Raising rabbits for food book

Im using this book myself, and i thoroughly recommend that you look into it as well. Raising meat rabbits breeds, feed, housing a farm girl. The guide to raising and breeding rabbits for meat. If youre raising rabbits, consider leaving a little extra space in your vegetable garden for cultivating homegrown feed for your herd. Storeys guide to raising rabbits, 4th edition bennett, bob on. With a little care, you can easily raise your rabbit without looking much beyond your garden. Fresh, all natural rabbits food is ideal for your rabbits optimum health. What equipment you need to get started cages, nesting boxes, feeders and more. Inspired by mothers repeated promptings to raise rabbits, we finally made the jump out here in california. Whether you are just starting out or a skilled rabbit rancher, storeys guide to raising rabbits is a musthave book for your library. Please do not just overload them with green vegetables and such. If youre searching for a book on how to raise rabbits, youll come across bob bennetts name frequently, because mr. Rabbits as a sustainable food source survival life. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search.

The initial costs in settingup is small, rabbits breed quickly and frequently, they have large litters and grow to a good marketable size in a very short time. Bennett first became acquainted with rabbits at age 12 when he earned a boy scout merit badge for raising them. Booklist rise and shine rabbitry raising meat rabbits. This work first published during world war ii for a. Wellorganized and detailed, raising rabbits for meat is an excellent resource for anyone considering meat rabbits as a family food source or farm enterprise. Sustainable food source sustainable food provides a number of benefits to humans, the environment and life as a whole. Storeys guide to raising rabbits book by bob bennett. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read raising rabbits for meat. Raising rabbits on pasture can be as easy or as complicated as you would like to make it. A thorough guide to raising rabbits in a colony meat rabbit. The book is a standalone volume that answers the vast majority of every rabbit raisers or pet rabbit owners questions about raising rabbits. A beginners guide to raising rabbits, including a rabbit barn, pens, feeders and waterers, breeding stock, care and feeding, breeding, butchering, and meat sales.

Raising meat rabbits breeds, feed, housing a farm girl in. The most overlooked, but one of the most important, parts of raising rabbits is keeping records. You can feed rabbits grain, but make sure it is whole grain and not a huge part of their diet. Not only do they require little attention, but they also provide a. When i brought home our american chinchilla breeding trio, i had researched raising meat rabbits extensively. The blog raising rabbits for meat was created to help people educate themselves about the ease and importance of raising meat rabbits. Two does and one buck should produce 180 pounds of meat per year. Raising rabbits for meat by eric rapp, callene rapp. At its easiest, the rabbits can be placed in cages directly onto grass. Know exactly what you need before you get started, how much it is going to cost you and what you can make yourself to keep more money in your own pocket. Slaughtering and processing of aquatics foods is permitted. Raising rabbits on the homestead for beginners pampered.

You will need money for constructing the rabbit hutches, buying the breeding stock, buying the feeds e. How to raise rabbits for meat raise, feed, house, butcher. The main reason for raising your own rabbits is, obviously, to produce meat. Also, too much green food too fast can make them sick. The rabbit care section serves all who have rabbits. Nov 17, 20 rabbits and redworms sustainability above and below. Now you can avoid the common problems with raising rabbits, and learn all the interventions you can employ to avert disaster with bucks, does, and kits. But to others, raising rabbits as a sustainable meat is an ideal source of protein. Inspired by daniel salatin, who has long been considered the pioneer in integrated rabbit farming, nichki carangelo proves that a viable pasturebased rabbitry is not only possible and user. Mini rex is the standard for pet rabbits, followed by dutch, minilop and netherland dwarf. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you.

