We've been raising rabbits since 2020 (right before 💩 hit the fan), and we love it! Our kids love it! I get a call or an email weekly of people reaching out to get into meat rabbits! So wonderful!
Been busy with rabbits for several years. I enjoyed the interview and it was spot on for the beginning homesteader . The biggest thing is the simplicity of the operation and the lack of equipment you need for putting meat in the freezer. Thanks for the interview God bless you all
Thanks Josh and Daniel! This was very informative. We are leaning more and more toward getting a breeding trio. We are empty-nesters and that is all we would need. Great video!
I started breeding Silver Fox Rabbits about 2 years ago and just love them! I use the droppings in my garden for fertilizer. This summer we will butcher for the first time. I am in zone 6, (Northern California) this breed works perfectly in that zone. They get straw stuffed nest boxes in our cold winters (single digits and negative nights) and I give them little ice blocks (Tupperware size) when it is 90 degrees or hotter - they lick them and lay on them. Thanks for this video! Some very useful tips!
Rabbits are so easy to raise. they are cute. They are also very easy to process. Low cost start up also makes them an easy backyard self sustaining item to have.
We started raising rabbits 2 years ago. We are retirement age and rabbits are easy to care for. One of the grandchildren helps with butchering. We have 3 batches of baby rabbits about 2 weeks between the broods. Constant supply! 😊
Leviticus 11. Old Testament dietary laws still apply. "6 The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. 7 And the pig, though it has a divided hoof, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. 8 You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you." God gave us laws for a reason.
@@SB-uw1crPraise God for giving us moral laws, ceremonial laws and other levitical laws that we can study and understand what they apply to and why they were given.
@SB-uw1cr Jesus declared all foods clean: Mark 7:17-20 And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. 18 And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, 19 since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?”[a] (Thus he declared all foods clean.) 20 And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him."
@SB-uw1cr Jesus declared all foods clean. Mark 7:17:20 And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. 18 And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, 19 since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?”[a] (Thus he declared all foods clean.) 20 And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him."
I’ve raised meat rabbits for five years, and am enjoying both the rabbits and the meat. The droppings go to the garden, and the urine is used to keep pests away. Added: definitely get rabbits acclimated to your area. We live in Florida, and we use TAMUK, Californian and white New Zealand because they handle the heat better.
*Rabbits also don't make any noise, so they are great for backyards in the suburbs... Neighbors won't even know they are in the yard, compared to chickens who sing the egg laying song everyday LOL*
My mom raised meat rabbits in California, Central valley and took them to the farmers market in San Francisco to sell, dressed out. I don't remember what she charged for them, it's been a number of years ago but she set up her cages with a shelter around them and underneath she prepared a worm bed so all the droppings fell into a bed underneath, inside that housing and then the worms fed off of the rabbit waste, coffee grounds and some kitchen scraps and made excellent soil fertilizer for the garden and the fruit trees and whatever else you needed and then she'd sell worms also
We have several grocery stores here in middle Georgia, but only one carries rabbit. It's $5/pound. Most of our rabbits are 6-8 pounds each, so that's a lot of money.
You need to check on more than once in HOT weather. For the masses in heat we need to add frozen tiles to help them keep cool- cant afford to keep them in AC building
That was incredibly wonderful very very informative after all these years to know about rabbit thank you I’ve always wanted to do that but everything he said put it in. It was excellent.
Excellent advice! I've had rabbits for 5 years now, scaled my operation up and down. It was hard to find a manageable way to feed my family with them. Making mince from rabbit was a lot of work. I will try cooking them whole and shredding them with the added bonus of stock, great tip on cooking. They are easy going and their fertilizer is great in the garden
I highly recommend Teal Stone Homestead for more rabbity care and fun videos to watch. Tiffany is super sweet. It matters what size gauge wire the rabbits are on. If the wire is too thin they may end up with Sore Hawks. Have to think about how to keep your water source from freezing in the winters too.
