I wanted some kind of meat production. I had chickens for a year and a half, loving them, but developed a lung sensitivity that caused me to have trouble breathing and had to get rid of them. Recently I got rabbits. I think I made a mistake, though. I picked out some giant chinchillas (only have 1 doe and 1 buck at the moment) and had our first litter 3 weeks ago. I should have picked one of the less cute bunnies, like a californian or new zealand. These guys are going to be hard to kill. My husband has said he want to let them go in the yard and shoot them because killing them while holding them may be too hard. We didn't have any issues killing and processing chickens and he hunts so we kill and process deer and elk. Bunnies are different.

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Always an issue with cute pets...err, food.

I know the pain. Definitely don't let them loose in the yard and try to shoot them though. thats a bad time likely to happen.

There are tried and true methods of dispatching your rabbits, and nothing wrong with using a 22 in my opinion either. point blank is very reliable, but i wont ever shoot one i raised if its loose.

the wild off chance i miss or it moves from my point of aim is just not worth the stress on the animal or myself feeling bad about an injured animal i care for.

rabbits are by far the hardest for me to harvest, however i will say they are so much easier to process than chickens and its much cleaner of a process.. but maybe thats just me being bad at processing chickens lolol

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