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I searched and could not find anything on the forum. Anyone know about the food value of Queen’s Wreath, Coral Vine Antigonon leptopus? Safe feed?

Does anyone have any information on training (full litters at a time) rabbits to run. I have stumbled on a potential market for rabbits. Some falchoners are willing to pay a premium for rabbits that will deadbolt run when released from a cage. How could I train an entire litter at once to do this?

I know that treating ear mites with WD-40 is controversial. I did not know how controversial it is. I was recently permanently blocked from the 'backyard meat rabbits' facebook group for doing nothing more than suggesting its use, and saying that I thought it worked great. For me personally...

I butchered some 11 week olds today. As well as what had been intended as a breeder doe, however her litter mates are on their second litter and outweighed her by a couple pounds. She had very little meat on her compared to 'normal' and her gall bladder was 5x the size of the 11 week olds. She...

We had our county fair last week, brought home 16 rabbits from the sift and 11 after it was over. So needless to say the last few days has seen many rabbits meet their fate. Ran out of daylight today, but have four more left to butcher. Should also be getting about 15 chickens tomorrow that are...

Currently I teach high school and yesterday had the day off for the county fair. So, I decided to run to kingsville and talk rabbits with Dr. Lukefhar. I asked him about feeding opuntia cactus, he said it was ok, but mostly water so not great. He did give me a paper he just wrote on feeding...

A friend of mine that has rabbits said that he just sprays WD 40 in their ears for mite control. Has anyone heard of this or have any experience with this? Thanks.

I have Californian and mutt rabbits for meat production. How often can I breed a buck? I mean how long will it take him to regenerate adequate sperm to service another female? Thanks

I saw a thread on another forum that mentioned opuntia species as being the "alfalfa of the south" or something like that. I live in deep South Texas (Corpus Christi area) and have unlimited access to Prickly Pear Cactus. I was wondering how safe it is to feed to rabbits and in what quantities...