Eating wise, they fall under the "everything tastes better with real butter" rule. Breeding wise : i´d go more towards a spiral mating system like some use for chickens. I.e. best boy(s) (that is son of the breeding buck for that doeline) moves to next line, girls stay in their mothers breeding group. You can easily slot in a new buck, doe or even add a new bloodline in such a system. All claims aside, unless you can breed pretty much most offspring to prove breeding health and cull hard, starting with more genetic variety gives more resilliance then starting with pretty much breeding family members. You can decide to breed closer either for meat and checking for problems from recessive genes (that is the hidden stuff both parents need to pass on to become visible) or in case of emergency. Breeding yourself into a corner from the start is asking for trouble when finding new breeding stock is impossible. Personally i raise 4ish pound rex dwarf for meat. They fit my hands, pot, freezer, cages and i will still be able to handle them at 80+. Not an option for me with the big supposed meat breeds. Any rabbit breed can be eaten, just right build makes for more meat. Small, just like big has its limitations, but with small 2 in the pot is a solution. Now i only need to feed me and sometimes a visitor (or 2) and i prefer a closed breeding herd due to finding right colors (broken X broken = possible megacolon so no to those) size (smaller is the trend) and normal ears (lop = possible infections and mini ears bodytemp problems, since they need ears for cooling of, rabbits don't sweat). I don't breed for max production, due to cage and freezer space along with not breeding through summer heat (although growing season = cheap feed to supplement the extra mouths with). So mostly it is spring and fall/winter breeding, i.e. a litter per doe every 4-6 months. Starting at 6 months old and for your bigger breeds up to 9 for first litter, one retired doe gave me 2 7 and 1 5 kits litters at 7-8 years old. Longevity has its value as a health indicator for your breeding stock, but yes it requires going more gently on your breeding schedules then every 6-8 weeks. On that note also, feed your does the same diet from breeding to weaning. Milk + cecotropes are what determine what the kits can digest and what they learn is food. And wean at 8 weeks or over (although remove boys before 12 weeks, or they may breed mom). lot of weaning entritis deaths are from weaning early. Slow down a bit and have less worry about them living long enough to eat. Also on that note, rabbit has 6 to 8 teats, so be critical of big litters, they may not all get enough time on the teat. Have say 11 and loose 3 or have 8 and loose none is same result in the pot, but the latter is easier on the doe and you.
We've found that hair sheep are easy and could be the next step for animals after bunnies... Easy to handle, easy to feed on not perfect pasture... Just watch the Rams Build bunny tractors with wire bottoms, move them often, keep water clean, supplement with garden scraps, give a little pellets and get the kids involved Would be good to see a video on sheep
Do you keep your grass short? Ours gets quite long and I would expect that using a wire bottom would just flatten all the grass each time you move the tractor
We started raising rabbits and we prefer it to meat chickens. So much easier to process, space, ease of finding feed for them because we don't have pasture. We can easily feed certain weeds during the summer so its free.
Really, great show. I am actually getting delivered 2 trios of New Zeeland's and Rex breeds. I see much more of a benefit for the Doller than a large chicken flock. Which, sure pop out the eggs. But, cost a good penny to maintain. So, I am cutting back on poultry to breed rabbits for pelts and meat.
I grew up on afarm in West Virginia and my dad raised meat rabbits. He also raised cows, pigs and chickens. The rabbits are a wonderful, delicious meat. Just as long as the children realize the baby rabbits are not pets.
Is rabbit meat really good for you? No. God said don't eat it for a reason. Leviticus 11 6 The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. 7 And the pig, though it has a divided hoof, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. 8 You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.
@SB-uw1cr Jesus declared all foods clean. Mark 7:17-20 And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. 18 And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, 19 since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?”[a] (Thus he declared all foods clean.) 20 And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him."
@SB-uw1cr Jesus declared all foods clean. Mark 7:17-20 And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. 18 And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, 19 since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?”[a] (Thus he declared all foods clean.) 20 And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him."
Expenses of setting up is a bit more expensive than stated. Wire has gone up tremendously and it’s actually comparable to buy them ready made. My start up was around $700 from bare ground. Still cheaper than my chickens and larger animals.
agreed - the wire is very expensive - I came here to say that. It may vary locally. I had to set up a roof to cover my rabbits so I was probably 1k to get going (in central FL). Still worth it. Also I would advise people - go for the fancy j-clip tool it makes putting cages together soooo much easier.
