Meat Rabbits, Solid Ground? Plus Chores And Cleaning The Barn. Happy Bunnies.
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2013
- The rabbits never do anything but sit in a cage. I wanted to clean the actual cages out on the two cages that have many rabbits. I took the rabbits out and put them in the goat cage we use to move the goats around and it was fun to watch them do there acrobatics and running around. While that was going on I had to clean the barn and get them all some garden greens. Its all in this video. Thank You.
They loved playing in the grass. Thanks for sharing.
The bunnies are playing very happy on the grass,❤❤❤❤❤greeting from indonesia🙏🙏🙏😊
Nice little setup you got there. Everything looks healthy and happy! Thanks for the show.
August 28 is my Birthday!:) I grew up in MN until I went in the USMC. MN will always be my 'Home State'! Semper Fidelis
awesome garden also,,i use to feed my goats corn also,, they love it.
You know what i so much cherish about the video? The uncemented floor maintained by dried grass. I learnt something here. I don't need to waste money now on cemented floor, in my own farm room, all i just need is to be lacing the dusty ground with saw dust or wood shavings. Thanks for sharing.
I really like the setup you have, it gave me some good ideas. Thanks for the video.
wow So Cute Bunnies
Beautiful Stock you have there. I like the way you have it all set up and make it easy to maintain and use.
love some rabbit stew thanks for the memories Joe God bless and as always have a great day
How fun to get to see them out and jumping around!! It would be amusing to know what they really thought about their little outing.
Nice you think about the rabbits life and to make it so nice as possile :)
You should be growing shiitake mushrooms on that cut-oak behind the pen.
Thanks for your bunny-vid!
your video is very funny :) THANKS FOR SHARE
Im green with envy! Yet more then ever inspired to live as I have always wanted. Life is meant to be spent on a farm or in the woods, but not in the city. Living more natural you may actually get to know who you are, you get to become a person who is self made and inspired. The silence, the effort- It carves you - as does the loud city and its superficial race.
I agree so with you!! If only we could get away!!
If you do your homework, you'll find that rabbit meat is lower in fat and calories than chicken and turkey. If you have heart issues, it's a good meat for you. As for rabbit manure, it's one of the few animal wastes that can be used without having to compost it. Again, do your homework and if you can find it, add it to your garden plot. You'll be amazed at the difference it will make in your soil condition. I used to clean out my rabbit pens (I raised show rabbits), dump it on the garden spot in the fall and let it sit on top until I tilled it in the spring.
Thank you , we are well aware
JoeandZachSurvival i like when someone watches your video, of an obvious on going set up, and they feel they have to educate you ! lol did you know rabbit meat is good for you !! :) lol damn skippy!
No need to be snippy and rude. I'm sure not EVERYONE who watches the video is a rabbit 'expert', and I simply brought up points the narrator did not. I certainly didn't expect ugly comments about it.
I thought that was awesome that the goats like the corn stalks, the rabbits like the leaves, and their waste makes great fertilizer, great video!
Nice one..I've learnt 2 good lessons..feeding corn and keeping hay under the cages to absorb urine and droppings I guess. Thanks
Moving ,,, eating naturel, they get bigger,❤️
Love your videos.Thanks for sharing!
Excellent video thank you..
Joe & Zack - thanks for sharing what you are doing. Gotta say I was startled to hear your concern about the rabbits hopping around a little in the tiny pen as potentially making them tough, if they 'were out there too long'. Have you ever tried it, raising rabbits in a ground/drag pen? The time and effort - and money - saved by raising rabbits in ground pens, letting them harvest their own food by eating what they were designed to eat, and simply moving them to a new spot each day, instead of having to clean cages... doesn't that sound worth giving it a try? (Of course it takes awhile for rabbits to adjust to a new diet. Depending on the forage available, some hay may still be needed.) Look forward to seeing if you guys decide to give it a go.
Thanks again for all the interesting videos!
When I had rabbits I fed them fresh cut hay all summer..
First Last Sounds like a good idea for chickens and rabbits.. I'd like to do it.. I travel too much to keep livestock, now but def finitely want to have them again..
