ramblingrabbit
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I was thinking...
I have a bunch of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) plantings in the works now--crowder peas, black-eyed peas, long beans--as well as bushbeans (Phaseolus vulgaris). They are being grown for human food for the pods and seeds.
I was thinking of cutting and feeding them to the rabbits as a legume fodder after the main crop is harvested. But I understand the protein content of the leaves drops off after the plants have set seed.
How much do you think would be lost? Would it still be worth feeding them to the rabbits for protein, or would it be no better (or even worse) for them than ordinary grass or something, in terms of the nutrition they would offer?
I have a bunch of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) plantings in the works now--crowder peas, black-eyed peas, long beans--as well as bushbeans (Phaseolus vulgaris). They are being grown for human food for the pods and seeds.
I was thinking of cutting and feeding them to the rabbits as a legume fodder after the main crop is harvested. But I understand the protein content of the leaves drops off after the plants have set seed.
How much do you think would be lost? Would it still be worth feeding them to the rabbits for protein, or would it be no better (or even worse) for them than ordinary grass or something, in terms of the nutrition they would offer?