Raising Rabbits - What You Can And Can't Feed A Rabbit
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- Today's video is a 5 week update of our litter that we have been following from the beginning! They are now starting to eat some fresh grass in preparation for being moved to the growout lawn tractor. We are also discussing what foods every rabbit should have in their diet, and what foods you should never feed a rabbit.
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Pre-season your meat by feeding it herbs!
What a life hack.
My rabbit jumped on my bed and ate my whole Kit Kat, it’s been 8 months and surprisingly she’s still alive
A rabbit will absolutely eat carrot, potatoe, beets, saw grass, fire weed ( Alaskan here) in the wild because when they are in the wild there food choices are not 18% timothy pellets. I have seen crops decimated by rabbits in the fall when the green grass is mostly gone including corn, millet, sorgam, green beans, bell peppers, and even tomatoes and peas (especially). Rabbits frequently nest and try to warren in gardens. I am glad you have never experienced losing your garden to rabbits but 90% of what you said they do not eat in the wild is only accurate if they are miles from a garden out in a forest somewhere.
I'm a 2x pet rabbit owner, so I couldn't ever imagine eating them now. But I've ate rabbit before and I respect that they do taste delicious. I appreciate the information you shared in this video. I'm forever googling, "can a rabbit eat..... "insert food" while at the grocery store. Thank you for the informative video. And regardless of why you raise them, it appears you take great pride in their care. ❤
Thank you! It's good to know whether pet or livestock. My breeders are pets. I have breeders I've had for 6 years already.
I just got a lawn tractor for my bunnies and their pups once they're of age. They love it! I'm raising my bunnies on pasture in the spring‐fall and winter will be hay and fodder. I live in texas so winters tend to be mild. Already nearly doubled in size since I switched them from straight hay! Can't wait for the first litter and harvest! You've been my main influence for raising meat rabbits myself ❤💗 Thank you!
I just started watching "rabbit" videos and you are already my favorite because you have no issue just talking about everything. Just like the little smashed rabbit and what you might do with it. My female German Shepherd would totally eat that. Thank you for not being squeamish!!
You bet!
Honestly, watching back I use to be so defensive about the rabbits lives and everything, but I’ve grown to respect your honesty with the process. You have 1st hand control of your diet and know directly where your food is coming from. We in the comments have to depend on stores with there GMO products and GH produce, not knowing what we’re truly eating. Disclaimer : (People in the comments )please stop with the hate because this woman has an abundance of rabbits and is doing what we all should be inspired to do. PERIODT
Thank you, I appreciate you hearing us out.
Sorry for your loss. People don't understand even if you are raising them for food, you still care about them.
Thank you, yeah losses on the farm are never easy.
I will never understand that myself. I don’t eat animal products as they deserve to live out their natural lives just like us.
They dont care about them they care about using them, if it dies they r sad cuz they r unable to sell or eat it as a full grown animal, they dont make as much money. Just like if u lost a slave. Im glad im.not your child, wouldnt be suprisized if u killed and ate your children, friends and pets.
😂😂😂That's quite the ethical leap you made there, pal!
@@bvegannow1936 do us all a favor and go take your vitamin B12 supplement you stupid asshole. Your brain is so malnourished you don't even know what you're saying. You have no sense of logic or reason.
Wow! How informative. When I was younger we raised rabbits as pets and meat and we gave them the corn fodder, tops of various brassicas, as well as the rabbit pellets and apples. This was all at the instruction of the lady that we called the rabbit lady.
We also used to trap wild rabbits and it seemed that the best bait for wild rabbits( cottontails) was onions and apples. Thank God for the internet and CZcams. We now get very valuable information that makes much of our past learnings obsolete. Thank you for the information, keep putting out great videos.
Thank you very much! Glad it's helpful!
Onions are not good for rabbits.
Ur videos r so educational. I have benefitted greatly as a novice. Keep up the good work. (I'm happy I subscribed) 😍
Love the video. Came here to comment on your lisp. Love it! My aunt has the same slight lisp and hates it. I always thought it was unique! Thanks for the information!
I’m sorry for the loss. I don’t eat meat myself. But I know there has to be some kind of connection between you and the rabbits due to the fact that you take very good care of them. They are very cute.
