Recent content by Frenchie

The breed I used was for laying eggs. Once they stop laying, they can still be good for lowering harmful insects and producing manure. I'm not so offended by your use of "should", as in you should do this or not do that. As a professional linguist, the use of "should" is used to try and give an...

I have yet to raise rabbits but I got on this forum because I'm tempted. The laying chickens I raised gave us delicious eggs and foraged a great deal of their food outside except when they had to be cooped in for the winter. After they start laying eggs, the chicken meat gets tough and is better...

There are wild rabbits in Central Wisconsin. With or without needles, they will eat my opuntias. [Mine are the kind with yellow flowers that are hardy here in zone 4b]. They nibble on the edge of the paddle and seem quite adept at avoiding the needles. If they mouth them, they seem to spit them...