..... Good luck on finding a place.. If you can afford it five acres is just about ideal.. That would allow for a good sized pond or small lake and orchard..
I’ve tried it. Makes the rabbit meat really tough and that’s a fact
Wow, so many bunnies! love them
Most people don't realize the amount of work that goes into living a self sustaining lifestyle. You've done and amazing job this summer. Keep,up the vids please
I love your set up and they look happy
I wish I could do this, great video.
The first video I saw of yours Joe you were building rabbit pens. Thanks for sharing!
Great Setup you have there. Nice video and thank you for sharing it. BTW..arrgghhh on what you show you had left to do...ha. Good Luck.
Love your rabbit and goat barn. It's what I envision for my property.
I have pet rabbits, yet still respect people who raise their own food. Plant or otherwise. I mean - I love animals!!! But they sure are tasty off the grill or from a crock pot. When I was a little girl my dad would occasionally have me pick out a chicken, whichever was the cutest is what was for dinner that night. I appreciate and honor animals they help sustain our lives and enrich them with their beauty. Good job sir!
Thank you for the nice comment. Some people get so worked up when someone is raising there own food yet they do not think twice about buying the same product in the store nor do they realise (or they choose not to think about) the fact that to sustain as many people as we have on this planet with the meat they eat that the growing and butchering conditions are like an assembly line. The one thats #10 in line watches the other 9 in front of it die before its his or her turn. This video gets so many comments on both ends of the spectrum, good and bad and it really suprises me that it does. This video shows happy rabbits jumping around yet I have another video where we actually kill and butcher the rabbits and yes that one has haters but this video stays higher in the "watch" catagory and gets many more comments. Thank you again for your nice input. Joe
You love animals? Especially on your dinner plate? You 'honour and respect them'? Enough to kill them? Your post is full of contradictions. You don't kill what you love, honour and respect.
Ann...please don't assume you know anything about anyone whom does not have an active role in your daily life... that is just the epitome of ignorance. I choose to eat meat, yep love veggies too...they are living things that provide you with the air you breathe. So hold your breath and your hippocratic opinions for someone whom might actually be interested in them. Much blessings to you on your lifes journey, Ann...I hope you find whatever it is you are seeking from this experience on your journey through life. I'm at total peace with who I am... and live my life for no one but myself and those I love.
13shale13 Complacent too, it seems, as well as not knowing the meaning of the words love,honour and respect.
Thank you for the vid.
Beautiful eating ..
Thank you for the lesson
Your video inadvertently answered a question I have been pondering. Should I cage my meat rabbits or let them free range. I didn't realise letting them free range would lead to tougher meat. That explains why I don't like wild rabbit as much as farmed. Thant you for your video. Don't let the fluffy bunny brigade get you down. Keep up the good work
I love that set up dude...i will do that
Thank you so much for sharing... There are a lot of us trying to raise food. Great job.. I am in process of redoing all my rabbit cages etc... maybe I'll do a video when i get done. Thanks again...
wow! you must be so very busy
Nice fence set up watching from cabadbaran city philippines
Those rabbits look cute and delicious!
We have five does that run free on a fenced in quarter acre. They have their 35 (5 litters of 7) babies all at once. Scoop up the running babies and put them in a rabbit tractor. You can be overwhelmed with rabbits easily.
waw success for you .....i like u video
that is si smart to put hay under the cages!
awesome! this is one of my plans for next spring. I raise rabbits as well, I will make a raised bed, plant ediable crops dandelions, clover etc. then wire around and wire top.
MrCheckitout123 They will love it. Thanks for the comment. Joe
get bent.
I have to go clean out my cages too. I've been procrastinating. :-) Tomorrow, I took the day off, so, I will be doing it then. Joe, everything looks GREAT! You are a hard working man!! The rewards you get will be worth it in the end. Someone asked a question on this rabbit forum I'm subscribed to about if you're making a profit off raising the rabbits. Quite a few people including myself said that we are in the red, but, still LOVE having the option of raising our own meat. Its worth it
Well done!!! No wastage.
