Rabbits as Sacrificial Loss Prevention

[centrarchid]

Then normal situation restored. I have been watching a lot of critter populations closely. Most fluctuate a lot. Even the predators and their impacts. Here is has little or nothing to do with hunting pressure.

 

[lcertuche]

I lock my birds up at night and during the day they free-range. The only animals that take mine (daylight hours) are dogs. Dogs can wipe out your whole flock in a really short time. They kill one and run to another until there are no more to kill and just for the fun of it. At least with a wild animal they grab one and run, leaving the rest. Of course if a raccoon gets into your coop at night that may not be the case. We have a healthy wild rabbit population and so I'm thinking that helps for ours. If all the wild prey were killed out we might have large losses.

If I raised rabbits even for meat I would still want them to have a safe and happy life so for me no baiting with my animals.

 

[jeria]

Coyotes will kill, eat the innards and go on to the next, also since they run in packs there are normally more than one. Have seen it too many times.