Rabbit raising problem solver was written for all rabbit owners, both pet owners and livestock rabbit owners. These pellets are filled with protein and will help add the necessary weight to your rabbits in a short amount of time. A more humane rule of thumb would be 5 times the size of the rabbit. Methods for raising meat rabbits the green acre homestead. Aaron webster is the author of three separate books on the subject of raising and breeding rabbits, including raising rabbits 101 4th edition, raising meat pen rabbits, and the hoppy pet rabbit guide. Rabbits are extremely hot natured so it is important to place their shelter in a shaded area. Storeys guide to raising rabbits is authored by bob bennett. The good thing about raising rabbits is they fatten up on weed or grass so theres no need to spend on expensive pellets. If you are looking into getting some rabbits and raising them for profit, we will tell you just how to do that, what to look for and what. Written by an experienced rabbit raiser, raising rabbits is a practical guide on maintaining a small herd for meat and manure. Raising rabbits strictly to harvest manure anyone done. Let the manure break down in place to replenish the pasture. Raising pastured rabbits for meat is the first book to address the growing trend of ecological rabbit husbandry for the beginning to marketscale farmer. Bob bennett is the author of six books on rabbit raising.

Find the best ways to keep rabbits, including an allwire cage with a hard floor. Raising rabbits for meat at home a beginners guide. When raising rabbits for meat there are many options for food. Dec 10, 2019 raising pastured rabbits for meat is the first book to address the growing trend of ecological rabbit husbandry for the beginning to marketscale farmer. Raising rabbits and worms together works so well because the nutrients in rabbit droppings and the wasted rabbit food and hay contains the perfect mix as a food source and as a bedding for the worms.

Once you have more than 1 rabbit doe, you will start. The author is very focused on raising rabbits for breeding and selling commercially it seems, not on meat rabbits our focus or pets a lot of other peoples focus. Our 87page e book covers all aspects of rabbit reproduction from mating, to pregnancy, kindling, care of the rabbit kits, weaning, sexing, and rebreeding. You can get a loan from the bank, or funding from investors, to use as capital to start your rabbit farming business. Your complete guide to raising rabbits for meat, from setting up your rabbitry to selecting stock and slaughter.

You can also raise the worms in compost bins or vermicomposting bins using the rabbit manure as a top dressing, for worm feed, and also as a worm. The best way i know to put good food on the table and a few dollars in your pocket, without a large investment, is raising rabbits. He currently operates the worlds largest rabbit breeders directory via and corresponding email newsletter. According to recent reports from gourmet food supplier dartagnan, rabbit sales have been increasing over the course of the. Show rabbits, pet rabbits, and livestock rabbits, breeders and pet owners alike. You may have been considering raising chickens, geese, ducks, goats, sheep or other small livestock for meat, but once you learn how easy it is to raise rabbits, youll never consider another animal for a. Most of the time, rabbit raising involves similar animal husbandry practices independent of the purposes those rabbits serve, whether meat, fur, fiber wool, or pet. Fully grown, the doe will be around 912 lbs with the buck being 810 lbs. However, to build a successful, sustainable commercial rabbit farming business, you require sufficient knowledge of how to efficiently raise the rabbits, good management skills, and a good rabbit farming business plan. Colony raising rabbits isnt hard, but there are a few considerations that can make setting up a rabbit colony go more smoothly.

Raising pastured rabbits for meat by nichki carangelo. The last few books i have read, are from great britain and are really good on the idea of raising rabbits with a natural feed diet, for the economic reason and the health of the rabbits. I also hope this helps answer the question what to feed meat rabbits for anyone who is new to raising meat rabbits. Bennett is the absolute authority on raising these animals. Raising rabbits for meat by eric rapp, callene rapp books. Worms and rabbits together when raising rabbits if you have a few cages or a large rabbitry you can raise, grow, and harvest worms and compost under your rabbit cages or hutches. I have raised rabbits on and off for most of my life, and it was never for food. A primer on backyard meat rabbit raising practices.