I raised meat rabbits when I was a kid. Made some good money. I’m old now and my grandkids have two rabbits at my house. No one would eat the meat now😝
I’m right at the beginning of the video so I don’t know if you’ve said about this or not but rabbit poop and their bedding makes an amazing compost ingredient
We adore our TAMUKS. They are technically my 8 year old’s operation but we much prefer them to broilers! And if we want some chicken for soups or casseroles we still have the old laying hens or extra roosters for that. Rabbits are much easier to raise and process than broilers. And their manure easily collected for the gardens and orchards.
im a disabled veteran, and just started in rabbits! a bit of advice from me learning the hard way... i bought cages that were 30 inches deep... *do not do that* unless you have really long arms? the rabbit will go to the back of the cage and you will be out of luck. 24 inches deep.
You also don't need to feed rabbit Tractor supply Gill Bates farm supplied Roundup GMO feed and get glyphosate poisoning . Glyphosate isn't a problem because it's just on the outside of the plant .Roundup goes inside the plant .
I would not be about to harvest them myself . What options do we have when the processing times come ??? I would be willing to learn the processing after the bleeding is done . What are your thoughts ..
I'm 69 years old, when I was 4 years old my father raised rabbits to sell the meat, but eventually he had to stop and just raised for our family to eat. My parents would butcher at night when us kids slept. Then when they cooked the rabbits they told us it was chicken (lol) I remember asking my mother why the leg looked different.
Best way to raise rabbits. Let an acre go wild, and put out a trap. Kinda sorta joking. But we had a tonne of wild rabbits in my neighborhood til the lawn chmicals started taking out the clover and dandelions Crazy how short sighted people truly are.
Yes these are 10 years ago prices. This guy is VERY out of touch with the inflation. We used scrap and did everything used. Got rabbbits free had to buy tin for the roof, make structure to hold cages off the ground, bought nest boxes, feeders, ect then winterizing materials, definitely over $500. Just saw a used 3 stacker for $500 on market place . $300 is average used now.
Rabbits are too cute. We tried raising them but I kept having nightmares about it because my cats are just too soft and fluffy and I didn't want to skin another soft and fluffy bunny. Hunting wild ones would be much different.
@@mmharris11 What about eating ham? What do you have to say about that? Ham has pork in it. The Bible says don't eat pork. Do you think eating pork is okay?
@@jakebredthauer5100 Mark 7: 18-19 in the New Testimate, Jesus declared all foods clean. Mark 7:18-20 KJV [18] And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; [19] because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? [20] And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
@@mmharris11 Jesus disagreed with the Pharisees about their traditions concerning (clean) meat that had been sacrificed to idols and then sold on the market. Jesus was not talking about ham and he was not talking about Old Testament law. You are guilty of taking scripture out of context.. Peter continued to believe in unclean animals, Acts chapter 10, which is evidence against your theory about unclean animals being sanctified by Jesus blood. The hog was equally unfit to eat after the crucification. Jesus lived under the old covenant anyway, right? That should help you identify what he was referring to. Acts was new covenant.
According to the bible, there are qualifiers as to which animals and creatures are food. Rabbit (and so many land, sea and air) creatures ARE NOT FOOD. Readers are encouraged to study and research what the Creator made as food for mankind. There is nothing wrong with not knowing (to some degree) but when the opportunity first crosses one's path, that is the time to not let it go. Blessings to one and all.
@@jonb4763 Opinion is not the same as fact (biblically speaking). Biblical Commandments are for all mankind not just Judah (one of the 12 tribes of Israel). History and traditions of man have altered "that which is written". I hope this helps. It doesn't make sense that murder is not for the Jews but for the rest it is okay. ... (example).
No, it's not worth it. God put rabbits on the do not eat list. Along with pork, which is also horrible for you. And shellfish. They are nature's janitors.
That's awful!! My mom was doing that I made her feel guilty!! She raised chickens, when my mom killed them I couldn't eat them!!! STOP EATING THE POOR RABBIT!!!!! I grew up with hunters!!! Stop bragging about killing RABBITs its heartless!!!!!!!😢😢😢
When times get tough, you will be at your neighbors home begging for food. You will learn that most animals are here to be eaten by the ones who are smart enough to grow what can be fed from the land. Stores are not forever nor is money to buy with. I just hope you don't have children to feed.
