Humane Rabbit Dispatch & Butchering - Education for self-sustainability (Silver Fox meat rabbits)
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I mean, how else are we as a people are going to learn without seeing someone ACTUALLY dispatch rabbits? Thank you so much for sharing this. You didn't have to share but out of the kindness of your heart, you did. Thank you! Knowledge is priceless and we must respect and cherish channels like this. I'm a new sub!
Thank you, thank you for this information. I need to know exactly how this is done so I thank you once again
For people having trouble with this part take some advice my grandfather taught me.
Thank the animal for the gift it gave you.
We are symbionts.
We give them a good life and in return they give us a good life.
What does Bugs Bunny think of that idea?
@@thatguyjoe007 the same thing veggietales thinks.....
@@thatguyjoe007 bugs bunny was too smart to ever get caught.
I always say "Thank You" out loud to my animals for providing for my family.
Hi I am from Croatia (eastern Europe), me and my family live in a village close to a town and I find it interesting how you guys have debates is it, or is it not okay to show dispatch footage, and that you have people who protest against that kind of videos. Here where I live, we grow our own meat and vegetables and it is so normal that people butcher animals that they grow that nobody ever questions why you do it. My father taught me how to butcher and work the entire pig from when I was like 8 years old. On the other hand, my mother and grandmother taught me how to butcher chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese and how to pack them for the freezer and then my neighbor taught me how to butcher and skin sheep and goats. The point of the story is that I am so glad that I know how to grow my food and how to prepare it for consummation, you just have a different kind of appreciation toward what you eat. Keep up the good work and educate your people about their food.
I envy your culture that normalizes this lifestyle! It is normal for my family. Much of America is so used to buying their meat that when they are shown how it’s actually processed, they get upset. It’s very unfortunate. But I will continue living this way 🙂
Yes your correct sir. I believe half of the USA would starve or murder somehow to get protein.
@@TealStoneHomestead I envy you that you can do that, doesn't that bother you? Will they break the rabbit's neck?
that was the most smooth dispatch ive seen so far. so quick and painless, thanks for the idea.
This is the dispatch method I use as well. Thank you for showing these and your honesty. I get grief from every direction about raising rabbits for meat. My first question to all non-vegetarians who say this to me is, have you ever spent time with a calf? Talk about a cute sweet cuddly animal! Yet, I get grief all around. There is such a disconnect between where your meat comes from for most Americans.
Thank you for your bravery to speak up on this topic!
Roasted rabbit in a dutch oven was last night's dinner. I know what that animal ate, I know.how it lived and I know how it died. I take full responsibility for the fact that if I am going to eat meat, an animal must live and then must die. I should then also care HOW did that animal live and HOW did it die! I appreciate these types of videos!
Rabbits, raised with love and respect should be first on people's plates and last should be the mass raised pork , beef and chicken that is raised in confined settings and fed all sorts of things they shouldn't be fed!
Everyone says, I can't afford pasture raised, organic pork , chicken and beef. But they could afford rabbit raised humanely by their local rabbitry!
I agree. I always apologized to our chickens before in butchered them. They had a good life up to the end.
Beautifully stated! 💯 Agree with your comments. I have 2 friends that won’t even step into my backyard because I have caged rabbits. 🤷🏻♀
@michelles5765 I had to quit eating meats due to Alpha-gal a few years ago. My health deteriorated rapidly I became anemic as well as a lot of other health problems. So now I have rabbits again.
I'm a meat eater and completely agree with knowing everything about how the animal was raised how it's had a good life stress free, fed well, had good conditions to live in and was respected as a living creature. To despatch them in as quick and humane way as possible ,no stress no fear no thrashing about is wonderful to see. Vegans/vegetarians are entitled to their views but even most of them are brought up eating meat !
If your off grid and grow and harvest your own then I'm 100% behind it . 👍😉
People have forgot common sense and how meat comes to our tables.
It’s never fun taking an animals life. As farmers we don’t take pleasure in dispatching our animals. But it’s just part of it. We have to feed our families and ourselves. And as humans we need the minerals, protein and fat that meat offers. You did a very quick, clean and respectful job. The rabbit felt no pain or fear.
You can live without meat. It's for personal taste and that in itself is mortifying.
@@TCJ24116 I still eat meat (very little) but I cannot deny the truth in your statement. For your own good, seek always to be respectful when sharing your truth.
Thank you for having the courage to push through the haters and bring us this valuable teaching! You go, Girl!!! ❤
Nicely and humanly done Tiffany, great job.
