5 Mistakes to Avoid When Raising Rabbits

Haha theybare cute when small same with cats 🐱.

We let the kids have 1 rabbit as a pet that we use as a breeder.

Great advices. That exactly what I need right now.

My brother had rabbits but was too tenderhearted to kill them, so mom had to. She said they were four leg-ged chicken!!

I personally say water bottles are far better then the dish.

Great vid

I understand you want their poop to fall through. But i would never have my bunny on a wired floor like this. Soft and solid material only, not with these holes in. Their paws must hurt them. 😞

As a child, my dad was clear. Play with the babies, but don't name them. They are food.

As an adult getting back into the game, I've got the scars of the beasts 😂

I think trying to sell online courses to homesteaders wouldn't be a good biz model. We DIY and research on the internet for free baby!! But maybe it works, idk!! Just thought it was funny

Thank you❤ passed on your info.

Never feed pellets... toxic

Confinement on wire is evil.
Rabbit tunnel and need to be in contact with ground.

Good advice, I will need to do that as we speak. I have kids rt now and I will need to have space very soon. thanks

Thank you for this video! I am going to start breeding rabbits soon, this was very helpful!

Terrible video

You asked for what you missed, so....Baby rabbits are not called bunnies. A judge will ding you for that if you are showing a rabbit.

I am 75 years man. I just moved in a new place. I will raise rabbit in my big back yard. Thanks for shared you experience. Hopefully can learn more from you by the future.

i have a New Zealand bunny that i love to death, my only question is i don't know if he is a male or female. he was born on Aug 14, 2022, i just want to know his Gender please can you give me any trick ?

I live in N ID. They need protection from cold weather. I put 1in styrofoam on the roof and sides. Sides usually 1 in thick planks. In winter block most of door. Also my pens are about 42” to the base of the door. Makes it easier to feed and do chores. I always PU rabbits by the back of the neck. Doesn’t hurt them they can’t scratch you. In winter I slim down to a couple bucks and 4-6 does. It is difficult to take good care in extreme conditions. 1 buck and 3 doe’s can in theory yield 185 pounds of meat. Been doing this for several years. Fun low key food.

For my four H I am doing rabbits and I wanted to know stuff that I should avoid

Thanks for the video. Would your set up work in Canada where we get -30C winters. My biggest worry is whether they'd need to be in a heated area over the winter.

I am interested in your rabbit breeding course. The email you have listed is not valid. How do I sign up?

Main mistake is keep them in cages 😅

Much easier to keep in a colony on deep litter and earth. Less work for you.. virtually no cleaning, rabbits stay cool underground. Also happier rabbits.

Is the belgian giant rabit good for meat

I free range mine

Yes scars all over my arms. Now I always grab those rear legs immediately

I find that when you are returning the rabbit to the cage it's better and less stressful for the rabbit to put them in back end first, not head first.

Do the grow outs get along when you have them in the rabbit tractor like that? Or do they fight?

Alright man noted, much appreciated and hopefully my rabbit farm will be successful in the future.

Is this video slowed down? I put the speed up to 1.25x and it feels like you're talking normally now

I smashed that like button, knowledge is power

You have to make sure their back leg ankle, the part that connects to the foot, does not get stuck in the wire. They will break their legs.

New mothers can eat their babies if you disturb them.

When a doe has her young, new born, do not trust her. She can turn very protective and vicious. Rabbits give horrible bites as well as scratches.
Also putting your rabbits on the ground for long periods of time can be asking for Bott Flies. Not pretty.

Our rabbit tractor had chicken wire bottom it was the best and made it easier to slide when they eat is down.

So far… I believe I haven’t made any mistakes so far. Although I did a solid wood flooring instead of a mesh floor. I use mesh for the walls so there’s air flow. Plus I don’t have a way to feed through cool air, because my state’s pretty windy. But yeah… The heat and humidity could be bad for my rabbits.

I don’t hold them because I know rabbits aren’t pets you want to pick up and nuzzle and pet a lot. We have a mutual understanding on needing space and quiet.

I haven’t built any outdoor runs for them because I don’t believe I have the right materials for that. So I never worried on anything getting them because my hutch is basically a high rise fort.

I do have plans ahead if/when my female gives birth to a kit that I would sell the majority of them, but possibly keep one or two.

I find your video well informed and much appreciated. Thank you. 👍

Is the rabbit course still available somewhere?

I’ve always lived in the North and never had rabbits. I moved to southern Mississippi (love it!!!) and started raising rabbits this year. My buck and 2 does were in a building with an open front, so they had shade and ventilation. When summer really hit, I felt it was way too hot for any rabbit. My husband and I bought a window air conditioner for the garage, and we moved the rabbits in there. What a relief! And bonus, first-time mamma bunny had her babies a few days after we moved them. Although it is still around 75 degrees in the garage (we still need to insulate the garage doors), they are avoiding the 95+ degree temps that they would have been in. We will eventually close in the little barn they were in and install water, electric, and air conditioning. But until then, the cars stay outside, not the bunnies!

Great info brother

So whats the best rabbit for meat as a beginner im tryna get into this but i need a rabit that is a little more heat tolerant too because i live in Virginia and it can get pretty hot around here and i dont want it to suffer but i also need a rabit species that doesnt get too big

Super helpful advice for new rabbit owners. Thank you

I never thought about that! Thanks! I guess you can eat those cute kittens like you can eat those cute bunnies!

I had my teen daughter help me put all the females in a big grow out pen while we gave them another few months before breeding giving time to finish building the rest of the hutch systems, news flash, she placed 1 male in with 11 females... that sure sped up my time table

LOL yes, respect their back claws. They hurt!

I love the video it made laugh 😄

Rabbits are NOT solitary animals. They live in warrens in family groups in the wild. Obviously, if you are breeding rabbits for the pot, you'd have to be a nut job to keep does and bucks together year round. That said, rabbits do need company. It is now illegal in Sweden to keep a lone rabbit and over here in the UK,the RSPCA advises against keeping rabbits alone

We give our rabbits bricks to lay on to keep cool

Ok let me make sure I got this right…. Just kinda wing it with rabbits and play it ear 😂
PS thanks for drumming it home 💪🏽. Well done 👏🏽

Like little razor blades!