Farmers do love and care for their animals. They are our livelihood, and we do want to see them have a good life until the day. It's always sad to see one get hurt or sick.
@Austin Martín Hernández so you rather farmers starve and mistreat their animals because they are going to die anyway?? What a moron!!! Are you a computer nerd?? You have zero common sense! Probably a farmer will get top dollar for well cared animals versus neglected animals.
@Austin Martín Hernández kind of compare it too, your pets are the moms and dads, you name them and care for them for say 10 years, in that 10 years they have taken care of you by providing food for most of that 10 years. you would eat their young at about 5-6 months old. my granddad waited until the young weighed about 6-7 pounds. they raised rabbits and had over 300 with names. they sold them to pet stores and sold them dressed out as food. they killed 25 every 2 weeks and sold 50 pure breed New Zealand whites to UAB laboratories every month. they had on average 500 that they fed and watered everyday. they had about 6-10 different breeds. New Zealand reds and whites, Siamese Satin, Rex, Dutch (black,red,and blue),Dwarfs,Californians, a couple of Lops and 1 doe from the Giant breeds (she weighed 20 pounds). they would keep the breeders until they couldn't produce anymore then they were fattened up and used to make rabbit sausage. old rabbits have tough meat, they mixed 2/3rds rabbit 1/3 pork, rabbit has very little fat. Rabbit is all white meat like chicken breasts more protein and less fat than chicken also. If you love chicken to eat you would like rabbit very much.
@Austin Martín Hernández I'm fighting that battle in my head at the moment. I need to start raising something for meat. Given the breaks in the supply chains I believe we all do, but I'm not sure I could ever kill anything. Butchers are a good option, or friends who are comfortable with the process are a good option if they'd do it for trade or something. One of the best videos I've watched about it is Becky's Homstead's video "Meat with Mercy."
Good luck!
@@cherylmcelveen2817 one thing you can do is to check if there's anyone nearby with meat rabbits to go to and just observe how everything is done. It's a bit scary, but very informative =)
In the end I could do it myself with no help. I believe that if I've raised them I'm also the one to put them down as well
I personally have watched a group of rabbits(5).. You're correct, they do eat the green tops of carrots.. But these SOB's did dig up potatoes. They seem to love only the skin of the potatoes.. The tops were partially eaten and the potatoes were "PERFECTLY" peeled.. They also loved cabbage.. Many times, I wanted to kill them.. I got more enjoyment watching them for about 2 months.. Beside, only a matter of time B4 a hawk would pick them off.. Thought I might get to see it.. No such luck.. I "NEVER" saw any smaller rabbits.. All the same size.. No fighting... No chasing.. Like they were a group of related bachelors.. From around mid Aug to late Sep, I enjoyed the antics of these (5)..
Great tutorial! Who knew? I’ve never been around rabbits and all I know are misconceptions!!
Yeah cartoons always show bugs eating the carrot first. Clearly he would start with the greens lol
O'ops, I was feeding Kits broken broccoli crowns I was getting from a Grocer by the Bagful. I have been slowly pruning Apple Tree's that were never Sprayed, and they love the leaves and totally strip the bark which helps dullen their teeth. I save the stripped sticks for Woodstove Kindling once they dry up.
In nature, wild rabbits eat bark, when we were cutting Poplar for veneer and Pulp in the winter months we'd see the stripped branches in the morning.
Love you're Videos, much appreciated from Northern Ontario.
A little broccoli is fine, but I wouldn't feed a lot. Stems are probably better. They love the tree trimmings!
We had a five by five patch of cilantro that would come back each year by reseeding. We always used a good portion for the rabbits, who loved it. After the seeds fell, we would harvest the thick stalks and let them dry. It was a treat the rabbits looked forward to all winter.
Great info. I am considering starting to do this. Your info was great. Thank you
There so cute! Thank you for sharing, very informative! Just subscribed 😀
Rabbits do eat root crops in the wild tho. A rabbit has no trouble digging up carrots, radishes, turnips, etc. Yes, the prefer the nice tender, green tops first but in nature they always go back for the root during winter when the green tops cant be found and nobody left them a bag of pellets behind the stump. They can dig a carrot up in seconds flat in frozen ground, just like deer do. Rabbits often dig into the ground to build a nest for their litter. Digging is necessary to keep the toenail from overgrowing and growing into their feet.