We've been raising rabbits since 2020 (right before 💩 hit the fan), and we love it! Our kids love it! I get a call or an email weekly of people reaching out to get into meat rabbits! So wonderful!
To buy the meat .. 🍖 or buy the live rabbit 🐇?
The live rabbit. If you want to talk about the meat you say, "rabbit meat", not "meat rabbits". :)
@@bettinaripperger4159 to buy live buns for breeding their own stock.
Senior citizens here..been raising American Blues...since 2020. Thanks for this video!❤❤❤❤
Been busy with rabbits for several years. I enjoyed the interview and it was spot on for the beginning homesteader . The biggest thing is the simplicity of the operation and the lack of equipment you need for putting meat in the freezer.
Thanks for the interview God bless you all
Been raising rabbits for a few years now, this is a nice topic to see.
Thanks Josh and Daniel! This was very informative. We are leaning more and more toward getting a breeding trio. We are empty-nesters and that is all we would need. Great video!
I started breeding Silver Fox Rabbits about 2 years ago and just love them! I use the droppings in my garden for fertilizer. This summer we will butcher for the first time. I am in zone 6, (Northern California) this breed works perfectly in that zone. They get straw stuffed nest boxes in our cold winters (single digits and negative nights) and I give them little ice blocks (Tupperware size) when it is 90 degrees or hotter - they lick them and lay on them. Thanks for this video! Some very useful tips!
Look for videos on the broomstick method to dispatch them. It is a gentle technique that is extremely fair to the dispatched.
Rabbits are so easy to raise. they are cute. They are also very easy to process. Low cost start up also makes them an easy backyard self sustaining item to have.
We started raising rabbits 2 years ago. We are retirement age and rabbits are easy to care for. One of the grandchildren helps with butchering. We have 3 batches of baby rabbits about 2 weeks between the broods. Constant supply! 😊
Leviticus 11. Old Testament dietary laws still apply. "6 The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. 7 And the pig, though it has a divided hoof, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. 8 You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you." God gave us laws for a reason.
@SB-uw1cr Read Acts.
@@SB-uw1crPraise God for giving us moral laws, ceremonial laws and other levitical laws that we can study and understand what they apply to and why they were given.
@SB-uw1cr Jesus declared all foods clean: Mark 7:17-20
And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. 18 And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, 19 since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?”[a] (Thus he declared all foods clean.) 20 And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him."
@SB-uw1cr Jesus declared all foods clean. Mark 7:17:20
And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. 18 And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, 19 since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?”[a] (Thus he declared all foods clean.) 20 And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him."
Great video! I been researching rabbits for my mini homestead for months. Good information
I’ve raised meat rabbits for five years, and am enjoying both the rabbits and the meat. The droppings go to the garden, and the urine is used to keep pests away.
Added: definitely get rabbits acclimated to your area. We live in Florida, and we use TAMUK, Californian and white New Zealand because they handle the heat better.
Urine? Can you expand on that?
How do you separate the manure from the urine? I'm trying to envision this.
We've been discussing getting rabbits for a few years. Excellent interview, thank you, Josh.
*Rabbits also don't make any noise, so they are great for backyards in the suburbs... Neighbors won't even know they are in the yard, compared to chickens who sing the egg laying song everyday LOL*
Thank you Daniel and Josh. Much appreciated.
My mom raised meat rabbits in California, Central valley and took them to the farmers market in San Francisco to sell, dressed out. I don't remember what she charged for them, it's been a number of years ago but she set up her cages with a shelter around them and underneath she prepared a worm bed so all the droppings fell into a bed underneath, inside that housing and then the worms fed off of the rabbit waste, coffee grounds and some kitchen scraps and made excellent soil fertilizer for the garden and the fruit trees and whatever else you needed and then she'd sell worms also
We have several grocery stores here in middle Georgia, but only one carries rabbit. It's $5/pound. Most of our rabbits are 6-8 pounds each, so that's a lot of money.
Smart!
@@Squirrel219Is that 6 to 8 pounds dressed out? Also what breed you guys have?
@timothyyoung4463 usually about 5-6 pounds dressed. They are Rex bunnies.
