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Originally Posted by Brush Okie
We raised rabbits when I was a kid. They are easy to raise, produce food fast and easy to butcher. All you need is a heavy stick to kill them and a knife to butcher them. One buck (male) and two does will produce a large amount of food. On top of being good to eat the feces is good fertlizer. Here is a link I googled about raising rabbits.
http://www.survival-homestead.com/raising-rabbits.html |
Okay seem like people know a thing or two about raising Rabbits so let’s go down this road.
I have raised rabbits as a teenager and while deployed in Afghanistan. Yes they are raise and really not much to do except to feed them and give them water. But you have a local to do all that for you. Most Afghans don’t raise rabbits for some reason. While others eat the hell out of them.
Here are some links I used in country. Even had locals build use a pin for our rabbits off these. BLUF you don’t need that many males, they fight over the females. It can get bloody too. Kills off you Bucks (Male Rabbits) first. Rule of thumb I say is one Buck for every 4 to 6 does; one male per pin or cage. Make a Pin for the female that is pregnant too.
http://www.rudolphsrabbitranch.com/rrrpt1.htm
http://www.wikihow.com/Raise-Rabbits-for-Food
Good overall reading..
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Susta...y-Rabbits.aspx
Good information video.
http://www.raisingmeatrabbits.com/
Making Rabbit pins/Cages:
Here is a Base cage that would work good at home.
http://msucares.com/livestock/small_animal/pub1195.pdf
Here is a place to give you some ideas too.
http://www.rabbit-cages-and-hutches....bit-cages.html
This is the best one I found as far as getting free plans. I used the rabbit hutch one to show my locals to build and it worked. You can use these not just for rabbits but many other live stocks.
Best way down range are taking 3’x3’x3’ HESCO section and taken off the fabric and med or small pickets and driving them into the ground. Place the HESCO wire over the Pickets and zip ties them or wire bound them together. Cut a side section doorway with your bolt cutters and make hinges out of zip ties. If you have the Wood a piece of ply across the top works fine. If not wood use what the local are using for the Goat sheds, typically crow stocks. Keep in mind when you emplace the pin/cage that you will have to move it at some point. The 3’x3’x3’ HESCO section with its three section works great and you don’t need to put a picket on each corner, the four outside ones and a couple on the insides. You can take the 2’x2’x2’ HESCO section and cut them down to two or three section and build a “table” stand for the three section. This way you have a Cage that can be move just about anywhere.
So what worked for you? How many did you have? Cages or pins used? Feed used?
Have you done anything like this one your deployments? What worked and what didn't?
Lets keep thise rabbit related too, we will move one to other live stocks.