rabbits

Hello everyone, I'm new here. In the distant past, I kept a few chickens, ducks and rabbits...well, 40 rabbits. In the recent past, I've had only one chicken at a time which was enough eggs. Yesterday I finally got the breed I wanted - 6 Buff Orpingtons (driving my dogs crazy and keeping...

Hi all, I'm Jessica, co-owner of MatthewsHomestead with my husband Daniel. We currently have 6 breeds of chickens and a few rabbits; and are soon expanding to ducks and goats as well! (We get our baby ducks today!) Every expansion and addition we create is a unique learning experience for sure...

I bought some New Zealand breeders, but they have black ears. Is this a possible color for New Zealand bunnies, or are they a mix? If they are a mix, any ideas on what the other breed might be?

so I'm still not sure what to do. My doe is 32 days past breeding, expected her to have her babies on day 30 but nothing. This is my first time breeding rabbits and they had 2 successful fall offs. She still hasn't made a nest and hasn't really ate anything since yesterday. Also the fur on her...

Hi everyone! I'm new to the page because I'm seeking some advice about the breeding of my mini rex doe. I'm new to breeding my pedigree show rabbits and I'm hoping someone could give me some hope for this pregnancy! My doe was breed 28 days ago with 2 "fall off's" from my buck. I put her nesting...

Hey guys! Wanted to see if anyone had any good recipes for cooking rabbit. We're just getting ready to get started on our meat rabbit project and I wanted to get some ideas for what to make when the time comes.

I've always wanted to raise an animal I could show and breed. I'm considering rabbits, but I'd prefer it / them to live outside. I live where it is hot in the summer and cold and snowy in the winter. I understand meat rabbits can be raised in these conditions and my chickens do fine. Would a...

1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I do not have any chickens right now. We have had chickens at our old farm years ago. We currently have ducks, rabbits, dogs and a cat. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? We have 8 ducks right now. (We lost our family...

Hello all! New member here. :) This will be my first time doing any type of homesteading (my boyfriend and I are both very excited!!). We decided we're going to start with rabbits and then potentially branch out depending on how it goes! We're going to be using them for meat for our dogs and...

I have been researching rabbits for WEEKS and can't seem to figure out what the best thing to do is. I'm interested in getting a trio of rabbits to use for meat. They're going to be fed fodder as their primary food source during the colder months and pastured weather permitting. I'd like a...

There is a breeder about 11 minutes from me (So happy) who sells these rabbits in your opinion which one should i get...

Any one have a good rabbit breed for meat? What breed are your rabbits?

Hubby and I started our very own flock in the spring of this year (2017). I had absolutely no experience with fowl, except faint childhood memories of my daddy having fightin chickens, and my uncle's farm where they roamed free & pooped everywhere. Bleah!! He talked me into it, and I agreed...

She has been grumpy and bit me (and she never does that) she has been bleeding and won't let me hold her and has been grunting at me

Ok, I am all for vets, but I cannot go to a vet due to a financial setback. My bun, Stormi, had 4 kits yesterday morning. She is bleeding again from her private and is acting the same way she did before she delivered her last kits. I know does have two horns that can produce two seperate...

If you have a colony of rabbits breeding throughout the winter, do you butcher them? I'd think butchering below zero would be a bit difficult. But, if you take the buck out during the cold months, that's half the year lost, for me anyways. How does this work?

I am new here, the name is Larry, live in the North/West part of Georgia, I was looking for info on raising rabbits, can anyone Help me, Thanks Larry

I recently set up an electric fence to keep my chickens off the porch, the fence had multiple strands of the 1/2 inch polly tape and with in a day, the chickens figured out the fence isn't something you want to touch. The electric fence works great for the chickens they don't ever go through it...

Does anyone have any experience raising a rabbit in with their chickens? I have read a few articles where people have done this. They have had the rabbit have its own hutch to sleep in at night and the hen house for the chickens and they all share a run. Does anyone on here have any experience...