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Hi! I haven’t been around lately, but I still have my Californians. I wonder, what is everyone doing with their data? I have pieces of paper, index cards, a Google Docs spreadsheet… it’s not pretty. I looked around to see if there was anything available, and the software packages I found...

I was looking for an enchilada recipe that had red sauce and didn't have a ton of cheese. I found this one and tried it with shredded rabbit meat that I had cooked previously in the crock pot. It works great with rabbit! http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyle ... ecipe.html -Wendy

I just tried this recipe with rabbit instead of chicken and it came out pretty good. (Defined as, my husband ate it and commented favorably instead of making faces. We are still trying to re-train our taste buds to enjoy rabbit after having been raised on chicken.)...

Can anyone point to a good skinning gambrel available online? (Yes, I know I can make one out of sticks and rope. I really just want a metal one for under $20 to magically appear on my porch.) Thanks! -Wendy

We tried a Jamie Oliver rabbit recipe tonight: http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/game ... la-griglia It's a marinade of fresh rosemary, thyme and garlic ground to a paste, plus lemon and olive oil. The belly flaps are layered with pancetta and skewered. He even has you skewer the liver...

I've been trying to work out freezer packaging for the rabbits. The chickens fit just perfectly in purpose-made shrink bags from http://poultryshrinkbags.blogspot.com/ but the rabbits have that annoying hollow spot in the center when you fold them up. I looked for longer, thinner bags, and...

I made this rabbit stew recipe with red wine: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/robe ... index.html The Merlot that I used (just what happened to be open...) was pretty strong. The rabbit was okay, but the wine kind of overpowered the rest of the flavors -- and that's even with 3:1 water to...

In the previous litters, my Cali and NZW does had five each. (Well, the NZW had seven but lost two.) So, I had ten growing out, five in each cage. Very reasonable, I thought. This time... the Cali doe had ELEVEN and the NZW doe had nine. There are TWENTY kits out there in nest boxes. I...

I have a litter of purebred Californians, and a litter of Cali/NZW crosses (same buck). At seven and a half weeks, the purebreds average 3.7 lbs, and the crosses only average 3.4 lbs. Even if I take out the smallest one in the crossed litter, that only brings the average up to 3.5 lbs. The...

Okay, these commercial NZW's are killing me. I bought eight, kept three, had to cull the buck due to wry neck, and had two does left. One has a litter about two weeks old, and had the tiniest bit of snot on her nose yesterday, so I moved her away from everybody else, cleaned her face and if...

I've seen photos here of carcasses with a nice clean neck area... how do you do that? Mine are always red with congealed blood around the neck area. I do use the broomstick method to dislocate the spine, but I take the head off as soon as possible and let it hang to bleed out for a few...

I went out yesterday afternoon and noticed my NZW buck with his head tilted to the right, slowly hopping around in circles in his cage. Uh oh. I isolated him and came inside to look it up... wry neck. I'm watching him but will probably cull. He was only here to fill time until I can grow...

We made a first attempt at smoked rabbit today: Brined in 9-10% solution (2 quarts of water + 5.75 oz table salt) Rinsed, patted dry and seasoned with Weber's Kick'n Chicken spice mix Smoked at 200-250 for two hours uncovered, then wrapped in foil for an additional hour. It was *too* tender...

Now that I have Californians and NZWs, I need to be able to tell them apart, and the Sharpie marker in the ear method leaves something to be desired. :) Does anyone have tattoo equipment that they are no longer using and want to sell? I'm not picky, and these are not show rabbits. One or...

Hmmm... my Californian doe was due today and has been pulling fur, etc. She has had one kit so far, but now is bleeding. Is there anything I should do at this point, or just wait and let her work it out? If a kit is stuck, is there really anything you _can_ do? -Wendy

I finally got ahold of two Californians back in April, but they were too young to breed before it got insanely hot, so they remain just the two. I needed to increase the breeding herd, but cannot find more Californians around here, so... meet #1 through #8: 120816_6834 by wsmoak, on Flickr...

I'm about to hang cages and wanted to get some advice. I'm planning to keep two bucks and four does for back-yard meat production. I have room for 10 or 12 cages: [door] [wall] ..............X X ..............X X w ..............X X a ..............X X...

I couldn't find Californians near where I live, but on a recent trip down to Florida I checked every Craigslist area on my route, and picked up this pair on the way home: 120408_6485_doe by wsmoak, on Flickr 120408_6487_buck by wsmoak, on Flickr They are about four months old now so I might...

I am pleased to report that the "Salsa Chicken" recipe in "Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook" works perfectly fine with rabbit! I used the saddle and hind legs from two medium sized meat mutts -- about 2.75 lbs bone-in. Arrange it in the crock pot and pour 1 1/2 cups of your favorite...

I got started with a couple of generic feed store rabbits and want to start over with purpose bred meat rabbits to get a larger rabbit with more meat. I like the look of Californians and would like something with some color, but will consider the all-white breeds as well. Let me know if you...