Meat Rabbits, how to get started, finding your stock?

[Mommysongbird]

Hi, we are looking to start raising meat rabbits this spring/summer and I am in the process of trying to find a buck and doe or already bred doe, but that is proving to be harder than I thought it would be.

So what is the best way to find your starting stock? I have searched Craigslist, no luck (there are some, but I am NOT driving an hour away to purchase a rabbit or two) not yet anyway. I have been searching places on FB too. I know someone who owns some meat rabbits, but they won't sell any.

So what other ways have you found your stock?

I am finding it MUCH easier to get meat birds than rabbits.

 

[N F C]

If you haven't tried it already, you might get lucky posting on your state thread. Here's a link to get you there:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/80/virginia

Also, have you tried the buy-sell-trade section on BYC?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/67/buy-sell-trade

Hope you find what you're looking for.

 

[fishy steve]

ask around at local feed store or ask local farmers... i just stopped in at a amish farm and asked if they had any, and he had a couple he sold me, then i bought a buck off kijiji...