15:15 lol the cat running thinking it's next in line 😂
I was waiting for this comment 😂
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For those wondering, the convulsions and groaning are all involuntary responses, the animal is dead and cannot feel anything, but the neurons, heart and other muscles are still reacting.
Iv been in the deer processing and animal processing my whole life and one tip that works for us is spraying down the animal before skinning this keeps the hair from slipping as much and leaves the carcass cleaner! Love to see this type of content!
that dispatch was so perfect i watched it a few times to make sure i get it right. my method will be replaced with yours. thank you
I appreciate this. My grandfather raised rabbits and wrote a book on it. I had a copy but it was stolen when I was young. He had his rabbit hutches over his earthworm beds, and it made a very rich soil that my grandmother used to grow amazing herbs and vegetables. He passed when I was nine months old, so I never really knew him. We are moving to the mountains to start a homestead, and this is very valuable information for us. I wish you well.
Do well and the best of luck 🤞
Love your amazing labor. Very ethical and conscientious, you inspire me to start my own production of rabbits to feed my family. I really appreciate you sharing all that valuable knowledge. Please don't ever stop!!
Heya I am a new subscriber! I am currently considering to get into californian meat rabbits. Your videos greatly helped me to get a rough overview with what issues and tasks I would be dealing. Don't be bothered too much by the people trying to call you cruel for being self-sufficient. Should a lion feel ashamed for eating a gazelle or a bear for munching down on some delicious salmon? Life isn't a playground veganism is a can of worms that doesn't really work. We are omnivores and that doesn't make us evil.
Hey! Because of this channel I also am thinking about getting into Californians! And your very right I don’t see why people have an issue with it not everyone has to even watch the video!
@@Jess._.Equine13 thats very cool how expensive are californians where you are from? Here in Germany I pay 15€ for young ones and 30 to 50 for a mother and a buck
@@MsAmeisen I’m from Western Australia! We can get them for free - $150 it just depends who you go to and when! What made you decide calis?
@@Jess._.Equine13 I think the meat to feed ratio is pretty optimal. Here in Germany we have a domestic breed called the German gigant which grows ridiculously humongous to the sizes of up to 53lbs and lengths of 130cm but it just takes too long to mature. I want a steady and safe meat supply since prices are skyrocketing due to bad governance. Rabbit seems ideal. I first thought about turkeys but I find that rabbits are easier to keep healthy and reproduce better. Bonus points are that they just look really cute
@@MsAmeisen that makes sense! I was originally going to breed my Flemish giant (who is a pet) but then I decided it probably wasn’t going to be worth it due to the meat to bone ratio. I’m still kinda considering rex’s and cali xs as rexs here sell quick so if I wanted to make up for feed costs then that would work but there also really hard to get, I wanted chickens at first but then you need a rooster and our neighbours already dislike our dirt bikes let alone a rooster 😅
Pay no attention to those boo-hoo babies. You are amazing and strong and that just offends the crybabies. Thank you for your quality content ❤
Wonderful to see no nonsense, no censor way to do things.
Will probably never get to use this knowledge, but interesting none the less!
I was surprised how easy you make the butchering process. I am encouraged to do this myself. I raise and eat my own ducks. Rabbits seem so much easier. Thank you. You are a great teacher.
Thank you so much for this, I am brand new to meat rabbits. I also went with the Silver Fox, and you are absolutely right (with all due respect) "if she can do it, I totally can"
This just makes me feel like I am able to have the highest chance of it going smoothly, I just want to do whats right by my rabbits, and dispatch them as quickly and painlessly as I would want to be dispatched.
Thank you SO SO much for this!
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Excellent video.... I am a trapper and also had a hobby farm, and you still succeeded to show me a better way of dispatching and processing your animal.... You're a natural .....
Thank you for your teachings 🙏🏼.
I am a chef, and unfortunately, I can't serve these to my customers with unjust laws, even in TEXAS! The cost of one, cleaned, approved rabbit has become so prohibitive, I could really only make gumbo with other proteins as filler.
Be blessed and you are a blessing🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
I give my Chickens all the insides they eat all but the stomach and large intestine but the dogs come from behind and eat it so I don't worry about it.
Oh and I love how you take the tale off!
Straight forward, down to earth, no fluff, well presented, adequate heads up for the people who have absolutely where their meat comes from, I am a new subscriber.
I'm very new to raising rabbits for food (1st year). About to dispatch for the first time this week. For those who get upset by this sort of thing....DONT WATCH! But for me, thank you so much for these videos. Hopefully, with all you've taught me in the videos, I don't screw it up too much. Thanks again.
