Does anyone breed for profit?

[Greywolf1962]

Well we had a miscount yesterday. I got home last night and took each kit out if the nest and found we have 6 not 8. Still not to bad for her first litter. Mama and babies all doing fine.

 

[Greywolf1962]

Thanks Onefineacre, we are very excited about this. This is our first litter as well.

 

[secuono]

Rabbits + Profit???
HAHAHAHAHA
oh, no, must be dreaming!

But in all seriousness, unless you luck out with getting the right market, producing excellent stock and all that jazz, you may never see a penny of actual profit worth noting.

But good luck! Maybe you'll end up one of the 1 in a million where it works out!

 

[samssimonsays]

The only person I know who sells and made a profit had thousands and they sold new zealand whites to medical testing labs and meat market. They had a USDA license. Only other person I know sells only the best show quality french lops as well as some other breeds and guinea pigs. They butcher out the rest but they also make their own feed and have an entire dairy farm filled with rabbits, no cows. It is a full time job. They also are ARBA judges and do a lot in their rabbit organizations. I suppose if you keep it small enough and did things like feed fodder and grains and such you could potentially make a small profit or break even but you would have to have regular babies pumping out of the barn to sell to equal the cost of what you're spending to feed them. I hope the babies did good!