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Hi there, I use a digital one for the rabbits, it’s fine for a ballpark weight. We have a larger mechanical scale for weighing our hay and I trust that one more.

2 proven Amber does DOB’s Sept 6 & Oct 28, 202, have had 2 litters each 1 junior REW buck DOB April 12, 2023 Located in Lac la Hache, BC

Hello, Are you on well water? The black liver mentioned earlier says toxin to me. Sometimes wells can go bad and rabbits are known to be a canary in the coal mine. Have you necropsied any of the recently dead?

Oh well I can’t offer you any tips on that lol we slaughter all kinds of ‘cute’ animals on our farm. The more you do it the easier it gets and the better you get at it.

Welcome. What is it about butcher day that is causing you concern?

Love to hear about another off grid adventurer. My husband and I are up in BC off grid, no services. It’s harder than city life but freedom is worth so much more than running water isn’t it. Well I’m sure we will have water into the cabin one day but not yet. Welcome to the forum.

Where we live the dog market is saturated with LGD’s that, if the two we have is any indication, are garbage. I personally will never be getting a ‘livestock guardian’ breed again, and cannot recommend anyone else do so either. I agree with the other comments, any pup you get young that is...

I’ve been given a buck when I purchased a doe 3 times now from three different local sellers. Has this happened to you before? Is this common? I’d be embarrassed as hell if I got this wrong.

Soap is made from fat, remember the movie Fight Club?

https://mr-colors.tripod.com/ Just ignore the ‘mini’ part.

You shoot down through the head of the rabbit from above, not head on facing the spine. Eco2pia made a nice illustration above.

You need to have 20 posts to use the classifieds section. Also it says you joined just over 3 months ago in Oct. Do you raise rabbits? Are you interested in raising rabbits?

https://www.omnicalculator.com/biology/rabbit-color

REW rabbits are rabbits with a ghost costume on. They still have all the other colour genes, it’s just hidden behind the white costume. You aren’t getting any white rabbits from your pairings because your does do not carry the recessive c gene to match his and create REW kits, as tambayo said...

Oh sure! My method is, pick up rabbit by scruff with my left hand (I’m right handed, so the gun is in my dominant hand). Press rabbit to the ground (or a table would work), aim gun straight down at the top of the head. “Draw” an X between left ear, right eye and right ear, left eye. This is...

When I showed my friend our method we were in her driveway in a residential neighbourhood. Air pellet guns don’t require a firearms license and are quiet enough I don’t think anyone would call the cops on you. Not a bad idea to let the neighbours know what you are up to just in case though lol I...

To add to eco2pia’s comment, dispatch method really makes a difference for how ‘looking forward to’ or ‘avoiding’ harvesting you will be. I used the ‘bonk and slice’ method for a while but found it was too inconsistent and I ended up in the ‘avoiding’ harvest category. Then my husband was...

There is a specific ratio of salt to water for a brine, I suggest googling it. If you soak your rabbits in a some salt water after butcher it will draw out any blood left in the carcass. Then you’d want to make your brine, and transfer the rabbits to the brine, in the fridge, for 24hrs or more...

What province do you live in? I would call the manufacturer and ask what the goat feed vs rabbit feed is actually made of before feeding it.

Those will work, especially in the summer they’d be cool I think. I figure rabbits like to chew on stuff so if they want to chew the wood that’s up to them, rather that than their water bowls lol