Raising Meat Rabbits: Dispatching a Rabbit Humanely
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- Опубліковано 8 чер 2024
- This is the hard part of raising meat rabbits and should be executed with care. We are showing this process of growing your own meat to help educate other homesteaders on the ENTIRE process. Dispatch is the hardest part and should be shown so it can be properly understood and repeated with care.
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Thanks!
You bet!!
how do the kids cope?
They take it better than most adults because this is what they know. They know from the animals birth what it's purpose is and they will play around while we are processing animals and some of them take interest and want to help but most of the time they just want to play around with their friends! They see where their food comes from and the notion is not foreign to them.
@@SageandStoneHomestead ok, that's great
This video exemplifies the definition of "humane". Your presentation is very professional and to the point. Thank you.
Thank you so much!!
You are appreciated! @@SageandStoneHomestead
Lots of respect for covering a topic that most wouldn't.
Thank you ♡♡
So hard to find helpful videos on this topic and being new to this I want to make sure I'm doing it right and humanily ❤
I agree. This is an important topic that needs to be shown.
These animals have amazing lives with only one bad day. Thank you for portraying true animal husbandry and how it should be done. I can't say enough good about how important what you are doing is. Peace and blessings !
Thank you! Same to you
Why the question mark? Typo?
Actually only one bad moment! Not even one bad day
@@tomgunn8004Doesn’t matter.
It’s not bad if they don’t know it’s coming, even up to the point…
The hard part of homesteading. But it’s feeding the family. I respect you guys. Self sufficiency has hard aspects that come with it.
It sure does. ♡♡♡
Don't make your food part of your family, and it won't be a betrayal to feel guilty about.
Los conejos no se comen lo dijo Dios
With the current way that our world is slowly devolving and our food resources become unreliable, relearning lost skills such as this are a must. We've had it too easy simply going to the grocery store and purchasing meat we enjoy with no thought on how it arrived on the shelf. Thank you for both a wonderful and honest video - well done.
Thank you so much for the encouragement!♡
yup, i got into hunting during covid when meat prices soared. Me and my wife would have starved otherwise. Now i'm pretty avid about hunting and gardening and re-learning lost recipes such as pocket soup (dehydrated soup) and pemmican to preserve meat with 0 additives.
I'm getting ready to do my first two dispatches this Friday. I know I'll cry like a baby the first few times because I really enjoy raising all of my animals, even the ones I try to stay emotionally distant from for this reason. Thank you for your video. It is so helpful and reassuring. I've been struggling choosing a dispatch method and this video helped me really zero in. Its the hard part of wanting to raise your own meat, but when I think of the terrible conditions the animals whose meat we get from the average grocery store live in, I know this is worth it. Happy, well cared for, and healthy animals will provide what is needed for happy healthier people.
The best livestock owners/ meat raisers have a tender heart for their animals, no matter their end goal! You got this! ♥
I was raised eating what we grew in gardens and livestock. One thing I advised my children who are now in their 30's was to not name the rabbits. Needless to say they learned the hard way when it came time for Snickers, Cupcake etc to be butchered. I could tell from the looks on their faces 😮
I still have my moment before and after I dispatch even having done it for years now. I just accept it am my kids let me have my moment.
It’s a life, even if it’s purpose in life is to be food. I think having these emotions means you’re a better owner in the long run; you care enough to give them the best death possible. Vegans might say you’re cruel and a psychopath for killing your livestock, but they have no clue how much you really care. Hope you’re doing well.
I cry every time. ❤
We also raise and dispatch meat rabbits. This method seems easier than broomstick which we use.
I am thankful for your video. It IS helpful. This is a sensitive topic and content providers often face backlash for these videos, but these types of vieos help newbies out immensely and take away some of the fear and help guide away from mistakes.
I appreciate your courage to post this video! You did an incredible job making that a calm and humane last few moments for those rabbits!
Thank you SO MUCH Michelle! I really hoped this video would help, and it seems like it is!!
Thank you for showing how to humanly dispatch these rabbits. It was quicker than I thought. Which I know is easier on the animals.😊
For sure. Thanks for watching!
Looks fairly instant and actually very calm. I used to watch my dad do this when I was a kid, but he did it by hand. Now I know why it never bothered me. It is quick and as humane as possible.
Yes. You can do it by hand it just takes quite a bit of strength.
I’ve been looking for these kinds of videos because I want to homestead and I want to raise my own meat. This was not nearly as bad as I thought it might be.
You can do it! ♥
This is the best dispatch video I’ve seen. Very clean and humane! Bravo! This method seems to be the least painful for a bunny!
Thank you very much! I agree!
This was so humane compared to many methods ive seen. Thank you.
