Selling Rabbits

[DutchBunny03]

I would love to get back into breeding and selling rabbits, but past times when in have had kits for sale it has been extremely difficult to find good buyers. I do not want to carelessly breed rabbits and then have no one to buy them. Any suggestions/advise on advertising and finding good buyers?

 

[GypsyG]

I just have a herd of meat mutts. I adverise on Craigslist and on bulletin boards at the feedstores in the town I live in and surrounding towns, and I usually have no problem selling them. On the rare occasion that I have a few left and I am about to need the cage space, I run them to a local small animal livestock auction that happens twice a month.

 

[promiseacres]

Do you show? Shows are a good place to sell.
I have a Facebook page, which has been my best way of seling. Buying the best stock to start is best and most of the time pedigreed stock you can ask more $$.

 

[promiseacres]

Do you show? Shows are a good place to sell.
I have a Facebook page, which has been my best way of seling. Buying the best stock to start is best and most of the time pedigreed stock you can ask more $$.

 

[greybeard]

I would love to get back into breeding and selling rabbits, but past times when in have had kits for sale it has been extremely difficult to find good buyers. I do not want to carelessly breed rabbits and then have no one to buy them. Any suggestions/advise on advertising and finding good buyers?

Do you want to breed and sell high ped breeding stock or just butcher for meat rabbits?

Even in my area, there isn't much market for meat rabbits.......too many people raise their own.
The fancy ones tho, the show animals... are a different story.

They bring good $$ if you can get in with the right group, registry, or association and go to the shows.
I know this couple and they have stopped raising meat rabbits altogether to concentrate on their higher end stock..........doing pretty good with it according to a conversation I had with them yesterday at dinner. I don't know much about rabbits but it does seem around here, people buy them as pets as well as for show.
http://rabbitbreeders.us/american-blues-r-e-w-dayton-tx
I know they are a member in https://www.arba.net/breeders.htm

https://www.facebook.com/JSRabbitry/

They are not getting rich (that I'm aware of..both have 'real' jobs) but they've got their name out there and said they are happy with how it has come along. I know they did a lot of traveling to get the breeding stock they wanted, 4-5 years back.
Like everything else, you have to have some vision, be able & willing to look down the road to where you want to be, not where you are today, and you have to have a good product to sell.
I don't know where all they advertise, but evidently, FB is one of their preferred venues.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/JSRabbitry/posts/?ref=page_internal

Their reviews look to be excellent.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

I have looked on CL and was shocked to see lop ear bunnies for $45 and lion heads $60 and up...breeding pairs in the hundred dollar range. Check out CL in your surrounding area and see what they sell for. And if you can get in with a close enough pet co, pet smart, tractor supply...you may get a opportunity there...best of luck to you ! We are now set up to breed our NZ meat rabbits, will be going to tractor supply and posting on Cl when we are ready to sell, left overs will go in freezer, plus we have a local flea market if we wanted to go that route.

 

[GypsyG]

I also do lots of trading for things that I need. When I list on Craigslist I offer them for sale or trade. I have gotten hay, chickens, ducks, rabbit cages, chicken crates, tools, a nice garden cart, a roll of chicken wire... and I always come out better than if I'd sold the rabbit for cash. Rabbits are great for bartering!

 

[B&B Happy goats]

I also do lots of trading for things that I need. When I list on Craigslist I offer them for sale or trade. I have gotten hay, chickens, ducks, rabbit cages, chicken crates, tools, a nice garden cart, a roll of chicken wire... and I always come out better than if I'd sold the rabbit for cash. Rabbits are great for bartering!

May try that, great idea...NZ sell here for $9.00 at eight weeks old...

 

[greybeard]

I have looked on CL and was shocked to see lop ear bunnies for $45 and lion heads $60 and up...breeding pairs in the hundred dollar range.

Not surprised. Pedigree means a lot to a lot of people and they are willing to pay for it.

Available now... Trio of Polish. Black jr doe ( almost Sr, chocolate carrier), Chocolate Jr Doe, JR Broken Blue Buck. All are pedigreed. $150.

Good advertising.......... it's how & why they can ask and get better prices:

 

[GypsyG]

May try that, great idea...NZ sell here for $9.00 at eight weeks old...

Mixed breed meat mutts bring $12-15 aroundhere, NZ whites usually will only bring $8-10 though. Black or red NZs will bring $15-20... It seems that most people around here with backyard meat herds prefer a bit of color.