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    Anyone full time producing raw pet food?

    I have been breeding just to keep my freezer full but lately I have been investigating selling rabbit meat as dog food and it appears fairly lucrative when selling direct to the end consumers. Based my math a rabbit farm could be selling $4k a month with a 42 day breeding schedule on 80 does...
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    commercial cages

    Does anyone every attempt to build anything like this cage here in the USA? I really like the style, thinking I can copy it using wire but why reinvent the wheel if there is somebody out there producing something like this ? I did contact FDI in Canada, $5k for 20 hole maternity cage bank...
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    Commercial Barn - 2 story

    I am currently raising rabbits for personal meat consumption but we are getting ready to go into commercial production. I was going to put up a dedicated barn with 400 holes. However I am also in the process of putting up a 4 car garage and started thinking that maybe a smarter idea is to build...
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    Hunger Strike?

    I just received 4 rabbits to start my rabbitry and while 3 of them are eating and drinking fine. One doe is not eating or drinking well at all. She seems to be nibbling at the hay I put in her cage for warmth, but she is not eating the pellets and drinking very little. Is this normal after a...
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    What time of day do you feed?

    Obviously I am new to rabbits, just received my first 3 does & one buck. I have been feeding them about 6oz at 8am for the last few days. I am in the process of slowly switching them over to Purina Professional, and on the bag it says to feed in the evening because rabbits are more nocturnal?
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    wire cages and winter (Michigan)

    So I am starting a small rabbitry in Michigan, and I am raising New Zealands. I have wire cages designed to be suspended and I am putting them in a 3 sided roofed shelter out of the wind. I expect to have a canvas tarp or a door to close off the front so zero wind gets in. My concern is do the...
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