How many do I need?

[Hooligan Farm]

Check with the national clubs ... NZ or Calis ... the secretary should know of a nice person who could help you. I have found that many good, oldtimers love to work with new individuals.

Will do, but around here I mention meat rabbits and people look at me cross eyed

Nah, a lot, a lot of rabbits breeders butcher. It's the non rabbit breeders that freak out, lol. I was really tentative getting into angora beause I didn't think other people would butcher cute fluffy bunnies. I haven't met a breeder that doesn't ...

Thats good to know. Lol So I'm not the only evil bunny killer out there.

 

[DianeS]

Good for me to know, too. I want angoras, and my very first angora is due in 10 days, but don't have the cage space for a bunch of individually housed males. I thought I was going to be the weird one, and instead I'm normal! Well, as normal as I can be...

 

[dbunni]

Remember all of the angoras, except English, are commercial bodies and dual purpose animals...meat and wool! Unwanted bucks are often invited to dinner. But they are not a pack style animal. That would ruin your coat.

 

[DianeS]

But they are not a pack style animal. That would ruin your coat.

I'm not familiar with the phrase "pack style animal" - would you explain, please?

 

[dbunni]

Some breeds you can run together as a pack ... or a large unit as discussed earlier with the meat animals. Most large farm animals are pack style or group animals.... in rabbits we also call them colonies. With angoras this is hard to maintain since the coat becomes an issue. We need the coat to be as pristine as possible as it grows to a usable length (3-5") for the spinning ... also the length would pick up any debris or just collect dirt & mud. So they are hard to run in a pack or colony for effeciency purposes.