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Oh that's funny - 'mom eats hers' . I can't say that I've ever aten rabbit. Is there a lot of work involved in raising meat rabbits and then 'doing the needful thing' to eat them? ... just curious
We raise NZ whites for some of the same reasons mentioned in other posts
4H / shows
kids chores / learning responsibilities
and to eat!!
We'll look them over and save the show quality ones, but we're up to almost 50 total in less than 2 years. April 09 we bought a trio (1buck 2does) and a year later we got another buck. When we started, we all sat down and had "the talk" about animals on the farm and what happens to them, so the kids have been REAL good about that part of the deal.
Right now we have 4 litters (9 kits, 7, 4, 4) and they'll be getting ready for freezer camp soon. My BiL and I do all the butchering and we can do 6-8 in an hour. We're starting to get my son involved so he can learn how, but right now he's just the gopher (son go for this and go for that) but he's watching and learning.
As for eating them, we LOVE them, as for the old adage "it taste like chicken", and they do!! We substitute rabbit in recipes that call for chicken all the time. The kid's favorite is Rabbit and noodles, YUM!! We also use it is soups and stews, and even made BBQ rabbit which was good too.
