They're not worth the effort. If you're serious about keeping rabbits for meat, you need a breed built for the job. Meat rabbits are longer, fatter, and fluffier than your typical wild bunny. These are generally regarded as the best rabbits for eating – though some make good house pets as well.
This is a good market you can butcher and sell rabbits as pet food with no USDA restrictions. ... Rabbit pelts can also be sold for a small profit or used to make clothes, toys and other trinkets to be sold as a finished product or just selling the tanned hide (see our post TANNING RABBIT PELTS for more information).
The Rex is a variety of rabbit that exhibits plush fur that is often described as having a velvety texture. The breed originated in France in 1919. Its origin was a litter of wild gray rabbits and has been developed over the years by fanciers and the fur industry.
Rabbits have the potential to be one of the more profitable species to raise. They often give birth to large litters, and offspring grow fast and reach either market or breeding weight more quickly than any other species.
Near the end, when they are big, 6 or more rabbits will empty a 1.5-pound feeder in a day. I like for my growing meat-rabbits to never run out of food. So I grow them four rabbits per cage. Hence smaller cages with four rabbits each.
Rabbit meat is expensive because fryers are not able to be effectively fed in large groups, require a more expensive feed ration than most other livestock and processing costs are higher per pound of meat sold.
1 Fur pelts also dry out over time, so the longer a coat has been sitting in your closet, the less valuable it has potentially become. If you have an old fur coat you haven't worn in years, consider selling it. Depending on the quality, age, fur type, and condition your coat can fetch you top dollar.
Raising rabbits for meat is quite a simple production to start if you have the time and space. It can be highly lucrative, especially if you plan to raise your rabbits on grass and market your product as grass-fed rather than as raised in hutches.
Rabbits are now ILLEGAL to sell in pet stores in the State of California EXCEPT for rescues selling them there!
Rabbit fur is both warm and affordable but it isn't the most durable fur available on the market. Some rabbit fur can shed, even when it has been chemically treated. It is also not considered as warm as more premium pelts.
There are four different fur types: Normal, Rex, Satin, and Wool. Draw a line to match the picture with the name of the type. There are only two rabbits with Rex fur: Mini Rex and Rex.
There are a few zoonoses reported from pet rabbits, but nothing really significant to normal healthy people: Cheyletiella fur mites are commonly seen in pet rabbits; this condition is often known as 'walking dandruff'. They can cause a mild rash in humans which is often itchy.
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