ButtonsPalace
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I found way to start the fodder, I want to do this especially since I'm making my own ACV.
http://www.littlehouseliving.com/meaning-of-fodder.html
According to google I need to feed my rabbits "Rabbit: 3-5 percent of their body weight in fodder; hay ration for roughage" Since I breed Silver Fox, I'm chalking everyone's weight's up to 11-12 because I'd rather make to much than to little. If I did my math right then 3% of 12 is about 2.25 lbs. correct? and then they would still get hay and 1/2 a cup of pellets daily, 1 cup for moms/pregnant/grow-out. Thoughts? So if they need 2.25 lbs per rabbits and I currently am keeping 11 rabbits of this size, BUT I plan to get more SF and FA, so in the end I should have I'm gonna guesstimate 15 in the end because, that's probably where I'll be So I would need about 33.75 lbs just for the 15..
Now I wanna talk about grow-outs, these are gonna be pretty much all my meat buns, I am hoping to get 2-3 A frame grow out cages sometime over the summer for them and then I intend to feed them a mix of house greens when available, fodder, pellets, hay and what they get off the ground. These dudes will be the freezer camp buns, so I want them to weigh about 5-6 lbs live pref, does this diet sound like it would work? I wanna put a board in about the middle for them to jump over, and a little house raised about 6 inches with a door to shut them in at night, seeing buns would only be staying in these for about a month or so would his work? Since I want these guys to grow I figure feeding them 5% would be a good idea and again *if I did my math right then they should be eating 1.875 lbs daily each, so I'll go ahead and assume each litter will be at least 9 and since I'll have 1 or 2 to begin with I'll need about 16.875 for one set of 9 and 33.75 is double.
So in total I'll need at least 67.5 lbs of fodder to feed all my rabbits and kits. Wow, now let's talk about set-up, since I need so much how would I want to set this up? (I also plan to do aquaponics soon so that'll also add to the variety of foods and stuff they'll be eating, as well as other fruit, and bushes they can eat. ) How big of totes would I need? how many totes would I need? How much seed would I need? Should I mix seeds to give them variety, grow them separately or just feed one kind? Where is a good place I can buy seeds in 50lb bags?
http://www.littlehouseliving.com/meaning-of-fodder.html
According to google I need to feed my rabbits "Rabbit: 3-5 percent of their body weight in fodder; hay ration for roughage" Since I breed Silver Fox, I'm chalking everyone's weight's up to 11-12 because I'd rather make to much than to little. If I did my math right then 3% of 12 is about 2.25 lbs. correct? and then they would still get hay and 1/2 a cup of pellets daily, 1 cup for moms/pregnant/grow-out. Thoughts? So if they need 2.25 lbs per rabbits and I currently am keeping 11 rabbits of this size, BUT I plan to get more SF and FA, so in the end I should have I'm gonna guesstimate 15 in the end because, that's probably where I'll be So I would need about 33.75 lbs just for the 15..
Now I wanna talk about grow-outs, these are gonna be pretty much all my meat buns, I am hoping to get 2-3 A frame grow out cages sometime over the summer for them and then I intend to feed them a mix of house greens when available, fodder, pellets, hay and what they get off the ground. These dudes will be the freezer camp buns, so I want them to weigh about 5-6 lbs live pref, does this diet sound like it would work? I wanna put a board in about the middle for them to jump over, and a little house raised about 6 inches with a door to shut them in at night, seeing buns would only be staying in these for about a month or so would his work? Since I want these guys to grow I figure feeding them 5% would be a good idea and again *if I did my math right then they should be eating 1.875 lbs daily each, so I'll go ahead and assume each litter will be at least 9 and since I'll have 1 or 2 to begin with I'll need about 16.875 for one set of 9 and 33.75 is double.
So in total I'll need at least 67.5 lbs of fodder to feed all my rabbits and kits. Wow, now let's talk about set-up, since I need so much how would I want to set this up? (I also plan to do aquaponics soon so that'll also add to the variety of foods and stuff they'll be eating, as well as other fruit, and bushes they can eat. ) How big of totes would I need? how many totes would I need? How much seed would I need? Should I mix seeds to give them variety, grow them separately or just feed one kind? Where is a good place I can buy seeds in 50lb bags?