Raising Rabbits for Profit - Animals. If you’ve been raising rabbits for a while as a hobby, the thought may have occurred to you that you could make a little money raising them.
The thought may have even occurred to you that you can make a lot of money raising rabbits. After all, two rabbits will be 200 in a short amount of time, right? Maybe yes, maybe no. Rabbits have the potential to be one of the more profitable species to raise. They often give birth to large litters, and offspring grow fast and reach either market or breeding weight more quickly than any other species. But there are several things you should consider before making the leap into raising rabbits for profit rather than as a hobby. Selecting your rabbit breeds Around the rabbit community, people joke that “all rabbits are made of meat.” These rare breeds are wonderful animals to work with, but they are not always easy to come by, and they may not have been previously selected for production qualities. RAISING RABBITS TO PLAN FOR A SHTF SCENARIO. Back in the 1930s during the middle of the Great Depression.
Families raised rabbits in hutches and pens in their backyards to provide a healthy protein source to supplement the victory gardens and help with the grocery budget. They would gather grass, weeds, and vegetable waste to feed their rabbits. So I feel we should learn from what our parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents did a few generations ago. Rabbits can be a good source of protein for your family during tough times. They multiply quickly, don’t need much space, don’t eat much food, produce excellent manure, and are easy to handle and butcher. Join The Rabbit Revolution! Pastured Rabbits: experiences, ideas? (rabbits forum at permies)
Pastured rabbits are very different from colony raised rabbits (this is the correct term).
Pastured rabbits are in cages on the ground that are moved around on pasture, these cages have bottoms of wire. While Colony raised rabbits are in an enclosed area of several square feet. They are allowed to dig their burrows. When raised this way, with burrow, from birth they don't tend to dig out. The burrows have several entrances/exits all within the enclosure. The planned colonies have several females and limited males (1 or 2 that get along). Creating some housing underground for ones rabbits will go a long way toward stopping the escape digging. A Better Way to Raise Rabbits - Sustainable Farming. Rabbits have always been a welcome part of our homestead.
Cottontails are economical to raise, provide us with a steady supply of meat for the table and manure for the garden (my strawberries were always puny until I began to bury rabbit pellets between the plants) ... plus come in handy as bartering material. We are, in short, mighty fond of our bunnies but I do hate to clean row after row of small cages, and place feed and water in dozens of individual pens. And I certainly don't like to see my animals shivering in their cages on a cold winter's day. (Here in Nebraska, we get a lot of wind during the winter, which makes it even harder to keep our rabbits cozy on a minus-15 degrees Fahrenheit day.) Colony Raising- Ongoing Series. What exactly is a rabbit colony?
When people say they raise their rabbits in a colony, they mean that instead of cages, their animals are housed in groups and on the ground. There are various ways to do this: breeding groups (pairs, trios, quads, etc.), family or sibling groups, does only, etc. The subject of all the various ways to raise rabbits comes up from time to time in conversations amongst rabbit enthusiasts. Didn't you know that rabbits don't have to be kept in just cages or hutches? Some people let their rabbits burrow directly into the ground as closely as what happens in nature. I have seen it discussed several times online and have wanted to really dig into the aspects of why, how, and what (happens).
I will attempt to discuss and showcase various methods, and the pro's and con's of each style. Here are some excerpts of various postings from on-line meat rabbit forums (Facebook and Yahoo! Question: MAKING MONEY WITH RABBITS. A backyard meat rabbit breeder can make a little money if he or she is resourceful and hard-working.
You will not be able to quit your day job. But to supplement your income? Absolutely. There is a saying, “There is money in rabbits it’s just getting it out of them that’s hard”! It depends on how you define “profit.” MAKING MONEY WITH RABBITS. Raising rabbits for profit. Raising rabbits for profit. 1000+ ideas about Outdoor Rabbit Hutch on Pinterest. Warren plans - selecting the site : Rabbit Colonies. I'm not new to rabbits but I am new to naturally raising them so I need some help!
I want to start raising them again next spring and am starting to plan the warren site. I want to raise about 5-10 does with a couple bucks. I want them to be raised as naturally as possible. Potential problems and issues I've encountered in the past (raising them in cage rows): 1. So, here's what I have to work with. So, on to the questions! Most important - will the rabbits kill the tree if they start digging tunnels under it? Building a rabbit warren - Rabbits Online. Since LaFonda died, I've become much more attached to the rest of the rabbits for some reason.
I want to pamper them more, and I came up with this idea. We have this old metal shed that we we've been getting ready to move and reinforce and turn into a rabbit shed before winter. I just came up with some ideas to make it so much more pleasant for the rabbits. The shed is 10ft by 14ft, and we're going to put a good-sized roofed rabbit kennel in front of it. It's all going to be made of recycled materials - hubby is a semi-professional builder and is very good at building things. Exclusively Rabbits: Colony Raising- Ongoing Series. Northcentralsare. Raising Rabbits on Pasture. By Diane Schivera, M.A.T.
Raising rabbits on pasture allows the animals to exercise, engage more easily in natural behavior, and improve their overall quality of life, while giving the farmer a way to move or manage rabbit housing easily. Rabbits raised on pasture produce more meat and meat of nicer quality, with more omega-3 fatty acids in the limited amount of fat contained in the carcass. Nitrogen in rabbit manure goes directly on the soil, and less is lost as ammonia gas than during composting. Some loss does occur on the field, but this loss is minimized if the soil is absorbent, is not waterlogged or is not very dry, crusty and in direct sun.
Fertility from the manure improves pasture production, and the rabbits’ direct application of manure to the field eliminates the need to make and move compost for part of the year, thus saving labor. Breed Selection Rabbits that have been intensively bred for production, such as California and New Zealands, often will not do so well on pasture. The End of Pastured Rabbit - Thoughtful Food Pastured Rabbits: experiences, ideas? (rabbits forum at permies) Colony Raising Rabbits 101 - Farming My Backyard. Want to learn how to be more self-sufficient, raise animals, and garden on a city lot?
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