Old but new

Haven Farm · Nov 1, 2024

Hello, fellow rabbit enthusiasts. I am an old guy whose parents raised rabbits when I was a boy. In fact, many of my "play" shirts were made from rabbit feed sacks. That was 70 years ago. Around 40 years ago I facilitated raising pet rabbits by my children. Now I want to raise meat rabbits as a back up to the meat supply chain. I am looking for either New Zealand or Californian breeders. I have a few contacts that I will visit soon that are fairly close by. If you have breeders or good looking kits and you are near Dickson, Tennessee I would love to hear from you. Right now I am busy building cages, etc. to house my bunnies. I will say that I have perused some of the forums and have already learned some great information. Really glad to be here.

ladysown · Nov 1, 2024

welcome to the forum.

Preitler · Nov 2, 2024

Welcome

I started raising meat rabbits when I was about 40, just needed something to care for, and there are similiar childhood memories of my grandfather raising rabbits - well, back then in that area every second house had chickens or rabbits.

When you build your cages, make them easy to access and clean, do some research and keep it simple it pays off - I'm on my 3rd iteration of wooden rabbit hutches

, next project after the carport will be replacing the 1st and 2nd generation hutches.

Bekah-n-Tennessee · Nov 2, 2024

Haven Farm said:
Hello, fellow rabbit enthusiasts. I am an old guy whose parents raised rabbits when I was a boy. In fact, many of my "play" shirts were made from rabbit feed sacks. That was 70 years ago. Around 40 years ago I facilitated raising pet rabbits by my children. Now I want to raise meat rabbits as a back up to the meat supply chain. I am looking for either New Zealand or Californian breeders. I have a few contacts that I will visit soon that are fairly close by. If you have breeders or good looking kits and you are near Dickson, Tennessee I would love to hear from you. Right now I am busy building cages, etc. to house my bunnies. I will say that I have perused some of the forums and have already learned some great information. Really glad to be here.

Welcome fellow Tennessean! I'm new to raising rabbits this year at 50 years old and went from 0 to 100 in what feels like overnight. I also wanted to have my own source of meat and meat that was free of all the antibiotics and now MRNA vaccines amongst God only knows what else our food supply is adulterated with these days. This site and great members have helped me tremendously in being successful. I haven't posted a lot but this is my first go-to when I have questions and I can usually just search the forum and find what I need.

I can't help you on your search for Californians or New Zealands as I only raise Silver Fox but you could try looking up breeders on the ARBA website as well as the breeds national group sites.

Best of luck!

Haven Farm · Nov 2, 2024

Thank you for the welcoming messages. I have been able to find some suppliers of New Zealand rabbits in the area. Surprisingly the most promising one I found was on Craigs List. I have already enjoyed reading several posts and have learned some great tips. This really is a great forum and I will be returning often.

Mckatie · Nov 3, 2024

Haven Farm said:
Thank you for the welcoming messages. I have been able to find some suppliers of New Zealand rabbits in the area. Surprisingly the most promising one I found was on Craigs List.

Welcome to the forum! I raise New Zealand and Rex in Montana. I prefer the New Zealands though as a meat rabbit. In my area I sell more Rex as pets.