Looking back over a year and a half with rabbits, I'm so grateful for all i've learned on RT and how much more confident I feel this year as the season changes compared to last fall. I haven't ended up completely following any one persons way of feeding but have taken parts from different plans and adapted them to fit my situation. We're just raising meat mutts but they have been healthy and productive--and delicious --and I'm learning so much. Thanks to the pioneers in natural feeding.
We still feed forage from wild places, produce from our garden, hay we make ourselves, wheat and oats and BOSS from the local feed store. I've just begun growing out wheat fodder again now that it is cool enough so I don't think I'll have mold trouble. We have willow and brambles and nettles dried and roots stored in a root cellar for winter feeding.
This year we planted mulberries which survived the summer but didn't grow much. We also fed turnips--tops and roots--which we hadn't done last year. And we grew garden chicory (same latin name as the wild genus and species but different variety) and the rabbits really liked it--hope to grow more next year. Also want to add another kale and sugar beets to garden plants to feed. And to plant some of our Jerusalem artichokes where they have room to spread (they are hemmed in by a building, lawn and rugosa roses now) without having them spread anywhere that will annoy anyone I live with
It feels good to have more confidence going into the winter and to have plans for the growing season to come--after a long rest
We still feed forage from wild places, produce from our garden, hay we make ourselves, wheat and oats and BOSS from the local feed store. I've just begun growing out wheat fodder again now that it is cool enough so I don't think I'll have mold trouble. We have willow and brambles and nettles dried and roots stored in a root cellar for winter feeding.
This year we planted mulberries which survived the summer but didn't grow much. We also fed turnips--tops and roots--which we hadn't done last year. And we grew garden chicory (same latin name as the wild genus and species but different variety) and the rabbits really liked it--hope to grow more next year. Also want to add another kale and sugar beets to garden plants to feed. And to plant some of our Jerusalem artichokes where they have room to spread (they are hemmed in by a building, lawn and rugosa roses now) without having them spread anywhere that will annoy anyone I live with
It feels good to have more confidence going into the winter and to have plans for the growing season to come--after a long rest