Mail-Order Rabbits

[BlueBaby]

I wouldn't ship them if I was interested in raising rabbits again, but I would do a search for someone local to you that has a rabbitry near you that keeps good records on their breeding of them. Then, pick the females that came from bigger litters if you are wanting to sell them or eat some yourself. You wouldn't want to end up later on with just the small litter producing does. Not everyone keeps good records when raising them, so shop around and ask questions.

 

[cassie]

People who order and ship rabbits are dealing with breeding stock.

 

[Jcrispi50]

I haven't heard of anything like that. That'd be an interesting idea, though. You'd definitely want to check with the post office and find out about shipping regulations, etc. You'd probably also want to think about demand -- are there enough people wanting to raise rabbits, who won't just get them from a person off of, say, craigslist? Part of the cool thing about the hatcheries/mail-order chicken breeders to me is that they have such neat and various breeds.

We have rabbits. I probably wouldn't mail order them, mostly because it's so easy and pretty cheap just to get them in person, and second because we use our rabbits for meat and have found our best rabbits tend to be mutts. Now my chickens.... that's a different story.

Do you still not ship? Interested in starting. I live in Nesbit MS and there aren't any here tht look worth my time

 

[Jcrispi50]

Interested in meat rabbits to raise

 

[tlcmurphy]

Do you still not ship? Interested in starting. I live in Nesbit MS and there aren't any here tht look worth my time

The person you are responding to hasn’t been on BYC since 2013.