Your complete guide to raising rabbits for meat, from setting up your rabbitry to selecting stock and slaughter.

What equipment you need to get started
Cages, nesting boxes, feeders and more. Know exactly what you need before you get started, how much it is going to cost you and what you can make yourself to keep more money in your own pocket

How to select the right breed & where to get rabbits
Learn about 19 common rabbits breeds for meat, which breed will suit your family best, how many rabbits to start out with and where to buy them

What health problems your rabbits might develop & how to treat them
Guide of symptoms, treatment and prevention for the most common rabbit diseases

Rabbit feeding basics & how to make your own organic feed
Understand what is needed from your feed to create the best line of breeding rabbits and find out what it takes to grow all your own rabbit food in your own backyard, allowing you completely control of everything that touches your rabbit's lips and your own

How, when & where to mate your rabbits and when to rebreed
Learn to look for signs that your does are ready, keep from breeding too early or too often and create the best breeding matches

How to prepare for a new litter & what to do if something goes wrong
Provide the right environment for kits to be born in, keep your doe healthy during and after pregnancy and when to wean the young

When to cull your current breeders & select replacement breeders
Tips for establishing whether current breeders need to be culled and how to select the best rabbits to take their place in the herd

How to dispatch rabbits, dress the carcass and preserve the skin
Make the process as simple, straight forward and humane as possible and learn to take the rabbit from cage to freezer with less than 10 minutes of work

Raising Rabbits For Meat - häftad, Engelska, 2016