RE: The Big Boy T-Rex Rabbit
Well I haven't pushed that limit just yet because we are planning on moving to our 7 acres...and we have to temporarily get rid of our rabbits from May-August.
But-- our two does just had litters or 6 and 7 kits. You actually can rebreed a doe the day after she kits, but we feel that is a little too mean.
So let's say that we rebreed every two months. That would be:
2 does X 6 kits = 12 bunnies
Then 12 bunnies X 6 (every other month of a year) = 72 bunnies.
Then you take the low end of a Rex rabbit at 7-9lbs...
7 X 72 = 504lbs of meat in pot pies, tortilla soups, or fried!!
Not too bad. Then you can even crank that up by keeping back some bigger female bunnies and breed them back to their dad. YUP!! You can do that with rabbits and there is no defect up to 7 generations.
Thanks for the comment!!
that's pretty good, the only advantage of the cow is that you can slaughter it all at once.
Oh, I am not at all saying that rabbits are BETTER than a cow. A cow certainly can provide many more functions on a homestead. And also.... beef just flat out tastes good!
So we plan on having both on our 7 acre homestead this summer.
nice, sounds like a well balanced diet.