It was just not the best option for us and thats okay. People have raised rabbits for hundreds of years without the availability of a complete pelleted rabbit. Switch to nonpelleted, nongmo alfalfa, yard clippings and green forages. A backyard meat rabbit operation can be a great idea for someone interested in producing their own healthful, drugfree meat. Kits can reach 8 lbs when they are only about eight weeks old.

There are better resources online or in print the storey guide, for instance. Storys guide to raising rabbits by bob bennett, great book. A lithub most anticipated book of 2019 praise for rabbits for food binnie kirshenbaum has hit her considerable stride in rabbits for food. On a more specific context, it improves the important aspects of life such as economy, health, ecology and survival. It will help you decide if raising meat rabbits is right for you, and how to manage every aspect of husbandry involved, including feeding, breeding, health, processing, and selling. My rabbits are 8 pound adults, so im looking at potentially 120 square feet as a minimum size for my current herd. Nov, 2018 raising rabbits for meat ebook written by eric rapp, callene rapp. Sep 04, 2017 our family of 6 is taking what we have learned farming our 1 acre in wa, and will be building a brand new homestead from the ground up in idaho. Rabbit reproduction raising rabbits ebook on breeding. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Mar 04, 2020 this post was most recently updated on march 4th, 2020. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. How to raise rabbits for food and fur ebook written by frank g.

Find rabbits near me, breeders who raise the breed of rabbits you need or desire for livestock rabbit raising or for use as a pet rabbit. Famous for their luxurious fur, angoras are an excellent breed for wool while californian, new zealand and giant chinchilla are bred for their tasty, highquality meat. Right off the bat, i was skeptical because he is a proponent of regular dosing of his stock with antibiotics and other medications antibiotic resistance, anyone. Rabbits eating requirements are simple, consisting mostly of fresh food. Beyond the planning requirements, financial costs, and daytoday supervision that even the most modest backyard rabbit farm entails, rabbitry forces farmers to ask themselves some uncomfortable questions. Lets take a look at some of the more popular breeds when raising rabbits for meat. Many readers call storeys guide to raising rabbits the best rabbit book ever. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. In the summer, it is wise to place frozen water bottles in the hutches with the rabbits to help keep them cool. Raising rabbits download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Slaughtering, processing of fowl and rabbits is prohibited. But my bunnies are only 3 at most 4 weeks old, and theyve been chomping into hay for over a week and i caught a g.

Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer. Breeding, raising, and processing meat rabbits youtube. A primer on backyard meat rabbit raising practices rudolphs. A couple years ago, we wanted to know what would happen, and if it was even possible, to feed rabbits on yard scraps alone to find out, we placed a pregnant doe into a very large outside cage 36 inches by 48 inches and fed her on our yard scraps and grass clippings. A beginners guide to raising rabbits mother earth news. Raw homemade pet food provides absolutely perfect nutrition for your dogs and cats, according to a mountain of research if youre feeding dry dog or cat kibble, this pet food might be the source of health problems if youre breeding and raising many rabbits you can offer your dogs or cats an ideal, speciesspecific raw pet food diet including raw rabbit meat, organs and bones. Whether you live on a full blown many acre homestead, or on a town lot in the burbs, rabbits are a viable option in your selfsufficiency and survival planning. Great for beginners, this book is especially useful to those who wish to produce most or all of their own food from this valuable livestock.

Rabbit raising problem solver paperback book raising rabbits. Raising rabbits for meat at home a beginners guide the. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read how to raise rabbits for food and fur. The standard way for a rabbitry to be set up is to have row after row of 36. Rabbits for food by binnie kirshenbaum, hardcover barnes. I wish you all the best, rabbits for food, dictionary stories, the curated closet duration.

Keeping rabbits by elisabeth downing, got this book at the same time as the backyard rabbit farming book, also for only 4. So do you have rabbits and are interested in some tips and tricks that will get you into the market of raising rabbits a step ahead. New zealand put on weight quickly with a good bone to meat ratio. Raising rabbits for profit all you need to know about. Raising rabbits on a homestead for their meat is not for everyone. These two methods are colony and, what i call, hutch and run. Mother earth news, however, didnt tell all, and we soon ran into some problems i hadnt.

