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Not sure if this is a good place to post this question... I have French Angoras rabbits and I want to think of the most cost effective, useful and humane way to deal with those I don't wish to keep.
Going into this I thought I might raise the culls for eating, and I may still do that. I have a use for wool, ears and feet for art, but will the pelt be useful at all? I don't mind if it's not perfect... I am imagining lining hats or mittens. But will the skin be too thin and hair be too long to really be worth tanning?
I need ideas for these culls to be economical - preferably without relying on selling them. I hate selling.
Zinnia <br /><br /> __________ Tue Feb 25, 2014 2:59 pm __________ <br /><br /> ....the wool would be harvested and guard hairs left....can't imagine the guard hairs felting like the wool felts....
Going into this I thought I might raise the culls for eating, and I may still do that. I have a use for wool, ears and feet for art, but will the pelt be useful at all? I don't mind if it's not perfect... I am imagining lining hats or mittens. But will the skin be too thin and hair be too long to really be worth tanning?
I need ideas for these culls to be economical - preferably without relying on selling them. I hate selling.
Zinnia <br /><br /> __________ Tue Feb 25, 2014 2:59 pm __________ <br /><br /> ....the wool would be harvested and guard hairs left....can't imagine the guard hairs felting like the wool felts....
I usually cut them into strips and braid them so they don't get swallowed whole or devoured too quickly.
