Recent content by ridgerunner1965

ive raised rabbits both ways.pellets and natural forage that i cut for them. i really cant tell any diff in the taste of the meat.however,when you pile a bunch of turnip greens, soybean greens,apples,squash and whatever weeds and grasses yu can cut for them, they just go crazy eating it.the most...

mine are meat mutts, but very large and bred for meat. no flemish in the mix.to me it seems after 12 weeks they get tuff!often ill start butchering them at 10 weeks for fryers and on into 12 weeks they will end up in the oven for bbq bunny.they git older than that and i will bone them out and...

i usually butcher rabbits as i need them for meals. sometimes ill butcher one and have it in the oven or pot while its still wiggleing.often ill jus cook what i need for a meal and have some raw parts left over.i quarter everything while im butchering. the leftover parts may be in the frige for...

it may just have to do with how you were raised as a child.when i was a kid we raised all our own meat. mostly beef and chickens.we butchered it ourselves also.if it was a cow, me or my dad shot it, then skinned it and prepared it for butchering.if it was a chicken or turkey, we went up to the...

the last couple years i have fed my rabbits litterally tons of turnip greens, champion radish greens,brassicas and red and white clover when i can get it in the spring.as well as a lot of winter wheat foliage.i planted a few mustard greens and they liked them also along with turnip roots. some...

are rutabagas as easy to grow as turnips? do they put off a lot of greens? what time of the year shud yu plant them?

yesterday i modified 1 feeder by drilling two holes, one on each side of the j part of the feeder and running a long 1/4 in bolt lengthwise thru the feed tray about a 1.5 inches from the bottom.the doe is still trying to scrabble in the tray but a much, much lesser amount of feed is on the...

last fall and winter and into the spring, my rabbits lived mostly on turnip greens and some type of brassica sold for deer food plots.it looked like a tall leafy cabbage.i had no problems whatsoever and they thrived on it.i also fed them a lot of turnips.some as big as a softball or bigger. some...

has anyone here modified a regular galvinized cage mount rabbit feeder to prevent rabbits from scractching feed out on the ground? it seems like ive read somewhere you could drill some holes and run small bolts or wires thru lenghtwise in the tray to allow them to eat but not get thier paws in...

turnips are what i find easiest to grow.they love the tops and will begin to eat the root also when they get used to it.

sumtimes i have i have a does that doesnt appear to pull enough fur for a good nest while the doe nearby has way more than enough.is ok to transfer the fur from one nest to another?is it ok to save some of the fur and nest material for future use?

i bred her again yesterday morn and she was really receptive and then again in the evening.im hopeing for the best!

a nice doe i have lost her litter yesterday. she didnt build a good nest and birthed outside the nest box.due to the cold weather they died before i found them.she took excellent car of her last litter and id like to give her another chance. when should i look to rebreed her?

if your problem is coons then there is only one remedy. they have to be removed one way or another.once they get fixated on a food source they will not give up.i have a huge coon population here but so far my lil ratt terrier, max has kept them away. coons are noisy and he chases them off.you...

im by no means a expert but what i have been feeding mine that they like is mostly turnip greens. they are easy to grow.however in the heat and lack of rain we are haveing i have to water them every day.i planted wheat grass in the fall and they liked that a lot this spring.i also planted...