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To: Darnright

How do they taste and what do you feed them?


66 posted on 04/27/2011 9:44:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education. TR)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
>How do they taste and what do you feed them?<

It sounds trite, but they are white meat and they taste like chicken. They grow quite happily on a diet of commercial rabbit pellets and good quality hay, either alfalfa or timothy. They love veggie scraps too, but can't eat much lettuce or they get diarrhea.

A doe will give birth about 31 days after she's bred and can have from 5 to 12 kits. Does are generally rebred when the litter is at least 6 weeks old.

There are meat varieties of rabbit, usually New Zealand or Californian, or a mix of the 2 varieties. Another breed often used is the Champagne D'Argent, prized not only for its meat, but for its beauty.

72 posted on 04/28/2011 6:23:05 AM PDT by Darnright (There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive. - Tacitus)
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