So you want to start your homestead rabbit journey, and you’re not sure where to begin. What do they eat? How much do they eat? What happens if they get…
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Preparing Your Rabbits for Winter
We often talk about preparing our chickens and other livestock for Winter, but rarely about preparing our rabbits. It could be the fact that rabbits are pretty resilient when it…
The Basics: Raising, Breeding and Processing Meat Rabbits
Let’s face it, during the beginning process of adding meat rabbits to our homestead, I wasn’t the happiest girl in the world. The thought of butchering little animals that I…
Myth Debunked: “Breeding Like Rabbits”
Since we began raising rabbits on our homestead, the phrase “breeding like rabbits” has taken on a whole new meaning to us. I, like so many other rabbit breeders, had…
The Beginning of Our Rabbit Journey
Raising rabbits on our homestead has been such a joy for me, personally. It is a livestock that can be inexpensively taken care of, and is easily handled, processed and cooked….