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When I got my rabbits, I picked giant chinchilla because they were pretty productive, but much cuter than the Californians and New Zealand.

I am so stupid. You don't want cute and friendly when you plan for them to be your food. We already have one of the babies that became a pet because we got busy and didn't butcher her soon enough and she is now the sweetest of the bunch and neither of us wants to kill her.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 1y ago

they aren't the best food, fat-wise anyway

it would be better to let them get to old age and just eat them after God does His thing maybe

idk about rabbits but for sure cows have more fat on them when they are older, and they aren't as cute when they are older

rabbits are very doey little critters, and hardly have a violent bone in their body, that's why they breed so much and live in holes

at some point if you aren't gonna raise them for food you are gonna have to either give them away or kill them

really, all the ruminants (i count rabbits as ruminants except they eat their poop instead of burping it up before a second round) are lovable critters, and most of the varieties you are gonna find on the market are completely docile, sweet, and adorable

killing a rabbit is easy, just twist its neck and done, they feel a brief flash of pain and then they are off in Rabbit Heaven

probably it's best to let the boys do it though, girls are bad at killing

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Liberty Gal 1y ago

I always let my husband do the deed, but then I do the majority of the butchering.

The one thing the rabbits are very good at doing is producing wonderful fertilizer for the garden. They are worth keeping just for that. Theoretically, we'll be breeding them again soon, but I keep staying so busy that I keep putting it off, because they need some extra tending at birth and the first 2 weeks or so.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 1y ago

they are pretty good barbecued though, even still, or stewed

plus their furs are nice, even common, plain types have quite soft fur that you can stitch together some nice trims on stuff... i met this girl once who had spent a year out in the wilds and i guess she was snaring wild ones, they are common in australia, and made herself a bunch of nice things, fuzzy bracers, trimmings on a sheepskin jacket... even some you can actually shear them and keep them until they are much older and fine for being a pet