Thank you.
Learning to put down a rabbit, without it having to suffer, is important information.
Another great video, as always. Thanks for taking us along! 😊
Thank you for sharing, this weekend we are hoping to build our 1st hutch that you designed and then I bought your plans. This was just as good as your last video showing how to do this. Thank you again. Till next time God Bless.
I am learning a lot about rabbit keeping through your channel.
That was really quick and appeared to be relatively painless. I’d like to be able to raise and respect my food at some point in my future and truly appreciate the education you are providing. Thank you.
Thanks for the great video! We’re about to start our own rabbit journey and these types of videos really help and give us confidence!
I remember butchering my first rabbits - it was very rough. The head turned and I couldn't help but say sorry as I gave it another tug. I like the rebar idea, that seems better than the thicker shovel handle I had used. I agree with you, this was very helpful and gives me more courage to go at it next year with my own meat rabbits. Thank you for providing this content. :)
I applaud you for what you do and standing up for yourself. People with a disconnect Should not watch.
Thanks for the video, l wondered how the dispatch was accomplished now, I know.
No suffering at all .Well done.
I tried to dispatch the way you do, I guess I am not coordinated enough. I use a hopper-popper to dislocate, I can just walk up, slide the head in and pull. Thank you for all the great info, I will be watching your other video and changing some of my ways!
See for some reason I don’t feel coordinated with the hopper popper! It’s just weird to me, not sure if it has something to do with being left-handed or maybe I’m just a weirdo 😂 Jamison prefers the hopper popper!
Great video. I’ve only had two cull days so far so this does help with confidence for sure.
I’m thankful for educators here on RUclips like you. I’m just starting out with meat rabbits, I have a trio. Thank you for educating myself.
I love the detail you go into in your processing videos, and I really appreciate that you keep making this kind of video! Thank you, for actually showing the dispatch. The body mechanics for how to do the rebar method were hard for me to learn when I was just starting because it felt like no one would show that part. The warm water is a great idea, I might have to try that!
Keep showing this please. Don't ever doubt because what you're doing is great and very important. I highly respect your lifestyle and mission.
Thanks for the video, more people should consider raising rabbits. Your videos were one of the three that I watched over and over again as I was building my hutches and such. Thanks for everything!
Thank you for the educational video. Just a little different from how we dispatched and processed growing up as a kid, but the end result is the same. 🙂 We always made sure that the processing was out of site from the rest of the livestock so everyone couldn't see what was happening.
Thank you so much for sharing the whole process! I’ve been wanting to breed meat rabbits for awhile and I feel like your channel has showed me everything I need to expect! I’ve had pet rabbits for ages i have been quite worried about the dispatching process but this is making me feel a bit better
You’re welcome! I have some pet rabbits as well. I definitely keep the pets and meat rabbits separate in my mind.
Ran across your channel today doing some research. We purchased a 35 acre property that is very rural and plan to make it fully self sustaining for obvious reasons, and will be breaking ground on it this spring. Other than fishing I have never killed another creature. Not that I'm against it, just never have. This was very challenging for me to watch and I will likely watch it a few more times just to get more comfortable with it. I want my family taken care of in really uncertain times and I need to learn this. Thank you for your teaching. It is important and you have a way of making it very matter of fact but very compassionate at the same time. That's why I have subscribed. Again.....thank you.
Thanks for sharing. You are providing great resources for others to become more self sufficient.
Im inspired by and love your videos! Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful rabbitry with us!
You were correct when you referred to pulling out the esophagus. It is part of the digestive system that goes ftonm the throat to the stomach. You know what you are talking about! I am raising New Zealands and still trying to smooth out the butchering process. I'm down to about 20 minutes. but that does not count the time to quarter or quarter and chop so I can feed the grinder with bones for dog food. Thanks for the vid. Great technique...well done.
I watched your first butcher video to figure out how to write a scene in my book essentially the rabbits are the size of a small sheep so they are VERY big. Also I’m always interested in learning new things especially when they are ethically done. I’m not big on meat but, at least I’ll now know how to do this if I ever have to in the future
I really appreciate and respect people who try to ethically produce food for themselves or others. Thank you for the content. ❤️
Thank you for these videos. They are a help for me for what we are seeing come to pass.
Thank You! I like your idea of an X-acto knife, place in blade, when it gets dull replace blade.
I admire the raw truth to your message. Thank you
Great job! Thank you for sharing your respectful and calm way of dispaching your rabbits. I think they did not even realize what was going on. I know this is the hardest part of raising animals for food purposes but that is the price for giving meat-animals a good life on a homestead. Thank you!
