Rabbits....

Anybody on here raise rabbits? My son's are talking about raising some for the meat....With the price of meat going up everyday...This might not be a bad idea...Corn prices are going up terrible...That will in turn make meat prices sore...I think we are in for some hard times...And rabbit is good eating...

I Use To Many Many Years Ago It Is Quite The Adventure, Tessie The Hard Part Is When Butcher Time Comes The Swing Of The AX Is Real Hard Specially If The Kids Are Use To Them As Pets.

You can make money with the meat and the skins too. I buy mine from a guy that lives in the next town, wife loves rabbit, but if I raised them she wouldn't let me kill them.

Been seeing loads of wild rabbits around here.............can't wait for rabbit season.

I raised them for show and for meat. They were Checkered Giants. Even had special containers for the meat and a local meat market sold them for me. Of course I was quite young then. I do not think I want to do that now however. Butchering takes time and I have no idea what pellets cost now days.

At that time I seem to remember that six weeks was the most cost effective age for butchering so that is what I did. Building proper cages takes time and a little money also. For lumber I hand sawed down trees and a little saw mill cut them into lumber for me. All for wood to make rabbit cages out of. And to do it correctly it took bookwork and records. And by the way a tatoo kit to tatoo numbers inside the ears to keep track of who is who for pedigree records.

I do not think I want to go through all that again. Just raising for some meat might be a little easier.

He's not out to do anything fancy....He's just thinking about raising some for meat for his family...Not to sale to anyone else...

We Like Eating Rabbit Here I Hunt Them When Season Is On And YUM YUM YUM They Taste Awesome.

I love them too Mike...Fried rabbit with gravy.....Don't get any better than that....

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I love them too Mike...Fried rabbit with gravy.....Don't get any better than that....

And biscuits. I haven't eaten a rabbit in many years, but wouldn't mind having one right now.

Thats right Grumpy..You have to have biscuits to sop up all that gravy...LOL...

shhhhh ur making me hungrey ....havent had rabbit sence i was a kid