lemonthyme
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Hello! I am a newbie to this forum but have been lurking for awhile soaking up all the information and learning. My name is Karen and my husband and I have just recently gotten into breeding rabbits for meat. We have NZ/California crosses and have a batch of 7 and a batch of 6 slated for the freezer in the next few weeks. I have a lovely batch of 9 popples that are 2 1/2 weeks old. And 2 more females due to give birth in the next few weeks. I am very happy with the progress we are having.
On to my question - has anyone here every raised Silver Foxes? I have been looking on the critical breeds list at the American Livestock Breed Conservancy and am interested in raising them. Since they are a meat rabbit I can butcher any that I can't sell to other growers (as breeding stock). I wouldn't want to grow anything that would not be useful in the event I had more then I could get rid of. On the other hand I am interested in growing a breed that needs help making a recovery. Any input would be gratefully accepted as most (if not all) of you have more experience then me!
On to my question - has anyone here every raised Silver Foxes? I have been looking on the critical breeds list at the American Livestock Breed Conservancy and am interested in raising them. Since they are a meat rabbit I can butcher any that I can't sell to other growers (as breeding stock). I wouldn't want to grow anything that would not be useful in the event I had more then I could get rid of. On the other hand I am interested in growing a breed that needs help making a recovery. Any input would be gratefully accepted as most (if not all) of you have more experience then me!