.
The rabbit could have been eating on the tomato for the juice, it could have been thirsty. Maybe you could sit a bowl of water out if you want. Squirrels we're burring on my brothers tomato's in his garden and we think that maybe they were thirsty.
Great tutorial! Who knew? I’ve never been around rabbits and all I know are misconceptions!!
Yeah cartoons always show bugs eating the carrot first. Clearly he would start with the greens lol
Your right about the carrot myth.
It's the same like cats and milk
Rats and cheese.
I feed my rabbits hay/grass and each adult rabbit gets 1/2 cup of pellets each day.
I do give a little bit of cooked chicken or beef a few days before the mothers give birth.
I have found that the does don't eat their baby's as long as they have a proper level of protein.
NOOO rabbits are vegans. They are suppose to eat only plants! Give alfalfa as a source of protein and never ever chicken or beef.
Our rabbit and the wild rabbits around here love dandelions.
That they do!
Wow. Can you visit im starting a rabbit
Will they eat the tap root from a dandelion?
Have you ever given them comfrey leaves, they are said to have a lot of protean in them.
Same here. My rabbit who died a few years ago LOVED dandelions. By far his favourite food.
How you can check on your new litters without going all "awww" is really beyond me, i swear. My oldest doe is having her first somewhere this week and im still processing the fact that im going to have to cull some of the kits when theyre older. Sometimes i wonder if im actually cut out for this, but your videos make me feel a bit better knowing its possible to respect and care for your animals while raising them.
maybe it's cause she wasn't doing this for the first time
Plus they're super ugly before their fur comes in
Yeah… I am the same. I want to raise meat rabbits, but I don’t know about that… and I have talked to people who screwed up when killing the bunny and it screamed. Rabbits notoriously scream in a way that sounds like a human child screaming, and I know people it doesn’t effect, and I know people who went full vegan after botching a bunny butchering…. I’d hate to screw up a bunny butchering and go full vegan. I love bacon!
@@johnrice1943 no they aren’t 😢 they are super cute
Great vid and very informative. Super healthy food sourse do a vid of processing the meat please.
So I'm assuming things like, clover, radish tops, and such are okay? Any flowers they should not eat? What about foliage? Like tomato leaves and similar?
I have goji, garden huckleberry, and tomatoes in my yard. Lots of solanaceae actually. Is that gonna cause issues? And should I not tractor around that?
I grow kale and comfrey specifically for my rabbits
an occasional thin slice of banana with the peel
That's awesome!
I have comfrey also.
do you feed them it when the powdery mildew season starts in late summer?
@@commonconservative7551 I don't feed them anything with mildew
We put wood blocks (pine) and pine cones to help keep their teeth down. It this ok they seam to love the pine cones
Yes mine love pinecones too! They also love crunchy fall leaves.
We do that also!
What's the point they are just gonna be eaten. It's cruel
@@aleiyuh1712 Do you eat meat? If you do, an animal had to die. The meat in the store did not magically appear.
@@aleiyuh1712 well because we believe in them having the best life possible whole they are hear, but more importantly, we keep our breeders many years. I still have rabbits 7 years after I got them. Their tooth health matters. BTW all your little snippy comments are really good for my channel, and for that I thank you.
Ur videos r so educational. I have benefitted greatly as a novice. Keep up the good work. (I'm happy I subscribed) 😍
I used to have rabbits, they LOVED cilantro.
Whoa! I'm glad I watched this video. I didn't know about broccoli and cauliflower being no-nos! Thanks a TON for that.
You bet!
M'y rabbit lovesss brocoli and the vet told me that i can give her some. Juste two Times a week instead of every day.
There so cute! Thank you for sharing, very informative! Just subscribed 😀
if anyone is watching these videos and wanting a rex variety like cindy and her kits the color is called black tort. It was called black and fawn in the video, but black tort is the correct term when looking for breeders :)
Getting into all sorts of new things , small time homesteading.. rabbits are next . Thanks for all great info . New sub here 👍🏻
They could have been all afraid and hiding from a predator snooping around the box….trampling the runt.
Rabbits are grazers , they love Dandelions .
Good video..i really thinking about to farming a rabbits for food..its clean and good for human...keep sharing and i i really like ur video..cheers
Thank you!
I have wild rabbits (as in pests I root for the hawks and owls to get), and they've never eaten roots. They'll eat some surprising stuff though: potato flowers and new growth (which I thought was toxic, but the rabbits didn't read those articles). They love squash blossoms, and I have to drape my squash with chicken wire to get a crop. But bean plants are their fave--they'll eat every single leaf that they can reach. And yes, all my parsley got eaten and most of my marjoram and oregano. Thyme and sage, nope: they won't touch it. And they're fond of day lily flowers.
