Wolfdog91 7,879 Posted August 8 Report Share Posted August 8 Yeah .... So went to a nice old ladies place in town who raises all sorts of critters to buy some more quail to replace some we butchered. Really sweet old lady and she was super happy to walk around show us all her set ups talk animal breeding, feeding processing making jams and all sorts of stuff. Anyhow ends up she raises rabbits right? Aaannnd my wife always wanted a pet rabbit.... So $40 for some quail ended up being $90 for some quail ...a rabbit annnnddd a rabbit cage . Shes over the moon about the little critter.... But now she's looking into raising meat rabbits .... Take a girl out the suburbs and give her free will in the country and what do you have 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jukel123 9,587 Posted August 8 Report Share Posted August 8 (edited) I'll believe it when she has to kill the ones she bred for the pot. Edited August 8 by jukel123 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wolfdog91 7,879 Posted August 8 Author Report Share Posted August 8 36 minutes ago, jukel123 said: I'll believe it when she has to kill the ones she bred for the pot. Nah it's already been discussed me and Dad do the killing and she'll do everything else which , whatever I'm fine with 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
comanche 3,295 Posted August 8 Report Share Posted August 8 1 hour ago, Wolfdog91 said: Yeah .... So went to a nice old ladies place in town who raises all sorts of critters to buy some more quail to replace some we butchered. Really sweet old lady and she was super happy to walk around show us all her set ups talk animal breeding, feeding processing making jams and all sorts of stuff. Anyhow ends up she raises rabbits right? Aaannnd my wife always wanted a pet rabbit.... So $40 for some quail ended up being $90 for some quail ...a rabbit annnnddd a rabbit cage . Shes over the moon about the little critter.... But now she's looking into raising meat rabbits .... Take a girl out the suburbs and give her free will in the country and what do you have Years ago l raised a few rabbits supposedly for meat after being given a few old commercial rabbit cages. We were running on the good life , self-sufficiency vibe . Silly really as l could get plenty of wild rabbits for the pot and have a surplus to sell without the bother of cleaning cages , rearing and feeding the tame ones. Another weird thing was killing the white fluffy ones : l just didn't like doing it. Yet l would ping a wild one's neck without a thought. Then the penny dropped , the real money was in selling the baby rabbits to our local pet shop! My daughter got heavily into it . Especially after l bought her a whole litter of English rabbits at the livestock market for the princely sum of 30pence each . The little entrepreneur grew them on ,kept a couple for breeding and flogged the rest to the shop for £3 each . 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vfr400boy 3,656 Posted August 9 Report Share Posted August 9 When I was 16 I'd go to the local market buy any baby rabbits under £2 , stick them on my ts50x ride in to Hull n sell them to the pet shops for £7 each paid my petrol for the month ( now I think you have to be defa registered to sell to the shops ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mitre 347 Posted August 9 Report Share Posted August 9 Would not get any rabbits for that now you talking for a rabbit now around £40 plus depending breed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Seagull 968 Posted August 9 Report Share Posted August 9 2 minutes ago, mitre said: Would not get any rabbits for that now you talking for a rabbit now around £40 plus depending breed Too bony for me rabbit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kanny 21,753 Posted August 9 Report Share Posted August 9 KFC style rabbit is good eating...i recommend that you confit the meat for a few hours and then leave to cool prior to coating and deep frying, delicious 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mitre 347 Posted August 9 Report Share Posted August 9 Had rabbit strew once I was a kid didn't really notice the taste just all bones in the bottom of the pot 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,589 Posted August 9 Report Share Posted August 9 I got a load of show rabbits to feed my ferrets after there first moult there coats aren't good enough operantly , coming home i had a change of heart as i like the harlequin ones , i left them in my carry box in the garage my son walked in and says the rabbits you got for the ferrets you didn't kill them so i did , Funny thing was the ferrets wouldn't eat them 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mitre 347 Posted August 9 Report Share Posted August 9 In the past we had pet rabbits breed them once think twice never again Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steve t 1,220 Posted August 9 Report Share Posted August 9 How does a reared rabbit taste compared to a wild rabbit? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mitre 347 Posted August 9 Report Share Posted August 9 Would not know any way I could not to a reared one could be ideal pet like we had Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vfr400boy 3,656 Posted August 9 Report Share Posted August 9 1 hour ago, steve t said: How does a reared rabbit taste compared to a wild rabbit? When I had meat rabbits we killed them at 12 weeks so the meat is alot tender than an old buck from the wild, I fed pellets root veg n forage from the verge , I'd like some more one day 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,589 Posted August 9 Report Share Posted August 9 1 hour ago, vfr400boy said: When I had meat rabbits we killed them at 12 weeks so the meat is alot tender than an old buck from the wild, I fed pellets root veg n forage from the verge , I'd like some more one day What i saw the meat wasnt as dark as a wild rabbit more like a myxi rabbit watery Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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