@Squirrel219 great thank you
comfrey, sorrel ,and white clover (and dandelions) make a great supplementary food source
You need to check on more than once in HOT weather. For the masses in heat we need to add frozen tiles to help them keep cool- cant afford to keep them in AC building
I do that, too. Frozen ceramic tiles are great for cooling.
I've also heard frozen water bottles. I'm in AZ at some elevation, but it still gets over 100 with lows of 80--90 overnight in summer.
We lost our rabbit when we had a weird heat wave while we were camping! He was fine when we left and the weather was nice. Felt so bad!
Don't breed them in the summer. Give them a break it will help them survive.
Thank, good info starting out with 5 acres.
This is a great chat! Thanks Daniel & Josh
I've been raising meat rabbits, for nearly 40 years. Will continue to do so. We don't sell ours, only for family & friends.
What climate do you live in and what types do you guys raise?
@timothyyoung4463 new Zealand whites, NW Oklahoma..dry
@@MarciPrice-cl6eq great, thank you!
This needs to be an STS class. Like the brid raising classes.
Very cool. Been wanting to see this video for a while...
That was incredibly wonderful very very informative after all these years to know about rabbit thank you I’ve always wanted to do that but everything he said put it in. It was excellent.
Excellent advice! I've had rabbits for 5 years now, scaled my operation up and down. It was hard to find a manageable way to feed my family with them. Making mince from rabbit was a lot of work. I will try cooking them whole and shredding them with the added bonus of stock, great tip on cooking.
They are easy going and their fertilizer is great in the garden
I highly recommend Teal Stone Homestead for more rabbity care and fun videos to watch. Tiffany is super sweet. It matters what size gauge wire the rabbits are on. If the wire is too thin they may end up with Sore Hawks.
Have to think about how to keep your water source from freezing in the winters too.
So how does everyone keep their water from feeezing in the winter? I live in NJ where we have snow...
Eating wise, they fall under the "everything tastes better with real butter" rule.
Breeding wise : i´d go more towards a spiral mating system like some use for chickens. I.e. best boy(s) (that is son of the breeding buck for that doeline) moves to next line, girls stay in their mothers breeding group. You can easily slot in a new buck, doe or even add a new bloodline in such a system. All claims aside, unless you can breed pretty much most offspring to prove breeding health and cull hard, starting with more genetic variety gives more resilliance then starting with pretty much breeding family members. You can decide to breed closer either for meat and checking for problems from recessive genes (that is the hidden stuff both parents need to pass on to become visible) or in case of emergency. Breeding yourself into a corner from the start is asking for trouble when finding new breeding stock is impossible.
Personally i raise 4ish pound rex dwarf for meat. They fit my hands, pot, freezer, cages and i will still be able to handle them at 80+. Not an option for me with the big supposed meat breeds. Any rabbit breed can be eaten, just right build makes for more meat. Small, just like big has its limitations, but with small 2 in the pot is a solution. Now i only need to feed me and sometimes a visitor (or 2) and i prefer a closed breeding herd due to finding right colors (broken X broken = possible megacolon so no to those) size (smaller is the trend) and normal ears (lop = possible infections and mini ears bodytemp problems, since they need ears for cooling of, rabbits don't sweat). I don't breed for max production, due to cage and freezer space along with not breeding through summer heat (although growing season = cheap feed to supplement the extra mouths with). So mostly it is spring and fall/winter breeding, i.e. a litter per doe every 4-6 months. Starting at 6 months old and for your bigger breeds up to 9 for first litter, one retired doe gave me 2 7 and 1 5 kits litters at 7-8 years old. Longevity has its value as a health indicator for your breeding stock, but yes it requires going more gently on your breeding schedules then every 6-8 weeks. On that note also, feed your does the same diet from breeding to weaning. Milk + cecotropes are what determine what the kits can digest and what they learn is food. And wean at 8 weeks or over (although remove boys before 12 weeks, or they may breed mom). lot of weaning entritis deaths are from weaning early. Slow down a bit and have less worry about them living long enough to eat. Also on that note, rabbit has 6 to 8 teats, so be critical of big litters, they may not all get enough time on the teat. Have say 11 and loose 3 or have 8 and loose none is same result in the pot, but the latter is easier on the doe and you.
