Rabbits

Awhile back I decided I wanted to raise rabbits for meat. We are trying to be as self sufficient as possible and one of the things I really want to do is raise all our own food. One of the easiest and most productive things to raise for meat is rabbits. I started out with 5 does and a buck and kept them all together all of the time and at first that worked out alright because the does were young and having small litters and alot of them lost their first litters but as they got older the does were having larger litters and they were surviving so about a month ago I took the buck out of the pen. I was getting overrun with baby rabbits! Even though we raise them for food I still make sure they have a great life, they get lots of petting and love. I forage the yard and the woods for greens for them to eat, they love dandelion greens! Along with the large 10'x10' pen that I keep them in I also have 3 smaller pens. One houses the buck when I have him seperated from the does and the other 2 house the babies once they are old enough to be away from their mothers. I am adding 2 extra pens soon because I think the smaller pens are getting to crowded. I hope to someday have another 10'x10' pen to put the young rabbits in but that will come in time.

                                              
                                                     Here are some pics of my rabbits.

Young doe I decided to keep

my new buck

                                                                                                                                                                              

2 does

peek a boo

the little ones like to hang out in the food bowl

3 cuties just hanging out



I hope you enjoyed getting to know a little more about me and getting to see some of my rabbits. Have a blessed and wonderful day!
I am so happy it is Friday!

~April