Animals eat much more in the wild than what we give them credit for or think they should eat. Usually the animal itself is the best indication of what its diet needs to contain. They know better than we do on what is good or not so watch closely sometime and you'll see.
I have been raising rabbits just shy of 50 years now. The past 15 years I have allowed free ranging of t b.c e rabbits and that is when they teach you everything you thought you already knew about raising rabbits.
Have fun!!
That's true, they can dig them up, but they only will if greens aren't available.
Ty for info!
Don Pfeiffer great and helpful comment. Funny how we think pellets could be better than anything they get naturally. Encourages me for our rabbits!
I have a pet rabbit in my lawn .. and 90% of the time it stays under the ground .. getting out things to eat although there's loads and loads of grass grown .. .. rabbits can surely dig in and eat reddish carrots n all even if the greens are available
@@rahemahmed7094 do you have fencing? Or how do you teach him to stay in your lawn?
I love the way you guys live. We plan on buying land in Oregon when my wife finishes nursing school. Our dream is to have a small farm.
Awesome! What calls you to Oregon?
@@GoodSimpleLiving A few years ago I was injured on duty and now I'm medically retired. I've always loved Oregon and we finally have the opportunity to leave California. When my wife finishes the Nursing program she's applying for a job up there.
I lived in the Willamette Valley for nine years and gardening was never easier. The soil is great. You just drop some seeds in and get a great harvest. Plant dahlias, roses, and hydrangea for beauty. They get so BIG there! And Marionberries, man, I miss those. Great place for apples and grapes as well. And hazelnut trees. So much you can grow if you live in the valley.
Love your videos...very informative. Bless you.
Thank you so much!
Every time I watch your videos I learn something! Iceberg lettuce was something I never would have thought about not being good for them 😮
But now that you explained it, it makes total sense 👍
Yay, I'm so glad! Thank you for your help yesterday!
Good Simple Living And Homesteading
My pleasure, Thank you 👍😁
I only feed iceberg lettuce in the summer when it is hot.
I assumed it would due to it being bad for rats but now I know it’s bad for them.
This was only just recommended to me but I would just like to share this- my rabbit got out one time and she ran around 2 days we couldn’t find her- I then found her in the garden eating the carrots, she dug them out!
Whoa! I'm glad I watched this video. I didn't know about broccoli and cauliflower being no-nos! Thanks a TON for that.
You bet!
M'y rabbit lovesss brocoli and the vet told me that i can give her some. Juste two Times a week instead of every day.
They are growing so fast! this is a great series and very concise, thank you, cant wait to get growing my own rabbits!
Awesome, so glad!
I've had rabbits that dug carrots up and ate them right out of the ground.
I believe you 110%.
Rabbits barrow. I was actually questionable about this. Until this question.
Rabbits can really dig deep. They've got Tough Claws. And really Strong legs
Yeah, they would probably eat a lot of the things she said not to feed them in nature, they aren't very picky, and they do dig. That doesn't mean it's good for them, and in nature they'd mostly be eating grasses and leafy greens. But if you are raising them for meat, maybe it doesn't matter so much so long as they live long enough to grow full size.
Know a girl who feeds her rabbits a carrot every day they are all fine no clue why she thinks they shouldn't have them much at all
@@Nick-yh6of exactly,mine too was crazy about her carrots.
if anyone is watching these videos and wanting a rex variety like cindy and her kits the color is called black tort. It was called black and fawn in the video, but black tort is the correct term when looking for breeders :)
Another good informative video! I am planning to start a rabbitry this spring here in Ohio.
Awesome, have fun
The rabbits are beautiful I need to start up again with my rabbits especially for the manure
Getting into all sorts of new things , small time homesteading.. rabbits are next . Thanks for all great info . New sub here 👍🏻
I have seen rabbits eating tomatoes in my garden. Though I must admit that is very rare. high sugar and acid, low fiber. I thought it was odd. but after I chased them out, I found that about 6 of them had been eaten half way through.
That being said, I would never feed them tomatoes even as a snack. I built mine 4x12 wheeled cage with chicken wire bottom. over seeded my back yard with clover timothy and alfalfa, and let the dandelions grow. Moved the cage around the yard every couple days. They mowed my yard and fertilized it.