We've found that hair sheep are easy and could be the next step for animals after bunnies... Easy to handle, easy to feed on not perfect pasture... Just watch the Rams
Build bunny tractors with wire bottoms, move them often, keep water clean, supplement with garden scraps, give a little pellets and get the kids involved
Would be good to see a video on sheep
Do you keep your grass short? Ours gets quite long and I would expect that using a wire bottom would just flatten all the grass each time you move the tractor
We started raising rabbits and we prefer it to meat chickens. So much easier to process, space, ease of finding feed for them because we don't have pasture. We can easily feed certain weeds during the summer so its free.
Really, great show. I am actually getting delivered 2 trios of New Zeeland's and Rex breeds. I see much more of a benefit for the Doller than a large chicken flock. Which, sure pop out the eggs. But, cost a good penny to maintain. So, I am cutting back on poultry to breed rabbits for pelts and meat.
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That was fantastic information!!!
I grew up on afarm in West Virginia and my dad raised meat rabbits. He also raised cows, pigs and chickens. The rabbits are a wonderful, delicious meat. Just as long as the children realize the baby rabbits are not pets.
Great information. This is exactly what I was looking for years ago, before I started my backyard meat rabbits.
Is rabbit meat really good for you? No. God said don't eat it for a reason. Leviticus 11 6 The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. 7 And the pig, though it has a divided hoof, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. 8 You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.
@SB-uw1cr Jesus declared all foods clean. Mark 7:17-20
And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. 18 And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, 19 since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?”[a] (Thus he declared all foods clean.) 20 And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him."
@SB-uw1cr Jesus declared all foods clean. Mark 7:17-20
And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. 18 And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, 19 since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?”[a] (Thus he declared all foods clean.) 20 And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him."
My husband and I have been raising rabbits for over 15 years and we love it. The meat is wonderful. I use rabbit meat instead of chicken.
Great Video, thank you🐇
Expenses of setting up is a bit more expensive than stated. Wire has gone up tremendously and it’s actually comparable to buy them ready made. My start up was around $700 from bare ground. Still cheaper than my chickens and larger animals.
agreed - the wire is very expensive - I came here to say that. It may vary locally. I had to set up a roof to cover my rabbits so I was probably 1k to get going (in central FL). Still worth it. Also I would advise people - go for the fancy j-clip tool it makes putting cages together soooo much easier.
I raised meat rabbits when I was a kid. Made some good money. I’m old now and my grandkids have two rabbits at my house. No one would eat the meat now😝
I’m right at the beginning of the video so I don’t know if you’ve said about this or not but rabbit poop and their bedding makes an amazing compost ingredient
We adore our TAMUKS. They are technically my 8 year old’s operation but we much prefer them to broilers! And if we want some chicken for soups or casseroles we still have the old laying hens or extra roosters for that. Rabbits are much easier to raise and process than broilers. And their manure easily collected for the gardens and orchards.
im a disabled veteran, and just started in rabbits! a bit of advice from me learning the hard way... i bought cages that were 30 inches deep... *do not do that* unless you have really long arms? the rabbit will go to the back of the cage and you will be out of luck.
24 inches deep.
Don't need a sculder, plucker exc for rabbits.
My first batch is 4 weeks away from butchering!
Do you know what kind of rabbits those were that were shown in Daniel's pictures?
I got chickens and can’t even butcher the extra roo 🤣🤦🏼♀️ idk how ima butcher bunnies
You also don't need to feed rabbit Tractor supply Gill Bates farm supplied Roundup GMO feed and get glyphosate poisoning . Glyphosate isn't a problem because it's just on the outside of the plant .Roundup goes inside the plant .
Just want to say that if you live in an area that will not allow chickens you can have rabbits
I would not be about to harvest them myself . What options do we have when the processing times come ??? I would be willing to learn the processing after the bleeding is done . What are your thoughts ..
You might check around in your area to see if processing is offered by anyone. Sometimes there are local businesses that help with this.
Can you boil the carcass like a chicken carcass to make broth? If so, does it taste good in soup?
Yes, you can. It has a great flavor like other broth when veggies and seasonings are added to it.
Yes, and I can rabbit too.
Question: Is the fur/pelt from meat rabbits worth keeping & tanning?
