Raising Meat Rabbits {Part 1}
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ย. 2024
- We have raised meat rabbits on our homestead for several years. Here is how we got started, some of the basics you should know (housing, breeds, feed, processing), and more.
I will post more in-depth, individual, videos on each topic in the coming weeks. This is just a general broad range video. Sorry it's so long!
Some resources for you:
Backyard Meat Rabbits Facebook Group:
/ backyard.meat.rabbits
All About Meat Rabbits on our Wesbite:
www.thefewellho...
"Beyond the Pellet" book:
amzn.to/1PUIyna
Finally got started on your series! Loving it so far. Will watch through all, then come back with questions. :)
Thank you!!
Yay! So happy you are making it through the loud chickens and mumbling on this video lol 😂 feel free to ask away!
Boy... you and Ms. Homestead Lady would chat it up! Rabbit is her thing, too. Chickens and Quail are more my route. I know you love those rabbits!! xoxo
+Appalachia's Homestead I need to hook up with her, for sure!!
You provided a lot of great information. I'm trying to comprehend the pedigree process, new sub, great channel!
+Ozark Mountain Girl Thanks so much! Pedigrees can be tricky at first, but well worth it if you're trying to reclaim your money back on these rabbits.
great information - we are raising rabbits again this year.
Thanks for the info.
I loved this video.
Love your channel! Great info, keep up the awesome work.
thanks so much!
I like the video, but its difficult to hear you past those chatty hens when they are right up on your microphone. Thanks for the info!
+Mad Lion yeah, those boogers. I'm going to do them away from the chickens from now on!
They are used to being the stars of the show and divas don't like to be upstaged HA!
I just started doing meat rabbits and I chose Silver Fox Rabbits.
Me too. How many bunnies do you keep?
Very helpful video.
Good presentation
you need to speak up
+artboyd1951 chickenboyd I need to move those chickens somewhere else next time! I'll make it better in the next video ;)
Salatin method seems to be good too.
I have some American Blues that look just like them. I did two videos on them on my channel. What do you think?
In the UK you can enter a show when they are 12 weeks of age
Check out the hopper popper it's the best way I've seen on the internet to dispatch your rabbits. Hoping to get my own rabbits soon :)
yes! Totally awesome product
Help! These videos have been so helpful!:) I have come to a problem. My Netherland dwarf (much larger than a regular dwarf) I think she is lacking one of the dwarf genes making her about 3-3.5 maybe 4 pounds. I'm trying to breed her to a mini lop who is also a bit large for his breed 4-5 pounds. The first night I got the male apparently in the night my doe got into his cage! I missed being able to tell if they bred. The next day I put them together and watched the whole time he was not interested at all and she humped him plenty. The next day I put them together he was more interested and sniffed her and chased her but no humping. But she started squeaking and growling the whole time. Then two days later I put them together and he was humping her like crazy! He was biting her and pulling her hair out though. She kept squeaking I thought I'd try holding her down because he couldn't get the job done or do the fall. When I held her down before he could get the job done she'd wiggle out of my grasp. She's a little under 1 and he is 1. They are both first timers as am I. Any advice to tell if she's pregnant?
I would give it 2 weeks and then try to palpate. There are some great videos on how to palpate on YT :)
I just got a (9) week old rabbit. She has diarrhea? I did switch her food from Blue Seal to Oxbow. What can I do for her? I went to check again and her stool is solid. I was holding and petting her and my (2) yr old buck stamped his feet three times. He never wants to be held or petted?
Its probably from the food change. Hopefully it evened out for you! You'll have to hold her every day to get her used to you
Yes, I do need to hold her daily. Since I haven't been holding her she nibbles on my sweater when I go down to change her water.
Interesting that you said there were no good rabbits in VA. If you are in VA you might consider Polyface Farms. Joel Salatin and his son have been line breeding meat rabbits for oh.... dunno... 15 years or so? Very good intro video btw. I enjoyed watching it. :)
Aaron Anderson I'm not sure I said there were no good rabbits in VA. I said there weren't any REX rabbit breeders in va. And there really still aren't. As far as meat rabbits, they are abundant in VA
Ahh ok I understand now. Either way good video. My students like it.
How many rabbits do you produce each year?
we arent raising them anymore, but at the time we were raising about 40-50 a year
Where to buy good quality rabbits in Ohio?
SPEAK UP CANNOT HEAR YOU AT ALL.