We're raising and butchering a few hundred meat rabbits a year. This is what I've learned. Meat rabbits 8 to 12 weeks to reach butcher size in decent raising conditions. Genetics, breed, feed...
Category: Animals and Livestock
We've raised about 20 pigs in the last 3 years. I've definitely learned a few things about them. Pigs do not need hay and most pigs are raised without it. Quality alfalfa hay is sometimes included...
Chicken is a prize around here because we don't often butcher our laying hens, but every now and then we raise a flock of meat birds. Hybrid Cornish Cross meat chickens are butchered at 6-8 weeks...
I live on one acre and we grow most all our own food. This year, we're expanding our animal production. The best animals to raise on a 1-acre lot are rabbits. They are the most economical, the...
Rabbits are the simplest animals we've raised for meat. Done right, it can be cheap and effective. Meat rabbits cost between $4.62 and $6.75 each in feed costs when fed commercial rabbit feed....
I've raised rabbits on grass alone. It worked, but it wasn't what I had hoped. A rabbit can be raised on just grass, but it's not an optimal diet for early growth. Grass-fed rabbits tend to be...