I'm not entirely feeding without commercial feed since I'm not comfortable doing so in winter with no fresh forages about but I'd like to get close. The pellets I have are 17% protein, 2.5% fat, 16-18% fiber. I have on hand right now Barley at 10% protein and I have to locate the tag for the rest. Then whole BOSS which google says is 15% protein, 25% fat, and 28% fiber. I have some flax seed but I don't have a cost effective source for feeding it to all the rabbits. I know I can get oats whole and steel cut, beet pulp, wheat bran, and soybean meal. The soybean meal I'd like to add to bump the protein back up but I'm not sure how to feed it since it's just powder. I have both clover/alfalfa hay with a little grass and grass hay with a little alfalfa. I've been feeding the mostly grass to the bucks and the mostly legume to the pregnant does and growing kits. I have both mini rex and d'argent meat rabbits with some being mixed in the colony. Despite raising some for meat I would rather feed them with long term health in mind and take slower growth rates if necessary.
Anyone have some numbers to aim for especially for the protein so I can calculate the ratios to mix and what else I need to find?
Anyone have some numbers to aim for especially for the protein so I can calculate the ratios to mix and what else I need to find?