Hubby might let me breed soon

[trinityoaks]

Hubby has been reluctant to let me breed our rabbits again until we get into our own place (which won't be until fall sometime), mainly due to space issues. However, today he was talking about going ahead with breeding (one doe at a time) so that the does don't go too long without litters.

The caveat is that I have to have a market for the kits, because we have nowhere to keep them once they're not with mom anymore. I mentioned butchering any that we don't sell, but I've never done it before, and he refuses to do it himself. Besides, we have so little freezer space that we wouldn't be able to store very much.

We have Standard Rex (chocolate buck, white doe, and black doe), Californian, and Brazilian. I owe a couple of people some Brazilians, so that probably wouldn't be a problem, at least with the first litter.

Any ideas? How hard do you think it would be to find buyers for at least one litter for each doe (six does in all)?

 

[MaggieJ]

You might want to check out local ads (CraisList and so forth) and see if your breeds of rabbits sell easily in your area.

Butchering the extras is not that difficult... We all had a first time at it when we weren't sure how it would go... and we all got through it. You know that we'll help you out if you decide you want to try it.

 

[akane]

If you just want to make little rabbits and aren't interested in profit then butcher and offer as pet food for cheap. People will buy. I do that when our chest and small freezer both fill.

 

[curlysue]

I would breed them because i let mine go too long and then one really good doe would not breed.