i have a californian buck that is built like a concrete block.. when i cross him with one of my new zealand white does... especially one in particular... we get fantastic results.. i like waiting til they are 6 pounds "ish" before i process them for myself..
i also have a new zealand white...
my crosses far out perform my pure new zealands... and if it werent for people wanting to buy pure nzw's from me... i wouldnt own the nzw buck i have anymore...
im going to guess this was directed at me.. and i apologize for offending you.. when i had typed junk rabbits in a post i was referring to people picking up random rabbits from random people.. randomly letting them breed for no purpose at all and then trying to market them as "meat rabbits" ...
i just bought 2 american blue young does from a breeder... realizing they are #5 on the conservancy list... i paid $30 each.. and didnt flinch at that price... i didnt buy them to simply eat... even though they are considered a meat breed... maybe separate them in your mind that way and market...
i butchered 5 of our own last night.. its the 3rd or 4th time i've butchered rabbits... and i have gotten a lot quicker at it at least.. i love knowing they are mine.. i know what they've been fed and how they've grown.. i know i have a quality animal that i can feel good about eating and...
we use a free program from the net
http://www.kintraks.com/
right of center just down from the top is a link that says "free download"
its a good program so far
they dont have cards like those though... those are awesome additions... thanks for the link!
we have decided to focus on Holland Lops instead of Netherland Dwarfs... so we
have 3 Netherland Seniors for sale
a chestnut male
a black female
a broken black otter female
all three rabbits are from Gene Styles here in Florida... and are completely
pedigreed and proven
here's the addy to the...
we are raising Netherland Dwarfs and Holland Lops for show ... then we are raising meat rabbits using New Zealand White... i have 4 girls and 1 boy... and i have a Californian boy ... we also currently have 3 pet rabbits that make cute pet rabbit babies...
so we have quite an eclectic array of...
originally i purchased 2 homemade wood shelving units... one 6 feet long... one 8 feet long... three shelves each... after figuring out what didnt work lol.. i decided to cut them up and put them on legs.. so.. i have two 6 feet long wood hutches...and 2 eight feet long hutches... all wood with...
i just bought 4 nzw does... 2 are 7 months old.. same breeder but not sisters... 2 are 5 months old...they are sisters...
then i bought a californian buck... he is 5.5 months old... and yesterday i got a pure nzw buck... 1 year old...
im going to go ahead and breed the nzw buck to the 2 does...