How I Reduce Rabbit Feed Costs Using Ancient Methods

I made a video about some of the way I'm reducing feed costs this winter

Nice video. When I had rabbits, I grew a lot of hay myself, which saved me a lot of money. I have also used leafy vegetables like lettuce or cabbage from my garden.

Excellent! Rabbits are on my radar, and I appreciate the intel.

The sterilizing aspect has me wondering. What internal temperature are you looking for? Would a Pasteurizing temperature be adequate? What are the high/low temps that will protect the animals from disease without degrading the nutrient value? Could this be reliably achieved with "leftover heat" from a wood stove or biochar making setup? Maybe a double boiler or outdoor oven setup? Curious as to your thoughts.

Thanks for the video.

I look forward to hearing how the maple pollardin/haying goes.

I have a ton of young willows, silver maples, elms, black locusts, and mulberries that I plan to employee a similar regimen with next year.

I've read locusts and mulberries in particular are near complete feeds for rabbits and the trees are ridiculously vigorous. Mulberry in particular is near impossible to kill and produces an abundance of shoots after coppicing/pollarding.