I'm 69 years old, when I was 4 years old my father raised rabbits to sell the meat, but eventually he had to stop and just raised for our family to eat. My parents would butcher at night when us kids slept. Then when they cooked the rabbits they told us it was chicken (lol) I remember asking my mother why the leg looked different.
Best way to raise rabbits. Let an acre go wild, and put out a trap.
Kinda sorta joking. But we had a tonne of wild rabbits in my neighborhood til the lawn chmicals started taking out the clover and dandelions Crazy how short sighted people truly are.
Volume isn't very good on Daniel's end
check out the American Blue!
Would love to hear what breed of meat rabbits do best in Upstate NY if anyone has experience!
We are just getting into Rabbits and I wish $500 was a realistic start up cost 😬
Yes these are 10 years ago prices. This guy is VERY out of touch with the inflation. We used scrap and did everything used. Got rabbbits free had to buy tin for the roof, make structure to hold cages off the ground, bought nest boxes, feeders, ect then winterizing materials, definitely over $500. Just saw a used 3 stacker for $500 on market place . $300 is average used now.
Obviously, they are not in an area with RHD with the tracror idea.
Rabbits are too cute. We tried raising them but I kept having nightmares about it because my cats are just too soft and fluffy and I didn't want to skin another soft and fluffy bunny. Hunting wild ones would be much different.
For me the rabbit skinned it looks like a skinned cat which I have 3 farm cats that I love, But I have had a great hunters stew that was yummy.
Eons ago people bought "bunny spools"
AWARENESS: If you have a friend who doesn't eat pork, verify with them if they eat rabbit. It is on the list of biblical unclean
I've eaten plenty of both.
No more.
Unclean according to the Biblical food laws.
@jakebredthauer5100 that is Old Testament laws. When Jesus Christ died on the cross that ee may have salvation, we recieved a new covenant.
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What about eating ham?
What do you have to say about that? Ham has pork in it.
The Bible says don't eat pork.
Do you think eating pork is okay?
@@jakebredthauer5100 Mark 7: 18-19 in the New Testimate, Jesus declared all foods clean.
Mark 7:18-20 KJV
[18] And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; [19] because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? [20] And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
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Jesus disagreed with the Pharisees about their traditions concerning (clean) meat that had been sacrificed to idols and then sold on the market. Jesus was not talking about ham and he was not talking about Old Testament law. You are guilty of taking scripture out of context.. Peter continued to believe in unclean animals, Acts chapter 10, which is evidence against your theory about unclean animals being sanctified by Jesus blood. The hog was equally unfit to eat after the crucification.
Jesus lived under the old covenant anyway, right? That should help you identify what he was referring to. Acts was new covenant.
This is a cruel video. These bunnies are neglected and not socialized. They “process” baby bunnies at 12 weeks. Hope they can sleep tonight
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According to the bible, there are qualifiers as to which animals and creatures are food. Rabbit (and so many land, sea and air) creatures ARE NOT FOOD. Readers are encouraged to study and research what the Creator made as food for mankind. There is nothing wrong with not knowing (to some degree) but when the opportunity first crosses one's path, that is the time to not let it go. Blessings to one and all.
Those are Old Testament laws which were specifically written for the Jewish people.
@@jonb4763 Opinion is not the same as fact (biblically speaking). Biblical Commandments are for all mankind not just Judah (one of the 12 tribes of Israel). History and traditions of man have altered "that which is written". I hope this helps. It doesn't make sense that murder is not for the Jews but for the rest it is okay. ... (example).
No, it's not worth it. God put rabbits on the do not eat list. Along with pork, which is also horrible for you. And shellfish. They are nature's janitors.
That's awful!! My mom was doing that I made her feel guilty!! She raised chickens, when my mom killed them I couldn't eat them!!! STOP EATING THE POOR RABBIT!!!!! I grew up with hunters!!! Stop bragging about killing RABBITs its heartless!!!!!!!😢😢😢
How horrible that you made your mother feel guilty for providing her family food.... 😒
My son won't eat deer (Bambi) but loves rabbit. Everyone has different tastes. He can't handle butchering any animals. My mom's the same way. 😊
When times get tough, you will be at your neighbors home begging for food. You will learn that most animals are here to be eaten by the ones who are smart enough to grow what can be fed from the land. Stores are not forever nor is money to buy with. I just hope you don't have children to feed.