Our rabbitry

  With the world changing the way it is our family decided we should restart our rabbitry. We hadnt raised them in 20 some years. I bought a roll of wire n built our pens to fit inside of our greenhouse so we can keep them in their during the winter months.
    Last year was our first year producing. From the 4 does n 1 buck we harvested over 300 pounds of rabbit meat. Our stock is 3 black New Zealand does n 1californian buck. A stray doe happened along n our daughter adopted her. For a fourth doe. Our cost were near a thousand bucks. So near 3$ a pound or so.
    We will continue to get better and more efficient. It is a job that takes time daily. Animal husbandry was important for us while homeschooling our kids. And growing our own steroid n hormone free food is good. We barter for halibut n salmon, octopus, blacktail deer,  elk, moose n such. So freezer has a nice selection.
  We're going to process up a hundred pounds of moose meat into burger n sausages next weekend. Getting ready for moose hunting season this fall. And trying to make room for fresh salmon.
   We're blessed to have great wild fish n game around. And growing the rabbits along with the garden keeps us kinda busy but feels good. Taking care of our family and doing it all together. Some pictures of the rabbits we canned up.

Love it!

Just set up a rabbitry for some friends of mine here in Texas.

We went with 3 Tamuk does for their heat resistance and a black NZ buck.

So far (6 months) they've been thriving and they just started their breeding projects.

What are you feeding them?
What was your average lb per rabbit skinned?
Can you tell me more about canning rabbit meat?

 Hello all. We feed 1 cup pellets daily most of the year to each rabbit. Hay n fresh water full time. In the summer months I can forage dandelions grasses, willow , birch limbs n such .
  Kits that are to be grown out as friers get all the pellets hay n forage I can find.