Thank you so much! We are starting our rabbit journey and this helps!
Amazing, love your technique, im still learning. I leave the meat overnight on water with vinegar.
The cooler even matches your homestead colors ☺️😍
Definitely intentional 😂
I just started following you, I love your videos, I've been raising rabbits for 50 years and we butcher the same way
Thanks for sharing your awesome videos.
You are a great person.I learn so much from watching your videos. People need to be educated on the old ways. Thank you for making these videos
I'm a new subscriber and I love your respect for where your meat comes from and your respect for the animals
This has been a very helpful video. My family has some pretty significant health issues and we are wanting to get into raising our own food to see if we can help eliminate some of that, and watching this has I believe helped me prepare myself for what I'm going to have to do while we raise rabbits
Beautifully done , thank you for making it a simple process
I'm glad you made this video. Anyone who has seen your "How to Butcher a Rabbit" video, but had never witnessed the process of dispatching, would think by the description you gave that it would be a brutal ordeal and something difficult to watch. It's actually quite the opposite, and is all about the quick swift motion. My thoughts after the last video were: "she just don't look or seem cold blooded enough to do that to any animal." Well I get it now...and I think I was right about ya. Your way is possibly faster and more humane as most of the other methods out there, and it seems to eliminate any needless suffering on the part of the animal. I think this will resolve any misunderstandings anyone may have had before.
15:09 the cat playing at the wrong time 😂
Then the cats reaction to the aftermath 😂
Right 😂
I'm a native and we eat rabbits, so I'm totally cool with this method and hope to see more of your ways. I keep learning lol
Thank you for having the courage to share. I personally have no problem with this content. This is the best reality tv you can find out there. And I love how honest and real and true you stay to yourself. I myself struggle with people that like to have opinions about things they know very little about and your courage make me feel less like a cruel person by other people opinions. Thanks for taking the time and sharing with us❤
I watched over and over again until I felt comfortable, Then went right outside and dispatched my first female to-be-a-breeder- bunny, who grew buck teeth. I never even saw a problem until the day I had to put her out of her misery . She was rolling her food that day, as pellets were made into dust and her cheeks were puffy. Her sister was consoling her, loving on her and then I saw her try to eat and chew weird.
They have all the proper feed, hay and even cubes which are hard. Other four youngsters doing well.
Made it easier for me, and most importantly, for my Bell.
I also watched your full first video on butchering. Very fast. Wish it were that fast for my Pekin male ducks.
Thanks for all the tips. You are my favorite rabbit educator.
I feed eight dogs her a RAW diet, according to Dog's Naturally website, and will use the ribcage, head, and feet, plus lungs, spleen, trachea, and kidneys for the dogs. I have a mental thing about eating kidneys that had pee in them. Just a weird association, can't do it... Not interested.
I appreciate you showing this. It makes me feel a little better and more confident about doing it myself
Here to refresh my mind before going out to butcher my rabbits. You are absolutely right, people come here to learn and be encouraged to accomplish this difficult task - and I'm one of them. Thank you very much for your videos.
Outstanding video and is perfectly expanding.
I just discovered your channel and i am so glad that i have. We just started raising rabbits again and i hated the way my husband (and my mother before that) dispatched the rabbits. I could not do it. I am certain i could do it this way. I watched your video yesterday and i went and bought my exacta knife and my pruning shears today. I do believe this will be a game changer. I was using a filet knife. Thank you so much for your easy instructions.
Great video, rabbit kebabs are tasty too, marinated thrn cooked over a bbq or open fire then diced up and into pitta bread or into tortilla wraps, also rabbit curry, over here in belfast during ww2 my gran was always fed with rabbit as it was the only real source of protein they could get, although in her later yrs she didnt eat much of it she held the humble rabbit in high regard. Good luck girl, keep doing what your doing, all the best from northern ireland
Please keep sharing! I need the help! If people knew the inhumane way the food at the store was raised they would be more upset about that than how they are raised at your house.
I absolutely love the way you start with a tool list and then walk through everything. You are a great teacher. Thank you!!
Nothing like a gorgeous farm girl. 🙂
I am so glad for this educational opportunity. We are about to embark on our raising rabbits journey.
Thank you for educating us. I'll be honest; this isn't something I see every day, but I've chosen to watch this video because I want to know and appreciate where food comes from. It is strange and even disturbing to me to see these animals be dispatched and butchered, but it is my responsibility to settle these things in my mind because this is the circle of life. So thanks.
