The Beginning Of Our Homestead Rabbit Journey

Reader Contribution by Amy Fewell
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Raising rabbits on our homestead has been such a joy for me, personally. It is a livestock that can be inexpensively taken care of, and is easily handled, processed and cooked. Not to mention, rabbit meat is making quite the comeback in modern cuisine in the United States and Europe. Rabbit is, in fact, one of the most common meals that our ancestors ate, and thousands of groups of people all across the world still thrive off of rabbit meat as their main source of protein.

I’ll be honest, though — raising rabbits wasn’t always a joy for me. I wasn’t really keen on the idea of raising rabbits when my husband first mentioned it. To think that I would have these tiny little bunnies one day, and dinner in the freezer the next, didn’t quite appeal to me as a woman who loved cuddly things. But the more my husband talked about it, the more I became intrigued.

Here’s Why:

• Rabbits are high in protein and in most cases, can replace chicken in your diet. They are completely all white meat, with little to no dark meat. Many times, you can replace chicken with rabbit in almost every chicken recipe.

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