How do you keep the rabbits in the colony if they roam free like that? Don't they burrow out of it?
A rabbit harvest is way overdue
https://v.nostr.build/6MWR.mp4
We have way too many rabbits that we've been feeding only because we haven't prioritized harvesting them. We usually catch them as part of the morning chores but with the winter chores it has fallen out of routine. We just ate three from the crock pot, have one resting in the fridge and one in a cage that I'll process tomorrow. I hope to have the rest harvested over the next week or so. We are still undecided whether to get new breeding stock in the spring or keep what we have. We are are looking for slightly larger rabbits.
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There is 1ft of chicken wire on the ground all the way around the inside of the fence which makes is difficult to dig out. That, and the large amount of space plus the mound for burrows means they don't try to escape.