Watching those rabbits in the cage and hearing the outdoors was really relaxing. It would make for a great live webcam. Rabbit-cam.
So nice.
Rabbit tractor! Sweet! lol
great videos
OMG I can't wait! How does Sat at 5 sound LOL
Great info Joe and Zach. Thanks! Growing up I ate rabbit plenty of times but since I moved to this country, its hard to find them. I am in the process of getting settled here and develop my own little system for a fruit trees, garden, chicken, rabbits, pigs, goats or sheep and ducks. Great set up; keep up teaching the skills that these trolls will wish they had one of these days. Have you seen videos by Scott Rea? He's a great butcher and has great ideas for cooking/carving rabbits and other animals.
I love it when ppl think 90 is hot. Good vid. Would never have guessed corn leaves as fodder....good to know. thank you for posting.
I raise meat rabbits too, best choice I've ever made!! And very healthy! I know exactly what they are eating and they are steroid free! YUMMY!
What's up with the whiners? I have a pet rabbit but don't see any issue with this. This man has developed a great system to live off the land and raise animals for various uses including as meat. And from what I have seen he isn't cruel to any of the animals. Respect the land, the animals, eat well and enjoy the days you've got. The rabbits are treated to a healthy and clean life, and in turn the rabbits reward him with their tender meat.
Thank you!
IF you feel that way, go live in China! and while your at it ask for the dog and cat menu special! Not a hater, it's just not necessary in the 21st century. News flash, eating rabbits by itself will kill you..If you are capable of reading, Check out the AMA journals on proteins.
You're right that eating rabbit by itself will kill you (rabbit starvation) but that only occurs if you only eat rabbit and nothing else, and that's simply due to how lean rabbit meat is (practically zero fat).
Look, if you're a vegan, or a vegetarian, then more power to you, but if you eat meat, you're basically raising, and butchering animals by proxy. Just because someone else does it, doesn't absolve you of any "guilt". If someone has the property, etc. to do it ethically, why accuse them of barbarism, or lacking an education?
Again! Thank you.
Great video
Im glad that you at least cared to keep them clean. They are soo cute thoooo!!
i love your video😄
Keep on doing the awesome work and video's!!! Can I visit and have some Rabbit stew? I'll pay!
Nice
This feels like you're in a minecraft world.
So many bunnies! I would think it would be hard to raise animals for the slaughter without forming a serious emotional bond.
soxpeewee Its just the opposite with the rabbits. I get so many that you have no clue which is which. They just become hopping dinners. Thank you. Joe
@@JoeandZachSurvival lol!! Love that..."hopping dinners"...hard to know where to pour the gravy lol
nice setup....
Great vid! You sure have a lot of work ahead of ya. Can't wait for the next episode!
nice rabbit and goat raising. i'm envy because where i live i can not raise any small animals because i live in an urban area and due to city codes i can not do it. hope in the future i can find a better place to raise rabbit too. good luck and thanks to the good video.
Nice vid. Thank You
Great job man!
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I love it when people Criticize others for raising animals to butcher for food. If they were opigs im sure you would not have made a comment. People do what they can to cut corners and save money as well as trying to live a more independant lifestyle. If raising food is one of them more power to them. If I had the property I would be doing the same thing as well, Keep up the good workJ&Z
great stuff here
You're right the best time for goats is the fall before the snow flies but after the bugs leave.
my dad lets his hang for a couple of days to age the meat and also let any hormones that could taint the meat dissipate.
Thanks for the video i like to watch all kind of videos and try to learn and get new ideas from everyone, it helps a lot. and your video give me another idea to raise bunnies.
GREAT JOB BROTHER
Hey guys we have aspirations of farming rabbits too but we have a different direction in which we will be farming them.
As you may well know rabbit manure is an extremely good fertilizer so we aim to market it along with selling live rabbits for people to do what they will, providing it's humane.
We have designed our rabbit pasture enclosures to enable the rabbits to get a fresh green pick every couple of days and although these enclosures may be small they will still have ample room to stretch their legs without overdoing it.