Nice, that's a brilliant strategy there.
The rabbit could have been eating on the tomato for the juice, it could have been thirsty. Maybe you could sit a bowl of water out if you want. Squirrels we're burring on my brothers tomato's in his garden and we think that maybe they were thirsty.
Great vid and very informative. Super healthy food sourse do a vid of processing the meat please.
Those rabbits look really healthy, this woman knows what she is doing.
Thank you!
@@GoodSimpleLiving Vegans just don't understand how much care your giving to these beautiful babies ❤
We do care for our rabbits, thank you!
@Good Simple Living And Homesteading so explain that wired flooring
I have many times, but the reason for hardware cloth floor outdoors is to protect them from fleas, mites, flystrike, and bot flies that are instantly attracted to any sitting waste. The wire floor keeps them clean, and protects their hocks from urine burn. They have resting mats and wooden sleep boxes as well.
Your right about the carrot myth.
It's the same like cats and milk
Rats and cheese.
I feed my rabbits hay/grass and each adult rabbit gets 1/2 cup of pellets each day.
I do give a little bit of cooked chicken or beef a few days before the mothers give birth.
I have found that the does don't eat their baby's as long as they have a proper level of protein.
NOOO rabbits are vegans. They are suppose to eat only plants! Give alfalfa as a source of protein and never ever chicken or beef.
..'loss of life.. in fact IS life' ...i do respect how y'all care for your animals..as i admire your willingness to share specific information & tips to those who wish to learn to raise rabbits responsibly..., another video (btw as long as it's factual and helpful...you can never share too much information - r.e. your LIVE last evening ☮️&🌱's
Thanks Leroy, and we appreciate your respectful approach even though we eat differently.
@@GoodSimpleLiving ..as i do yours as well...have a great week...☮️&🌱's
@@leroybrown7757 thank you, you too
I have 3 rabbits and my rabbits love herbs and thank you for the info!!
Thank you for another informative and interesting video. I appreciate it. Art in CA
So glad, thank you!
How you can check on your new litters without going all "awww" is really beyond me, i swear. My oldest doe is having her first somewhere this week and im still processing the fact that im going to have to cull some of the kits when theyre older. Sometimes i wonder if im actually cut out for this, but your videos make me feel a bit better knowing its possible to respect and care for your animals while raising them.
maybe it's cause she wasn't doing this for the first time
Plus they're super ugly before their fur comes in
Yeah… I am the same. I want to raise meat rabbits, but I don’t know about that… and I have talked to people who screwed up when killing the bunny and it screamed. Rabbits notoriously scream in a way that sounds like a human child screaming, and I know people it doesn’t effect, and I know people who went full vegan after botching a bunny butchering…. I’d hate to screw up a bunny butchering and go full vegan. I love bacon!
@@johnrice1943 no they aren’t 😢 they are super cute
Wow! Do you have any advice or tips to start this kind of life? I’ve been binge watching your videos all morning!
We did a video a while back called "Cop saved $200K Buys Homestead" that explains our journey. We also did a speech that is on her for Mother Earth News that may have some helpful tips. This winter we are going to do a more in-depth series on finances, and planning.
They use cooked grains from breweries as an ingredient in rabbit pellets.
You guys have the best rabbit raising channel on CZcams.
Thank you, really appreciate that!
That's MY cilantro! When we get our rabbits, they better step off my herbs 😛
My husband and I have decided that depending on where we start our homestead and maybe a few other possibilities of course, that we will give any meat animals that die randomly as an offering so to speak to the near by predators many say this helps keep them from coming into the coops, farm etc., And helps reduce waste if like you said you don't feed it to your dogs/other animal. You could also sell them to a snake breeder for a few bucks/free. We like to try to use everything and new ideas can be helpful/resourceful. ☺️
It's a nice idea in theory, but if you start feeding local predators they are sure to return, and they will feed on your live animals. If you wanted to use them to trap predators, that's one thing, but I sure wouldn't feed them.
They also like strawberries, clover, and dandelions.
Yes they do!
