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Anybody breeding meat rabbit?
jackelope:
PS dull black and flecking doesn't sound like a New Zealand. Got a pic?
HighlandLofts:
I can take pictures of them, but can't figure out how to post them on here. I can e mail them to you.
I bought these two does from the same litter, they came from up by Sumas.
The hay I bought for them is orchard grass, would alfalfa be better?
do you know any one close to arlington that has a buck I could breed them on this time around? i don't want to buy a breeding buck until I get two more does up to breeding age which would be out of the next cycle of babies.
jackelope:
Grass hay is what you want. No alfalfa for rabbits.
I don't know anybody that studs out their rabbit bucks. Too much risk for issues to transfer from one rabbit to another. I wouldn't do it either.
jackelope:
You could buy a breeding age buck for $20-30 I bet. Keep him for your herd buck. You can't breed them too much.
inchtowntracking:
We do like a free range thing with ours and they just go to the field for food and each has their own territory they tend to stay in.
It's right at that time for use to look into getting a couple more bucks and butchering the ones we have. They appear to regulate themselves with the breeding. We usually get a big spurt in the spring and fall. They have stopped for the last month and we don't get any bunnies in the winter.
The rabbits seem to be way happier this way. The bad part is the neighbors cat and the owl that visits every once in awhile. We have around a hundred rabbits right now once we were able to scare predators away.
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