Harvest Time.
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Thanks so much for showing your method of butchering a rabbit. Interesting. I did catfish like that. 
Hickoryneck
Ridin' The Range
At what weight do you process them? I like the umm not sure what you call it but the thing that kills the rabbit.
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When they average 5lbs. or between 8 and 11 weeks old. This summer was hot and they didn't make weight so they're a bit older than I'd have liked.Hickoryneck said:
The thing I used to dispatch them was one of these: http://www.therabbitwringer.com/ It's the first time using it and it's much easier than brooming them and worth it if you're going to butcher a bunch at a time.
doubled
Chillin' with the herd
MATEFRIO wish you were near me in Melbourne, Fla I can't find Cali's anywhere. Good looking bunch. 
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Figures, I can't get the bread of rabbits called flordians. I'd love to have them as I think they'd work out better than these large Cali's in my setup. Cali's aren't an issue here. Tons of places have them.doubled said:MATEFRIO wish you were near me in Melbourne, Fla I can't find Cali's anywhere. Good looking bunch.
Have you checked craigslist?
http://melbourne.craigslist.com.au/grd/2551141332.html
doubled
Chillin' with the herd
Now that's weird, I look at Craigs list almost every day, I type in Rabbits and I have never seen that ad, Thanks. I got white hair guess the eyes or brain is going nowmatefrio said:Figures, I can't get the bread of rabbits called flordians. I'd love to have them as I think they'd work out better than these large Cali's in my setup. Cali's aren't an issue here. Tons of places have them.doubled said:MATEFRIO wish you were near me in Melbourne, Fla I can't find Cali's anywhere. Good looking bunch.
Have you checked craigslist?
http://melbourne.craigslist.com.au/grd/2551141332.html
Thanks again I will cal them tomorrow. 
AZ Rabbits
Ridin' The Range
Great photos! Thanks for posting.
I use the Rabbit Wringer as well (actually, I use the cheaper Rabbit Wrangler which is just the unfinished non-stainless version... I'm cheap). Makes it very efficient and works great with chickens too, but you have to hold the heads of chickens while using it or their heads slip through.
I use the Rabbit Wringer as well (actually, I use the cheaper Rabbit Wrangler which is just the unfinished non-stainless version... I'm cheap). Makes it very efficient and works great with chickens too, but you have to hold the heads of chickens while using it or their heads slip through.
I saw the Rabbit Wringer in the current issue of Mother Earth News and was horrified at first but after I thought about it a while, and saw their video on YouTube, I began to rethink my initial reaction. Is it as easy to use as the video appears? My dad was always the one that "did the deed" on the rabbits we had as a little girl and now I'm the one that will have to do it. I'd like a method that is quick and oops-proof.
SuburbanFarmChic
Overrun with beasties
Thanks for the inspiration. I processed my first one tonight. I put a Wringer on the Christmas list and just used the broomstick method, or actually the tpost method, this evening. Nice big bun is chillin in the freezer. I'm super interested in the wringer for ease of handling the rabbit. I think it will be much easier to off them if 1) it's at a better height than uh my feet and 2) I can pull out instead of up. It worked, it just wasn't ideal. I can see the potential for mishap.