My oldest buck chows down dandelions faster than Charlie Sheen can snort a line of coke.
do rabbits ever get gut problems from the white powdery mildew? like is seen late summer , squash leaves are really noticeable
commonconservative well you wouldn’t feed them plants with mildew in the first place lol.
in my area the mildew hits around june july so any homegrown greens or dandelions start getting mildew, my point is somebody stills feeds it to their rabbits probably and I wondered if they are able to tolerate it
Also we give ours a small pruning from either apple peach pear or a piece of soft wood which they chew on to keep their teeth in check, notice that they chew on nest boxes for the same reason
Yeah our does have eaten their nests. We try to give them pinecones and branches.
what about giving them bones?
@@commonconservative7551 no bones.
I saw a video of a deer eating a bird and then other herbivores eating meat so I thought there would be no problem....what about antlers?
This is great information to know before starting to raise rabbits. Thank you for sharing.
So glad, thank you!
Great topic.... Well done!
Thank you very much!
Tricky topics but we'll needed... It's sometimes hard to find solid advice with rabbit care.
@@wildedibles819 thanks, glad its helpful
Great great video as always....thank you
Thank you!
I have wild rabbits (as in pests I root for the hawks and owls to get), and they've never eaten roots. They'll eat some surprising stuff though: potato flowers and new growth (which I thought was toxic, but the rabbits didn't read those articles). They love squash blossoms, and I have to drape my squash with chicken wire to get a crop. But bean plants are their fave--they'll eat every single leaf that they can reach. And yes, all my parsley got eaten and most of my marjoram and oregano. Thyme and sage, nope: they won't touch it. And they're fond of day lily flowers.
They love flowers and leaves!! Sorry they are ruining your garden. Our dog and cats take care of the cottontails.
@@GoodSimpleLiving Thanks for the sympathy. I plant extra and hope they leave me some! lol. And I fence, and spray hot sauce, and deer net. And sometimes at dawn I go out with the pellet gun and hope for dinner.
Moi check out Hunting with Hardman. He does pest control. He has an impressive pellet gun set up.
@@wendysgarden4283 eek! I think they'll probably have more babies and call their mates over!! I like your thinking though - enough for all :)
Our rabbit and the wild rabbits around here love dandelions.
That they do!
Wow. Can you visit im starting a rabbit
Will they eat the tap root from a dandelion?
Have you ever given them comfrey leaves, they are said to have a lot of protean in them.
Same here. My rabbit who died a few years ago LOVED dandelions. By far his favourite food.
Enjoy watching your video
I grow sweet potatoes, and they grow all over the place. Out of my garden and into the grass. I keep cutting them back to keep them from taking over the yard. Can I feed them the sweet potato plants, the vines that grow on top of the ground. I have a 20 by 25 ft garden and like I said they fill that up grow into the next yards and out into my lawn and keep cutting them back. I have a lot of this. I don't know how much they can eat but I run my lawnmower over it to keep from having sweet potatoes growing in the yard.
I grow kale and comfrey specifically for my rabbits
an occasional thin slice of banana with the peel
That's awesome!
I have comfrey also.
do you feed them it when the powdery mildew season starts in late summer?
@@commonconservative7551 I don't feed them anything with mildew
If I can't grow grass, can I just use pellets, Timothy hay, and the other things you mentioned?
Yup, pellets and hay
I used to have rabbits, they LOVED cilantro.
Thank you for sharing some information. 🐇
We put wood blocks (pine) and pine cones to help keep their teeth down. It this ok they seam to love the pine cones
Yes mine love pinecones too! They also love crunchy fall leaves.
We do that also!
What's the point they are just gonna be eaten. It's cruel
@@aleiyuh1712 Do you eat meat? If you do, an animal had to die. The meat in the store did not magically appear.
@@aleiyuh1712 well because we believe in them having the best life possible whole they are hear, but more importantly, we keep our breeders many years. I still have rabbits 7 years after I got them. Their tooth health matters. BTW all your little snippy comments are really good for my channel, and for that I thank you.
Sounds like that litter has a secret fight club, and nobody's talking about it. How many litters do you get from a Mother, and what do you do with the older mother rabbit when it's past it's litter years?
Not sure what happened to that fluffy guy?? He was the runt, maybe there is some Lord of the Flies going on. I get about 4 litters a year from our does, but I don't breed heavily. I breed them about 4 years, and then retire them to pet homes.
