Last winter we fed potatoes (cooked) and carrots and parsnips (raw) to our rabbits along with hay, wheat fodder and oats. This year we also grew and fed turnips--greens and roots--but didn't grow enough to store for winter. Do have the 3 we fed last year stored again.
I'm looking at what to add to the garden for rabbits next year. Have heard sugar beets and mangel beets recommended but I've only ever grown garden beets and don't understand how the other 2 are different, whether the tops can be fed as well as the roots. Also the old book I've found so helpful (from WWII, British) seems very specific about what roots can be fed at what times of year. Does anyone here have experience to know whether or why that is important?
I'm looking at what to add to the garden for rabbits next year. Have heard sugar beets and mangel beets recommended but I've only ever grown garden beets and don't understand how the other 2 are different, whether the tops can be fed as well as the roots. Also the old book I've found so helpful (from WWII, British) seems very specific about what roots can be fed at what times of year. Does anyone here have experience to know whether or why that is important?