Not new, but returning!

Secuono · May 8, 2023

$540 in the red plus 40 in koi fry sales makes it $500 in the red.

Secuono · May 8, 2023

Secuono said:
Added a tube to show water level!
Had a rabbit chew the tube and drain all of the water! Now I'll know when to refill just by a glance.
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And Choco with her kits(2 blue, 1 choc) & 2 black fosters from Blackie.
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And the new LGD was chosen today! Won't come home for 2-3wks, though. The laziest, sleepiest, most mellow boy. Gonna call him Snorlax.
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Correction. 3 blue, 1 chocolate *

ThunderHill · May 10, 2023

Hi! I love reading all your updates! I was wondering something, and hope you don't mind me asking a question. As someone who doesn't keep great financial records of how far in the "red" I am (and needs to do a much better job of this), I was wondering if you account for the meat you put in your own freezer or feed to the dogs in any way. Do you "buy" it from your rabbitry and count it as money coming in? If so, how much per pound? I've wondered about how to do this, since that is meat we would otherwise be buying from elsewhere, so it seems like we should factor that in to the ledger. Just curious how you do this. Thanks so much!

kusanar314 · May 10, 2023

ThunderHill said:
Hi! I love reading all your updates! I was wondering something, and hope you don't mind me asking a question. As someone who doesn't keep great financial records of how far in the "red" I am (and needs to do a much better job of this), I was wondering if you account for the meat you put in your own freezer or feed to the dogs in any way. Do you "buy" it from your rabbitry and count it as money coming in? If so, how much per pound? I've wondered about how to do this, since that is meat we would otherwise be buying from elsewhere, so it seems like we should factor that in to the ledger. Just curious how you do this. Thanks so much!

Not the OP, and not raising yet, but I have put some serious thought into how I will log everything once I do start raising.

I plan to "buy" meat from the rabbitry based on the price of chicken in the store since chicken is pretty much what I will be using the rabbit for. So, butchered and dressed weight and then multiply by whatever the "average" price of chicken is at the time to pay myself for the meat. Since every pound of rabbit will be roughly a pound of chicken I don't buy, that seems like the most "fair" way to do it. I know rabbit is more expensive in the stores, but I don't currently go out and buy rabbit to eat so billing myself for "premium" meat isn't exactly fair either.

Secuono · May 10, 2023

ThunderHill said:
Hi! I love reading all your updates! I was wondering something, and hope you don't mind me asking a question. As someone who doesn't keep great financial records of how far in the "red" I am (and needs to do a much better job of this), I was wondering if you account for the meat you put in your own freezer or feed to the dogs in any way. Do you "buy" it from your rabbitry and count it as money coming in? If so, how much per pound? I've wondered about how to do this, since that is meat we would otherwise be buying from elsewhere, so it seems like we should factor that in to the ledger. Just curious how you do this. Thanks so much!

No, I don't do that.
I'm only counting what physical money comes and goes.

Secuono · May 11, 2023

kusanar314 said:
Not the OP, and not raising yet, but I have put some serious thought into how I will log everything once I do start raising.

I plan to "buy" meat from the rabbitry based on the price of chicken in the store since chicken is pretty much what I will be using the rabbit for. So, butchered and dressed weight and then multiply by whatever the "average" price of chicken is at the time to pay myself for the meat. Since every pound of rabbit will be roughly a pound of chicken I don't buy, that seems like the most "fair" way to do it. I know rabbit is more expensive in the stores, but I don't currently go out and buy rabbit to eat so billing myself for "premium" meat isn't exactly fair either.

I guess if I had to figure out cost saved by feeding to dogs, I'd do one scoop of kibble equals one rabbit.
Idk how many scoops are in a bag, though. Will have to do the math.
Maybe I should include that on a separate chart, to make me feel better about how much money is being poured into the rabbits.

kusanar314 · May 11, 2023

Secuono said:
I guess if I had to figure out cost saved by feeding to dogs, I'd do one scoop of kibble equals one rabbit.
Idk how many scoops are in a bag, though. Will have to do the math.
Maybe I should include that on a separate chart, to make me feel better about how much money is being poured into the rabbits.

I would do it by daily ration. if 1 dog would eat 1 scoop or 1 rabbit then that works out, if the dog would get 4 scoops or 1 rabbit then that doesn't really work out too well. You are still saving money I'm sure, with as little as you are "in the red" right now and the fact that you haven't been recording any of that.

Maybe figure out how many days you get out of a bag of dog food (on average) if you aren't feeding rabbit at all, then "buy" rabbits from yourself at some daily rate rather than by each rabbit or by pound (you don't always weigh rabbits killed and handed to the dogs I'm assuming) and I'm sure there would be times that a dog would get 2 small rabbits rather than a large one or a large would feed 2 dogs (not sure how big your dogs are).

Secuono · May 11, 2023

kusanar314 said:
I would do it by daily ration. if 1 dog would eat 1 scoop or 1 rabbit then that works out, if the dog would get 4 scoops or 1 rabbit then that doesn't really work out too well. You are still saving money I'm sure, with as little as you are "in the red" right now and the fact that you haven't been recording any of that.

Maybe figure out how many days you get out of a bag of dog food (on average) if you aren't feeding rabbit at all, then "buy" rabbits from yourself at some daily rate rather than by each rabbit or by pound (you don't always weigh rabbits killed and handed to the dogs I'm assuming) and I'm sure there would be times that a dog would get 2 small rabbits rather than a large one or a large would feed 2 dogs (not sure how big your dogs are).

Yes, that's what I meant by one scoop equals one rabbit.
But summer is coming and they'll eat as little as half a scoop. Lol

Secuono · May 11, 2023

Made a bunch of new tags for all of the tagless buns.

Weighed Onyx & 14 kits, then one each of the smallest went into the cull cage, leaving behind 2 & 3 kits to keep growing.

Secuono · May 11, 2023

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Secuono · May 12, 2023

Moved Amber kits out.
And realized I didn't make a grumpy kit sign to put up.
Will have to move out speckle kit and other older ones soon.
....I've got too many rabbits....

RabbitsOfTheCreek · May 12, 2023

Secuono said:
....I've got too many rabbits....

Well you did buy and breed a lot

Secuono · May 12, 2023

RabbitsOfTheCreek said:
Well you did buy and breed a lot

I kept a lot. Didn't buy a lot.

Secuono · May 12, 2023

Hah, yeah, not really worth counting the rabbits as money saved as dog food.

45# ÷ 1.6.3# = 27.60 meals per bag.
55$ ÷ 27.60 = $1.99 cost per meal. Not including tax.

How many have I fed to the dogs; whole, 2 buns of scrap w/eggs per dog & lost nests w/half kibble?

Way too hard to figure out. Maybe 60, mix of whole, scrap & lost kits in all. Only $90 or so.

Secuono · May 13, 2023

Hung the end buck cage. It was damaged from day one & slowly sinking, making removing/adding the bottom tray now impossible. So, they're up off the ground enough to fix the problem.