The Guide to Raising and Breeding Rabbits for Meat

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One of the first projects I wanted when we moved to our place in the country was rabbits. I had read many times that they produced excellent tasting meat at little cost. My wife, Carolyn, however, was sort of skeptical of the project because she thought that she she might not be able to eat the rabbits — they looked so cute.

One payday when I happened to read an advertisement offering a six compartment, all-metal wire hutch for sale for less than $20 I couldn’t resist this good buy. The hutch eventually came, but Carolyn was still skeptical and, anyway, we were up to our necks getting our barn finished up, learning to milk, running our broiler battery, tending to our bees and goats and setting the geese. It wasn’t hard to put off getting the rabbits for a while.

Then, a friend of mine, Wally Boren noticed I hadn’t done anything with my rabbit hutch and he asked if he could use it until I got ready. That was all right with me. He borrowed the hutch, set it up in his garage and began reading up on the subject of rabbits.

three rabbits eating out of a bowl

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  • Updated on Jun 8, 2022
  • Originally Published on Mar 1, 1970
Tagged with: breed, hasenpfeffer, rabbit, rabbit hutch
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