Kassaundra
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A few weeks ago I traded a cockrel and a capon for a boy and girl rabbit, this morning I have 12ish new bunnies.
Look what happened last night
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goatgurl
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have the awww factor going on. I'm thinking you made a good trade. are you new to rabbits or an old hat? I'm thinking about bunnys as a meat source but I'm not sure yet. congrats on the litter!
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Kassaundra
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Brand spanking new. These are our first ever rabbits, we weren't even actually ready. I had been researching and planning for some time, but we didn't have housing set up. It was spontaneous. The lady was wanting my two chickens, but she had unexpectedly come into these two rabbits, so the trade was unexpected. I worried that they may not even be fertile, she had no clue about them at all. So I am thinking the trade was so worth it.
Oh and meat is what I have in mind too.
goatgurl
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my biggie problem with getting bunnies is not the breeding or raising part or the cleaning and processing part. I'm just not sure i can bonk them on the head. I'm such a nudge when it comes to that. and i don't want to end up with 4,000 bunnies
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Kassaundra
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I've been doing my chickens for a while now, so decided to try the rabbits. I use the pellet gun on the chickens, was figuring on using it on the rabbits too. I live in town so couldn't get a real gun, I got the 100 dollar rifle style .22 and .17 (two different sized barrels came w/ the one gun) seems to do the job.
goatgurl
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hummm, the hardest part is putting on my big girl panties and just doing it. I've got the cages and supplies, a gift from a sister. all i need are the rabbits and the guts to do it. have been raising a calf and pigs and goats to butcher for years and years but they all go to the place down the road and then come home all wrapped up neatly. with the bunnies i would be the one to do the deed. and my chickens just usually stay here till they die of old age. usually just order pullets so no worrys about to many roosters until this year when i started hatching my own eggs. that is my next step in self sufficiency. just noticed you are from the henryetta area. i live a little south of Poteau, we're almost neighbors
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Kassaundra
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Cool, I went to High School in Stigler. The gun made a big difference to me, in being able to do the chickens. Before them I had never killed anything. Still not my favorite thing to do, I tend to put it off a few times before actually putting my big girl panties on and doing it, but it is doable at least w/ the gun.
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Check with local processors, one of the larger chicken processors in our area does rabbits now, so we took ours there. Huge time saver for us. When we did ourselves, we would put in a small cage and shoot w/ .22 in the back of the head.
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Kassaundra
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She was seen this morning taking care of them. Wheeeew, that is a load off. I really don't know anything about her past how many litters she has had or how good a mother, and I have read all kinds of horror stories online about moms eating babies, and not feeding them and ....... I know people mostly post just when things go bad, but still had me on pins and needles.
