Dinner rabbits, Journal

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Decided on more to cull out. Hate how impossible it is to sell rabbit here, alive or not.

 

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$286 in the red. 179 in feed. Only had 10 bags.

Currently $465 in the red.



Got three culled and bagged. Someone is supposed to come by them like this. We'll see. Woke up extra early to have time to get them done. *phew* Should of not cut belly flap as far to chest, hinds would of fit better that way.
With heart, liver, kidney & bit of fat.
Live to Butcher weights-
8.14 to 4.98
7.47 to 4.35
9.16 to 5.03




Next weekend is the 4 live bun sale. 4 proven does pending. Lynx, yynx, widy & ebony.
Setting up meet for the blue Rex buck kit. Then two Rex doe kits.
I think that leaves one mutt and the 2 broken sf.
Might not keep the last Widy grow out, it's a buck and doesn't seem wide.

I believe that'd be everyone to get down to 25. Though, that Widy kit would drop it to 24. Then just 4 others to cull.


Moved rabbits around. Removed a divider. Most have their own cage.
Still trying to get the old cage clips off. They're not cheap clips, so they're much tighter to the wire and much harder to pry off. Grinder was no good. Narrowing pliers with grinder was no good. A screw only worked on one that happened to have a big enough gap.


Nothing is working to get these off. Now cutting the floor out instead. Slow going, but finally getting somewhere...

 

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Got the floors out of a stacker, then started on the wall. Leaving a small section to support the floors and for stability. Should of done that to the other stackers. Those previously joined will have to be taken apart to replace their floors, too. And then I'll add short pieces to support floors on it.


Ordered these. Hoping I can stab into the sides and pry them off. Kinda doing that with tin snips, only way I've found that can work, but is super rough on my hands, have a new welt developing from the ones I removed today.