people can be rude sometimes

Pearce Pastures said:

LOL well do NOT look up your typo---

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In rabbits different breeds definitely cost differently. I think the prices are a bit low if they are registered for Himalayans. But I would be separating them by show quality, breeding quality and culls then pricing them. If you paid 50/rabbit then and they are show quality their best offspring should be about the same price. Breeding quality about 80% of the cost, culls wouldn't be registered or pedigreed and sold for pets or meat buyers.

I kinda feel stupid about the prices well then I'll put the prices up higher on show quality in reg. I do have 2 bucks that are grand champions in a couple does champions and I got 12 cull rabbits in the other 10 rabbits are reg.Himalayans are freezer is full from the 26 cull rabbits we had in the 2 hogs we had butchered and half a steer this is the 2 year Ive sold my livestock I've always just butched them it seemed easier to eat what I've grown kinda seems like a waste that I have to sell them

Why would it seem like a waste to sell them? You've invested all that time, energy, emotion and money to raise them all. You keep and use what you can to feed your family, and sell the rest to generate hard cash for other things that you can't get from the animals. Use the proceeds for building materials for their housing, their food, medical supplies, etc. With the ever increasing demand for locally grown food, you are in an ideal situation, and already established. People out there WANT what you have to offer... it is in no way a waste... at either end of the sale!

I agree with Latestarter. Your feed store wants cash for what you feed them. They take a lot of time to breed, palpate, prep nest boxes, sort litters, etc. This is all work you put into the rabbitry. If you are selling everything you produce easily, then check around and see what others are selling for. You don't want to raise your prices so high that you lose your market, but for the show quality stock (which should be the only breeders for sale to protect your reputation) you don't want to be asking meat prices. If you can make enough off your meat rabbits to support the breeding stock - congratulations! You are doing it right! Be proud.

BTW people who want to under cut you on prices suck. Too many people think that they should be able to just walk onto your property and tell you what they want to pay and you should be grateful to them! These people are rude and have never had to do much work to produce a product. Ranch work is hard, expensive and so much can go wrong to put you double in the red. People seem to think that raising animals is storybook land. I'd like to see them climb out of bed in the middle of the night to pull kids or lambs. The people that want to offer $25 for an animal are the ones that won't bother to feed it properly, or will dump it when they tire of it. I hate it that I have had people come out to look at animals for sale, let their kids run all over the barn, then leave after a nice outing at what they probably consider is a free petting zoo! Phooey!

So far I had 1 person bring their breeding pair of rabbits back cause they didn't know they breed all the time if left together 24/7 when they breed they have a big litter in a years time they had 50 some rabbits cause they left them together I took all the rabbits in butcher them I hate when people are stupid do your research before buying animals

Years ago I used to sell Holland Lops as pet rabbits at Easter. I sold them with a cage, feeder and water bottle. I had people buy them for their small children and I would warn them not to let the rabbits run loose and not to leave them alone with their young children. After the first year I bred my litters 2 weeks apart. The first bunch of litters were for the Easter sales. The second bunch were replacements for the ones the idiots killed by doing what I told them not to. Toddlers hugged them to death, the lovable dog wanted to play with the bunny and "accidently" killed it, the bunny fell in the pool and drowned, got run over the by the kids on their bikes, you name it! I made money but after 3 years I stopped selling pet rabbits and just sold meat. It was more humane to sell the rabbits for meat than to sell them for pets. Some homes were good, but too many were just "get the kids a bunny for Easter" people who were not interested in proper care. I am always amazed by how many people just get a "cute" animal without thinking ahead to how big it will be later, the needs of the animal, what it costs to feed,m and will they really want to take care of this animal in a month or a year.

Cute baby animals are one reason that shelters are full of neglected, abandoned, and abused animals. Animals are a commitment for years and years and harder to get rid of than a bad marriage. They are like kids that never grow up and some never leave home for college either.

Choose your pets wisely.

You are so right and yet so few people do this! In our pc society do you think people feel it is callous to choose a pet with their minds instead of just their hearts?