Silver Willow
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I'm doing re search for an essay on rabbit meat I'm writing at the moment (I'm homeschooled, and I was allowed to choose a topic for this one :lol: ), and came across an interesting article. It's about someone who used to raise rabbits in standard wire cages, but switched to a colony style set up. They had 18 does and two bucks.
The article is here: https://www.motherearthnews.com/homeste ... az77jazbon
I've always loved the idea of being self sufficient- with meat and veges, at least. There was one point where I was close to getting a trio of NZ crosses and starting a meat herd. But unfortunately I just don't have the time right now, with my NDs and a million other hobbies and projects flying around.
With the fact that I'm mostly just dreaming and planning for 'one day when I can commit', this idea of a shed and run almost sounds to good to be true! Would this actually work, in the long run? How many of you breed meat rabbits in a colony set up?
The article is here: https://www.motherearthnews.com/homeste ... az77jazbon
I've always loved the idea of being self sufficient- with meat and veges, at least. There was one point where I was close to getting a trio of NZ crosses and starting a meat herd. But unfortunately I just don't have the time right now, with my NDs and a million other hobbies and projects flying around.
With the fact that I'm mostly just dreaming and planning for 'one day when I can commit', this idea of a shed and run almost sounds to good to be true! Would this actually work, in the long run? How many of you breed meat rabbits in a colony set up?