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We just bought the farm (SQUEE!!) and hope to increase the size of it considerably next fall. In the meantime we have 2.4 acres in a good pasture - grass, clover mostly. We have thought about getting a jersey cow and I'm wondering if this is enough pasture for her and how much we'd have to...

Look on the ARBA website and find shows near you. If they host Chin classes, you know there will be breeders at the shows. Good luck!

There are plenty of places to start. Check out the ARBA website for shows near you -- you'll find plenty of advice, information and rabbits for sale at the shows. And even if you don't like what you see at the shows, you can make TONS of contacts. My advice is that you buy the BEST rabbits...

We're planning on making a blanket first and then seeing wht comes up. Right now, because we're tanning our own and it takes not only room but appropriate temps to do, all our furs go into the freezer to wait tilt he time is right.

"Also, is there any preferred way to kill them and process them" Rabbits are relatively easy to process. Whether you dispatch via "broomsticking" (aka separating the cervical vertibrae) or "bopping" (hitting them on the head) or gas (some people do CO2 gas).... it really depends on you and...