Looking forward to sharing our exodus from the city with everyone real soon.
Subscribed.
I have been considering raising meat rabbits for some time now. now. I love how happy they look!!
oh there so cute
good idea
Soo nice
very good
It's good to see you don't mistreat them
I don't think you know what mistreat means.
ImOnlySIeeping What does it mean then
I got to admit,, they are way to cute,, I could never eat them,,,they jus seem so sweet,
so you base an animal's worth on how cute it is?
good job
I saw u have goats and subscribed immediately :) I love goats :D
if you put a piece of metal roofing under your hutches (mine ended up in a U shape with one end up and the other as low as you can) the idea is to funnel all the droppings to one area. if you put a bucket or wheelbarrow to catch them. bonus is little shoveling needed doing it this way.
Brian Mendenhall Good tip, thank you.
Those animal's are keeping you busy!
Cool
I could seriously sit and watch the rabbits hopping and jumping all day long!
I just finished making a few huge cages from my rabbits. I still need to make one more. So that all the females have a huge cage.
Looking good and clean there.
raising your own meat is the best thing you could do to assure they have a great life.
la jaula esta grande y muy bien echa y puedes poner un nido adentro y me gusto porque es extendida y pueden jugar y dibertirse
ever think to try some worm beds under your rabbit cages they work pretty good I used to do that for awhile sold 90% of the beds 2x time and made about 300$ + a welder from it.
the only Issue I ran into was I couldn't separate the worms from the castings
totally jealous of your set up!!!! I live in cali and want this soooooo bad for my future house investment.
hi guys :) nice garden! wish I had a barn :) listen...the reason why all the folks comment on the bunnies is it isn't a very good life for them in the cages. Ever consider making them a long but narrow free range run outside in shaded areas around the garden? It can be a barrier on perimeter & still give the bunnies a good life of free ranging. I understand you don't want them to get too much muscle but honestly wouldn't you feel better about giving the animals you consume a happier life? They did absolutely love the pen time you gave them but I know you don't do that every day do you? That would be too much work. I'd create a door for them just like chickens get or at the least a tractor. :) just a thought. Thanks for sharing the video.
Oneda Zinn That run will fill up with shit and the babies will get worms. What he is doing is the cleanest healthiest way to raise them.
Oneda Zinn It's true that the pasture gets filthy fast. They eat it down fast, too. And I find it really hard to keep a digging animal in pasture! Still, I put them out in a pasture for a while whenever I can. They seem happy both in large cages and on grass, but I do like to see them run.
I know they are for eatting, but... 'Scruffing with one hand and just leaving them "hanging" is dangerous. Rabbits have very thin skin that can be ripped easily, it separates the muscle from their shoulders, and they could break their back with one kick. It's best to always surpport with two hands while handling.'
I would like to do this if I had a garden.
Do you separate the males from the femails when there outside
Cage cleaning day is my fave past time because I get great compost ! And if you are not willing to work you should not have them
nice
Good Video, don't pay attention to the negative comments. Love all your video, keep up the good work?
rabbits over chickens anytime. Meat gain to feed ratio MUCH higher with rabbits, means cheaper to raise for meat. The hides can be used also. Cleaner to raise, less smell, etc. Wish I could buy them in the stores, or meat mkt. No one wants to raise them anymore, it seems.
it because no one hardly eats them anymore that people are not selling them in stores, but ya rabbit is great...people need to be educated on how to properly prepare it and how good it is though again.
plus, the cleanings make better fertilizer, better mulch.
I'm getting ready to start a rabbitry. I was planning on setting the cages up outside, along the side of a huge shed. After seeing your video, with the cages INSIDE, I was wondering which is better? Don't the rabbits need sunshine? My huge shed has a dirt floor, like yours in your video. It does not have any windows, but it would be easy enough to put some in. I live in Colorado and it get gets pretty cold here in the winter. This winter it went down to 15 below zero for a few nights. I would love to hear your opinion on inside verses outside hutches.