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    ELECTRIC MEAT GRINDER

    I personally have the field and stream electric grinder. It takes time for big game such as deer or antelope but it does work pretty well even with adding fat. Depending how how fine you like your meat you might have to run it through twice. But for rabbit meat I think it would do just fine and...
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    Confused Rabbit - False Pregnancy?

    no her sides do not look bulged. she does just fine if you are just trying to touch her to pet, but she once you try to rub the sides of her belly she try's to run away and does not want to be picked up. Not sure though if she is just not used to be handled though. She does not pu her hay in her...
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    Confused Rabbit - False Pregnancy?

    I also am not sure how to tell if your doe is pregnant any ideas on what I could do? We just got her last week and the people we got her from had her in the same cage with the buck (which we also bought). we separated them the day after we brought them home. The night we brought them home they...
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    Meat Rabbit feeding sugestions

    We are completely new to the whole raising meat rabbits. I grew up as a city kid and now that I am getting older I can't stand to be in the city and have taken up alot of interest into trying to be more self suffiencient about 3 years ago or so. Started of with chickens for egg production and...
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    Meat Rabbit feeding sugestions

    This is our youngest doe If I remember right the mom was a New Zealand Red and the dad a New Zealand White. Her name is cinnamon.
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    Meat Rabbit feeding sugestions

    My second doe is red with some white in her she looks like cinnamon and sugar. I am feeding the buck different feed because it only has 16% protein in it and I read that was all the protein that was really needed. Where as the Manna Pro Gro pellets have 18% protein which I read was ideal to give...
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    Meat Rabbit feeding sugestions

    That's great to hear since that was what my plans were to be as well. I am thinking that maybe I do need to cut the pellets back a little bit. The Manna Pro Gro pellets are 18% protein so thinking about 1/2 a cup might be better.
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    Meat Rabbit feeding sugestions

    We just got the rabbits about 3 days ago. The buck and older doe were housed together in a 30x30 cage outdoors after getting them home we seperated them and made their cages bigger. So now each rabbit has a cage that is 60x30. So a little more room for them and they seem much happier. The...
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    Meat Rabbit feeding sugestions

    Hello all I am new to raising rabbits and was wondering what amount of feed and the type I should be using? To shed a little light on what I am currently doing now I will explain: First of all we have 1 6month old New Zealand Red buck, 1 6month old New Zealand Red doe, and 1 3month old New...
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    new member introduction

    Thank you for the warm welcoming to this group and information. I am located out on the plains of Colorado.
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    new member introduction

    Hello all my name is Jesse and I am new to the self suffiecient lifestyle. We had started out with 4 mixed breed hens in our chicken flock about 2 years ago. Since then we have gained 1 barred rock rooster, 1 silver laced wyandotte rooster with 4 silver laced wyandotte hens, and recently just...
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