My retired breeders and the other rabbits that I don't eat become cat food. I grind them up and add egg yolks, water, taurine, fish oil, vitamin e, and vitamin b complex. Then I freeze it and the cats eat it raw at body temperature.
Will Dwyer aw that’s not very nice to those hard working rabbits. But I understand it. Can’t waste any I guess
My adult rabbits rex, California & netherland dwarfs love whole wheat kernels mixed into their pellets! I have been mixing scratch in with their pellets sometimes too. I will quit doing that now. I also give them celery & carrots occasionally. I am going to build a rabbit tractor as well.
I don’t have any issues with bloat but one time I bought a rabbit that brought coccidia in and the new bunny was isolated from my breeding stock but was in same yard area as my grow outs in tractor. With coccidia the bloat seems to be what gets them 1st. I had great luck with using the baby gas drops and horse probiotics. Of course antibiotic Albon for the coccidia part. Saved all but one baby. Our rabbit food we feed recently was on the list for recall due to much calcium in the food from a machine issue they had. Probiotics I can’t stress enough if they have a bit of diarrhea. This time I used a powder form that can be added to the water.
Awesome, wonderful information
Speaking of composting, have you tried or know about using black soldier fly composting for chicken feed? That dead pup meat could be converted into chicken, pig or fish feed.
Interesting, no I haven't
They can also get bloat from cucumbers. And it will give them diarrhea if given too much
great video the only thing we really do deferent is the hay I cut and bale all our on hay and it a mix of every thing lol it what most people would call mix grass hay but that's an easy way for people to say idk hay. I have noticed just like in our horses and cattle the rabbits eat the mixed grass hay better than a single variety so it may save you some money to try a 2nd cutting bale of mixed grass hay just to see pure Timothy hay here is 5 to 7 dollars a square bale were mixed grass hay is 250 to 3 dollars a bale I sell all mine out of the field 3 dollars a bale and it's gone as soon as I get it baled. thanks again for the good info
We grow timothy alfalfa mix at our 20 acres in Idaho, so they eat that now. Here in WA they eat a lot if grass hay from our own property. They seem to love both just the same.
Thank you for all the info
You bet!
Now a serious one. Kale, spinach, carrot greens, do you purchase these items when not available in garden? These are pretty close to year round garden. Or better question, February March April, do you give any “treats”?
I feed seasonally like they would eat naturally. Kale I have year round. If I don't have garden food them I stick to timothy.
The bunnies are looking more delicious every video😂😂🇦🇺🇦🇺
This is for sure the cutest stage, but they keep growing lol
Good video..i really thinking about to farming a rabbits for food..its clean and good for human...keep sharing and i i really like ur video..cheers
Thank you!
Enjoying your informative videos; wondering what their diet looks like during the non-growing season?
We keep kale going all winter, but it's always pellets and timothy no matter what. 1 cup of pellets, mineral lick, and unlimited timothy.
Throw it to the dogs 🤣 you’re really going to get the keyboard Warriors all worked up.... are you working on a part 3 on haters comments.. enjoyed the informative video!
Part 3 could be made today, there have been some really nuts comments this month!
Good Simple Living And Homesteading well I enjoy your regular videos but definitely would like to see part 3 for a good laugh
I raise rabbits for dog food.😳🤣
@@MrRbrgrn it'll be coming!
Good Simple Living And Homesteading don’t engage with trolls, they have closed minds.
What is a tractor and how often do you put them in it. Winter is coming and I don't know what to do with the rabbits Do I bring them inside maybe the basement
Tractors are basically portable cages open to the ground for pasture grazing. They don't work well if you have snow on the ground, but you could hutch for winter or move into a barn or garage.
We keep our outdoor rabbits in a hutch in the tree house. It gives then good protection from the elements plus we can open their cages to run around a bit for winter exercise. A shed would work well too!
I raised Californians years ago. After harvesting the broccoli or cauliflower I would pull the whole plant up and feed it to the mother & babies of any age. The next morning only the middle core of the stalk would be left. I never had any problems. Maybe I was just lucky. They liked broccoli the best, but carrot tops were their favorite.
Thanks for the great vids and this series is very helpful. About the 2 and 1 or 3 and 1 (does to bucks) how do you breed stock, in the future, that may be related?
When I lose an animal (or find fresh roadkill), I just throw it in the pressure cooker and give it to the chickens
love it! little protien boost for them - bet it makes their egg yokes deep orange, super nutritious!