Commercial rabbit feed works as well, but will increase the cost of raising the rabbits by quite a lot. Bob has written a few books on raising rabbits all are worth reading and will eventually all be listed here. Not to mention, rabbits are extremely easy to raise. After raising, showing and breeding meat rabbits for 38 years, i still like mary, find i learn something new all the time. Realistically, rabbits are usually kept as pets, and its hard for some people who havent ever butchered rabbits to make that mental shift towards looking at rabbits as a food source. If a natural, healthy rabbit diet is your goal, your job is not a difficult one. In this article, i show you how to make your own homemade rabbit food with a simple recipe. For properties zoned residential, raising of fowl, rabbits, and aquatic foods using an aquaponic system is permitted in accordance with chapter 32 restrictions on animals of the city code. An allnatural, humane, and profitable approach to production on a small scale chelsea green publishing, november 2019 and is reprinted with permission from the publisher. The rabbits usually dont have any room to hop and they never touch the earth. Rabbit farming business is a very profitable business, and many people are making money all over the world by raising rabbits for meat. Photo by fotolia vera kailova a blueprint for a goodwoodandwire type of hutch. I want to go over the two methods, mainly, that we used.

The guide to raising and breeding rabbits for meat mother. My family always just shoveled the poop from under the pens and used it in potting soil or spread it in the garden. Yay heritage breeds, im also with dave on the giant chinchilla scene thanks to dave. If youre consider starting your own rabbitry, a great source is a book called raising rabbits 101 that has nearly every piece of information you could ever want to know on the subject. Aug 09, 2019 the guide to raising and breeding rabbits for meat raising rabbits is one of the simplest things you can do on your homestead. Am i really comfortable with the idea of raising rabbits solely to harvest their meat. If you want to raise organic rabbit meat, the food you need to feed them should be all natural like vegetables and fruits. In this article, i show you how to make your own homemade rabbit food.

Apr 02, 2020 some people colony raise their rabbits with great success. Need to save money or avoid risky gmo rabbit pellets. Raising rabbits for meat learn how to get started raising. Click download or read online button to get raising rabbits book now. After we process the first litter if i want to keep raising rabbits for food, i definitely want to expand the colony quite a bit. Raising meat rabbits is one of the most space efficient means of growing livestock for meat. Rabbit reproduction ebook is entirely focused on reproducing rabbits, walking you through the process of mating, and then covering the entire season of a rabbits life from conception to teenagehood, so you will be able to avoid many of the typical losses. Rabbits and redworms sustainability above and below. This book was written after 23 years of the authors experimental work with breeding, feeding, and managing a herd of rabbits at the us rabbit experiment station.

If you try to feed them flour, they may just glare at you then kick the flour around and make a mess. So before you get started in your venture, you should know just how much food you can expect to get. The book is barely useful as an introduction to raising rabbits. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Dave one side note i finally did get my rabbits to breed and they turned out to be great moms with no help from me. Raising rabbits for fur, meat and profit and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Raising rabbits for meat and fur is a good way to make money but only if you do it on a large scale, and it should be done as supplementary income only. The same characteristics that make rabbits good backyard pets also make them good to raise for meat. Raising rabbits is a great hobby or even a good small business. Most cities and counties do not consider rabbits to be livestock which makes raising rabbits, especially heritage rabbit breeds, ideal for many urban homesteaders. The amount of capital required when raising rabbits for meat depends on the scale of the project. Review of storeys guide to raising rabbits in the rabbit hole. I am not entirely sure how we got to this particular point where i thought raising meat rabbits was a good idea, but somewhere along the line, i read some facts about bunnies that made me want to give it a go. The smell is not as bad as the manure of many other animals, but it had to be shoveled often to keep bugs and undesirable worms down.