They love flowers and leaves!! Sorry they are ruining your garden. Our dog and cats take care of the cottontails.
@@GoodSimpleLiving Thanks for the sympathy. I plant extra and hope they leave me some! lol. And I fence, and spray hot sauce, and deer net. And sometimes at dawn I go out with the pellet gun and hope for dinner.
Moi check out Hunting with Hardman. He does pest control. He has an impressive pellet gun set up.
@@wendysgarden4283 eek! I think they'll probably have more babies and call their mates over!! I like your thinking though - enough for all :)
Love the video. Came here to comment on your lisp. Love it! My aunt has the same slight lisp and hates it. I always thought it was unique! Thanks for the information!
I want to create my own Breed of indoors meat rabbits so im trying to create a Dwarf Meat Rabbit Breed The male should be the Dwarf Right?
Yes the larger should be the female. Careful with dwarfs, they tend to carry some negative traits like peanuts.
When I lose an animal (or find fresh roadkill), I just throw it in the pressure cooker and give it to the chickens
love it! little protien boost for them - bet it makes their egg yokes deep orange, super nutritious!
Wow cool update. Sorry about the little one, survival of the fittest?
Not really sure, he was the smallest. Still a little unsure what exactly happened to him.
Also we give ours a small pruning from either apple peach pear or a piece of soft wood which they chew on to keep their teeth in check, notice that they chew on nest boxes for the same reason
Yeah our does have eaten their nests. We try to give them pinecones and branches.
what about giving them bones?
@@commonconservative7551 no bones.
I saw a video of a deer eating a bird and then other herbivores eating meat so I thought there would be no problem....what about antlers?
Can u atleast give them a confronable floor, do you know how bad those wire bottom hutches are?
No please tell me.... my years of raising healthy rabbits with fluffy feet must mean nothing.
Great info. I am considering starting to do this. Your info was great. Thank you
They look pampered. If you gotta live life as a meat animal thats a way to do it.
Those rabbits look really healthy, this woman knows what she is doing.
Thank you!
@@GoodSimpleLiving Vegans just don't understand how much care your giving to these beautiful babies ❤
We do care for our rabbits, thank you!
@Good Simple Living And Homesteading so explain that wired flooring
I have many times, but the reason for hardware cloth floor outdoors is to protect them from fleas, mites, flystrike, and bot flies that are instantly attracted to any sitting waste. The wire floor keeps them clean, and protects their hocks from urine burn. They have resting mats and wooden sleep boxes as well.
Hi, I am new to having rabbits, I am very curious if female rabbits could be together with other rabbits. I'm curious because when I search for a rabbit cage or hutch it seems people would like to separate them instead of them being together.
If you plan to breed your does and have them in hutches then it's best to separate them or they can get territorial and kill kits.
@@GoodSimpleLiving thanks
Now a serious one. Kale, spinach, carrot greens, do you purchase these items when not available in garden? These are pretty close to year round garden. Or better question, February March April, do you give any “treats”?
I feed seasonally like they would eat naturally. Kale I have year round. If I don't have garden food them I stick to timothy.
This was only just recommended to me but I would just like to share this- my rabbit got out one time and she ran around 2 days we couldn’t find her- I then found her in the garden eating the carrots, she dug them out!
Love your videos...very informative. Bless you.
Thank you so much!
I grow sweet potatoes, and they grow all over the place. Out of my garden and into the grass. I keep cutting them back to keep them from taking over the yard. Can I feed them the sweet potato plants, the vines that grow on top of the ground. I have a 20 by 25 ft garden and like I said they fill that up grow into the next yards and out into my lawn and keep cutting them back. I have a lot of this. I don't know how much they can eat but I run my lawnmower over it to keep from having sweet potatoes growing in the yard.
This is great information to know before starting to raise rabbits. Thank you for sharing.
So glad, thank you!
You mentioned not giving them Brocoli or Cauliflower. We have a garden and actually intended to make the greens of our brocoli, carrots, tomato trimmings, etc. As a major staple in their diet. We are growing lots of sunflowers and lavender for our rabbits and our chickens. I was wondering if you thought this was a good idea or a really bad one?
Sunflower and lavender and carrot greens are great. Broccoli is gassy and can cause bloat. Don't feed them tomato greens. They are of the nightshade family and can poison them.