I’m back! With bunnies

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TyroneOfSix
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I’m back! With bunnies

Post by TyroneOfSix » Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:57 am

Hi everyone!

I haven’t been on for a while I had made a big introduction and had been planning on getting some waterfowl ducks/geese.

So update. I picked some New Zealand x Flemish Giant bunnies instead! I’ve had them since early December. I got them from an 8y.o kid trying to raise money to buy a pony over Kijiji lol. Here I was, I spent like 2 months overthinking and tirelessly researching rabbit rearing for meat and there’s this kid managing her own herd 🤣 haha! I learned a lot in few minutes during the purchase

So I have two does and a buck. They aren’t breeding yet but I am concerned I think they are all siblings and I don’t think this bodes well for genetics, so I think I’m in the market for another buck and another lady for my current buck

Brown doe - Brown Shuga
White doe - White Shuga
White buck - Vanilla Ice

They are very docile and fairly calm I’ve grazed them periodically in a makeshift grazing pen

Anyways I do still want some fowls but I’m trying to figure out good accommodations. Again probably over thinking it but but I’ve come to learn that’s just how I operate lol

Hope everyone had wonderful holidays and happy new year!

And I am in the market for some:
dual purpose chickens
Muscovy ducks
Domestic Geese

If anyone’s got any they are willing to sell or set up a trade for bunnies once the breeding/rearing commences

Stay safe
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Re: I’m back! With bunnies

Post by Killerbunny » Sat Jan 08, 2022 12:02 pm

My Dad used to raise meat bunnies in a tiny London house in the back "garden". He didn't seem to have many problems and they were very tasty.
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Post by Ontario Chick » Sat Jan 08, 2022 12:10 pm

Hi there, we used to raise Californians for meat and Angora rabbits for wool.
I wouldn't worry about the sibling bit, since they are a cross already, there is plenty of genetic material to start with.
The two colours should give you fun colours in babies :)
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Post by Shnookie » Sat Jan 08, 2022 12:55 pm

When I was a kid we had some New Zealand/ Flemish Giant cross rabbits that were siblings. The people we got them from said they were both males. :) They had 2 litters as soon as they were old enough - one with 7 kits and one with 9.
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Post by lolotsung » Sat Jan 08, 2022 1:07 pm

My nephew would know better but I think they had 4 rabbits and they bred them and I remember him saying something like you can't breed this with that. If he was right, then maybe the minimum would be 4? :lol: Also, he said that he was getting way more money selling the rabbits as pets than as meat!
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Re: I’m back! With bunnies

Post by Farrier1987 » Sat Jan 08, 2022 3:23 pm

Guess you will have to wait til Easter, but let us know what their eggs are like.
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Re: I’m back! With bunnies

Post by TyroneOfSix » Sat Jan 08, 2022 6:39 pm

Thank you everyone!
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