Rabbit Cage Build

[Chew]

thats pretty handy.

Yessir. There's other methods but I think this is the most humane. It does leave some bruising on the neck...but not much according to some reviews I've read.

I may do a video on the butchering this weekend...if I can get my wife to be the camera woman!

[Backwoods101]

Thats slick [emoji106]


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[Backwoods101]

I heard on one YouTube video, so I know for a fact it’s true, that a buck and two does could produce 600lbs of lean white meat a year...if the numbers are even close to that, that’s insane


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[RascalArms]

I heard on one YouTube video, so I know for a fact it’s true, that a buck and two does could produce 600lbs of lean white meat a year...if the numbers are even close to that, that’s insane


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Wow! [emoji15][emoji15]

[bowaddict40]

Man nice job Chew. It is slow here at work so I watched all of the videos. Now I want to do it. Unfortunately my 12yr old daughter and my wife would not let me butcher them because they would get attached to them. LOL

[Chew]

Man nice job Chew. It is slow here at work so I watched all of the videos. Now I want to do it. Unfortunately my 12yr old daughter and my wife would not let me butcher them because they would get attached to them. LOL

My wife is on board....my vegan daughter....not so much.

[Chew]

I heard on one YouTube video, so I know for a fact it’s true, that a buck and two does could produce 600lbs of lean white meat a year...if the numbers are even close to that, that’s insane


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Someone can probably do the math better than me. But I'll try.


They have a 31 day gestation period and can be bred again immediately. So basically one litter a month. The variable would come in the number of kits born in the litter. But say 8 rabbits per litter (these TAMUK rabbits have been known to have 5 up to 15 according to the breeder I bought from).

So that's 12 litters per year x 8 kits = 96 rabbits. I'm going to be butchering at around 5 lbs. live weight which is a about 3 lbs dressed weight.

So 96 rabbits butchered x 3 lbs each = 288 lbs for one doe.

For two doe: 576 lbs.

So that 600 lb. figure is very obtainable if your average kits per litter is higher than 8.

People with large rabbitries will cull out the does that don't have at least 9-10 kits per litter.

[Backwoods101]

That’s around 1.5 lbs a day
You might wanna brush up on your rabbit recipes lol


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[Chew]

Butchered my 3 meat rabbits this morning. Went pretty smooth. Already got a half one in my belly.

[Backwoods101]

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Looks delicious, how was it?


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[Chew]

Looks delicious, how was it?


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Very good. I didn't have milk or biscuits so I missed out on the white gravy and biscuits which is my favorite combo.

[Texas Grown]

Someone can probably do the math better than me. But I'll try.


They have a 31 day gestation period and can be bred again immediately. So basically one litter a month. The variable would come in the number of kits born in the litter. But say 8 rabbits per litter (these TAMUK rabbits have been known to have 5 up to 15 according to the breeder I bought from).

So that's 12 litters per year x 8 kits = 96 rabbits. I'm going to be butchering at around 5 lbs. live weight which is a about 3 lbs dressed weight.

So 96 rabbits butchered x 3 lbs each = 288 lbs for one doe.

For two doe: 576 lbs.

So that 600 lb. figure is very obtainable if your average kits per litter is higher than 8.

People with large rabbitries will cull out the does that don't have at least 9-10 kits per litter.

Actually, if you don't butcher them, it would be more like (8 x 8) to the 11th exponential.



Or:

1*(((((((((((8x8)*8)*8)*8)*8)*8)*8)*8)*8)*8)*8, since my key-board doesn't have an exponential key.
(Based on 12 months)


We won't have to worry about COVID-19. We'll have to worry about RABBID-2021.

[Pedernal]

Butchered my 3 meat rabbits this morning. Went pretty smooth. Already got a half one in my belly.

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That looks delicious!!

[Texas Grown]

You gonna have to keep up with who's breeding who. Or your gonna wind up with some strange look-n rabbits. Kinda like Arkansas live-n.


I'd suggest looking at building a bigger cage at least.

[Chew]

Some Houston ladies saw my nesting boxes and wanted 10. Built them yesterday and today. Got a little extra spending money.