I want to create my own Breed of indoors meat rabbits so im trying to create a Dwarf Meat Rabbit Breed The male should be the Dwarf Right?
Yes the larger should be the female. Careful with dwarfs, they tend to carry some negative traits like peanuts.
Casually looking out the window and seeing some rabbits munching on carrots in garden beds...😂
G'day, thanks for the great information. God bless you guys.
Thank you so much, God bless!
Rabbits are grazers , they love Dandelions .
Something was wrong with it or it got damaged during delivery lol you talk like they lil fluffy amazon packages
getting ready to start with a buck and 2 does..I live on a piece of property that has at least 10-15 kinds of weeds and grasses. Would it be safe to build a tractor for the grow out or would the babies inadvertently eat something poisonous? Thoughts on kudzu by the way?
Very informative. Looking to get rabbits soon and this channel kept coming up. Thumbs up! Awesome!
I feed my rabbits a lot of rabbits,they grow so fast as meat eaters!
Huh?
Mark Harrison What?
You need to go live with pigmees ....pig you!
I bury my baby dead rabbits in my flower garden in a cloth and tell them I love them.
Hoping to have rabbits in the future. Loving these videos! Very informative ❤️
Thank you, I'm so glad!
I used to give my pet rabbits carrot tops. Good to know my chosen treat for them was a good choice.
Yup, one of their favorites!
STOP PLAYING WITH YOUR FOOD ..
i’d buy some from you so that they don’t get eaten:(
Also good rabbit food is stinging nettle, healthy and cheap. We also dry it for the winter with some other herbs and mix it with the Timothy hay.
I was wondering about that! I didnt give any because i though their skin in their mouths would hurt like on my skin. Its abundant in my garden, cheers !
Very helpful thanks
Sure, I’m anxious for part 3. Maybe include the kids in some that aren’t to bad. They need to learn how to interact with those of different viewpoints. I’m not picky, you videos are always well produced, you have a easygoing tone as you explain what’s happening. You could do a video on harvesting nuts, and make it entertaining.
haha thank you! I'd harvest vegan nuts but I don't think they have any.... what?
Good Simple Living And Homesteading hahahahaha I busted up on that
I have free range rabbits in my backyard. Rabbits dig like made and eat roots, so carrots etc. are on the menu. In the summer. I go up to the local veg stand everyday and they give me all of the questionable stuff. The rabbits literally come running when I put it out. Never any issues, I'm aware of. They also have access to rabbit pellets and alpha hay.
Great resource!
Thank you!
So I'm assuming things like, clover, radish tops, and such are okay? Any flowers they should not eat? What about foliage? Like tomato leaves and similar?
I have goji, garden huckleberry, and tomatoes in my yard. Lots of solanaceae actually. Is that gonna cause issues? And should I not tractor around that?
I’m getting my 2 8-week bunnies today. Thank you for the excellent info! Very helpful!
Ooops we've been giving them carrots and apples quite a lot! We'll have to change that. They really enjoy them. We've also been giving kale and chard, grass, dandelions and blackberries. When I first got the rabbits I bought a big pack of spinach from the supermarket and between them it was all gone in 24hrs.I love watching the rabbits eyes go big when they see a lovely pile of fresh leaves and goodies and they devour it!
They really love the natural greens. You can still give them apples and carrots, just not as a staple in their diet, more like a treat :)
@@GoodSimpleLiving I love to see them getting bigger. None of them are fat, but of course that is a distinct possibility in time with what they're getting.
Ripe apples fall from the tree, and would be accessible to rabbits since before the May Flower.
A couple we know are quitting their homestead life to move to the city.....don’t ask me why, maybe they don’t watch the news. But they are getting rid of their rabbits. Sooooo I’ll be watch all your rabbit videos.
You should put a few nails through the bottom of the nesting box so it has pegs on the bottom that stick through the wire bottom, would prevent the box from sliding
Thanks for sharing. We just acquired a bunch of silver fox rabbits and will start breeding next month. Thanks for all of the info on feeding rabbits!
Can You show us what you do with the pelts after you tan them
My rabbits are on endless timothy hay, and are hiven once daily of carrots and apples and weekly strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries. They are healthy.