Once you’ve done it long enough it helps to dull the strange and disturbing feeling. But it doesn’t always make it easier. I love my animals very much but I’m also realistic that they feed my family. And I am so thankful for the life they give us by giving up theirs. 💚
We need more people to understand and be willing to take game and animals for food in a humane way for sustainability of life. Thank you so much for doing this.
You do a fantastic professional job! People have nothing better to do than to criticize others. Ignore them and let them get upset. Protecting peoples feelings is why we are in the world of hurt we are currently facing. Your Homestead is absolutely amazing, and I have loved watching you grow!
Just a suggestion for the cold hand problem. Put on some disposable nitrile gloves and then put hand warmers inside the gloves. It'll keep you hands consistently warm, and the gloves will help keep the packs dry and free of goo
Thank you for this video and thank you for being real.
Considering raising meat rabbits and this video was the first I've watched on dispatching rabbits. I was hesitant that I wouldn't be able to do it, but after watching this I feel much better about it. I'm going to watch the others you posted to learn more. Thank you for posting!
Glad it helped you! 🙂
Yes thank you for actually showing it!! I think without seeing it there's so much more chance of doing in wrong and turning it into a very bad day for the rabbit.
Your awesome and I appreciate your education. Looking forward to starting my own homestead next year.
This is the best dispatch video on internet ❤
Very informative, thanks. I am awaiting my first rabbit litter and trying to get as much info on how to dispatch them quickly when their time comes. I have learned a lot :)
I was taught to dispatch chickens in a similar manner. Instead of laying it down and using the bar, you grab the neck of a standing chicken right under the head and spin, kind of the same motion as stirring a pot. Breaking the neck is a very quick and humane way to go.
Thank you for sharing this information. As you say, so many people nowadays have a disconnect as to how food gets put on the table. Even if someone doesn't want to raise and butcher animals, everybody should at the very least grow a garden. They will then appreciate the fact that a tomato doesn't just magically appear in the bin at the supermarket.
Nicely done young lady!
My brother and I did all the rabbit work when we were 10 & 11. We just used our hands to dispatch tho, no tools. With the rabbit facing behind me, fingers of my right hand under the chin and thumb behind the ears. One sharp pull up on the rear legs and push down on the neck and its done quick and humane.
We put a lot of meat on the family table that way during the meat shortage in the late 60s.
Very quick dispatch. Much better than my method. Thanks
Perfect video.
People will wish eventually they had learned all this.
Our food sources and supply are highly at risk
Bare handed! I’m very impressed by your husbandry from start to finish!
My first video of yours and I'm SUPER impressed by how nice your homestead looks and how calm and clean this video was. This makes me feel a lot more confident about my ability to try this myself. I don't want the animal to suffer and your method has been the "nicest" i've seen. Bless you!
I think the way you dispatch the rabbits are a lot more humane than the ways I have seen. It's quick and less messy.
I'm at work right now but I'm so happy I came by your channel! I'll watch a bunch on rabbits once I'm home!!
Even though you have likely done this countless times i can hear the emotion in your voice after dispatch. ❤
So I will have to go back and watch your other videos. I’m doing this for us as a family, but I’m also doing it she mainly, of course, for my pets to have healthy food.
I just dispatched my first rabbit with the help of the video and I just have to say, thank you for going into detail on how to do this the right way. I never learned this from anyone and I was raised a city girl. Me and my husband want to be more self sustained so this was a great help. ❤
Thank you for showing the actual dispatch. ❤
Thank you so much for showing the method and for saying that be sure that we should never hold out. I lived in big cities my whole life, and now I'm getting back to the real connection with the food on my farm. It's shocking to see (and make) a life going out, but it's way better than the way our food is "made" in animal factories. It's like you said, instead of having a life full of bad moments, the rabbit had just a brief bad moment and it's done.
I watched both butchering videos and learned a lot thank you! I was hoping you would show what comes next: cutting the rabbit for meals if not going to rotisserie it, shrink wrapping it for storage and what you can do with the rest of the rabbit like the hides. Thank you again for such detailed videos.
Thank you for showing the dispatch in spite of criticism. As an aspiring homesteader who doesn’t have the space for large animals at this point but was incredibly intimidated by the idea of dispatching rabbits this has given me confidence that I could do it.
Thank You 1,000% for sharing this information and not being influenced by anyone that is not supportive of what you are doing. I am so truly thankful for you and your willingness to teach others making sure this information is kept alive and active in the Living Library of Knowledge. I feel so much more confident and empowered as I begin my own rabbit adventures, again thank you!!!