You bet ❤️
You did a good and respectful job with this video. Too may people have forgotten where food really comes from and what is sacrificed for us to live. Animals are due respect and care , and you did a great job.
Thank you so much!
hands down the best method I have ever seen. Thank you, as always for all your knowledge, time, and skill.
I'm so glad this video has gotten such a good response. We absolutely love the Hopper Popper.
My heartbeat was just going a mipe a minute when she was ready.
Afterwards, I said "huh! I can do that"
That looks to be a very humane dispatch and I see why you have chosen that method. Thanks for sharing!!!
It's definitely my favorite method. Thanks for watching!!
As a man who really wants to start homesteading with his wife and children I really thought watching this wouldn't be hard. Just learning how to painlessly dispatch a rabbit but I was wrong. So tough watching one of God's creatures pass but such is the way of life. Respect to you for your care of these animals and your way of life
That's a completely understandable reaction and I appreciate you taking the time to learn about this very difficult task. baby steps. You can always take animals to a processor if needed.
Thank you for showing this. I was curious if I could handle raising and butchering meat rabbits or not and this helped me a lot with deciding. It makes me sad because I both love animals and choose to eat meat - but at the same time it also helps me feel comfortable with knowing they were humanely butchered, cared for and I know what I am eating.
The best meat-raisers are those that care about animals. ♥
Thanks for the video. As an avid hunter I can say this is about as humane as you can get. Little things barely even knew anything was up.
Yes, thank you!
Respect for her not hurting the bunny
It's one thing to stop and think about where our meat comes from. I do stop and think about it from time to time and give silent thanks to all life on earth especially the animals we consume to live.
Seeing it is a completely different matter.
It humbles you, humbles me, even more.
It really does. I have such respect for the people who provide food for the rest of us.
Thank you! I grew up on a small farm, and raising our cows/pigs/chickens for meat was never an enjoyable, but an understood task. This was very humane.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for taking the time to do such a good video.
Seeing how quickly they go helped me decide.
Not looking forward to the end process but
I'm tired of relying on others and my family must come first.
Thank you.
You're so welcome!!
Thank you so much for sharing that it can be done humanely, and quickly. It is the worst part about homesteading but I am so thankful for every animal. I lso want to say thank you for your reminders in the video when you were about to dispatch as a precaution to switch off if needed
Thanks so much for watching and the supportive comment! This is definitely the hard part to the whole thing but raising your own meat is so rewarding overall. ❤️
This just popped up on my feed. It’s one of the few time I’ve seen an animal killed for meat that didn’t make me cry. Thank you for sharing.
I have despatched hundreds of rabbits and never seen this device. Respect to you, excellent video and top respect for covering this. 👍
I cannot tell you how much I appreciate the tutorial. I tried to follow another site who used the hopper popper and I did not have success. The experience was horrible for the bunnies and for myself. I have several to dispatch this week and you have made me less anxious about the process!!
Many hugs. That is the worst. Prayers this week goes much smoother for everyone. Things like that DO happen while you're learning so try not to beat yourself up about it. Strive to do better each time and you'll get there ♥
My sobbing while watching this but also knowing that this was very humane and seems very doable. Thank you for sharing! I look forward to watching more of your informative videos! ✨🫶💚
Thank you for sharing! I feel like you did this in a very professional & educational manner. This really was quite simple and easy. Other channels made it sound more complex and wouldn't show the process. I feel like I now have the confidence to dispatch a rabit properly. Thanks again.
I feel like the other channels wouldn't show it in fear that UA-cam would remove it. They have left mine up. I'm guessing because there is no blood and I described it for what this video is, educational content. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the demonstration, I was looking for a better way to dispatch rabbits than what we have been doing.
Glad to help!!
As someone who is trying to help their family be as self-sufficient as possible, I really do appreciate you showing all of this☺️
Wow that was quick. I'm pretty sure this is the most humane way. I doubt they feel a thing. I don't see why there are people who complain about this. Considering what the majority of animals go through that are mass processed. their terrified, they know something's going to happen. A lot of suffering goes on from raising them to dispatching them. You clearly care for your animals. Thank you for this video
I think this was the best version of dispatch I’ve seen. Many of the other versions I’ve seen still bothered me in some way, which I know for sure would bother me far more when I’m having to do it irl. That’s a neat little device you got there.
Thank you for showing this! This made me feel more confident about raising rabbits for meat for my family ❤
You're so welcome!!! That was the whole point. You can do it! ♥
I really appreciate this....never really thought this would be of fervent necessity! It still makes me sick, but you dispatch in such a kind and matter of fact way it gives me courage and confidence that I can do this.
I'm so glad I came across your videos. It's been awhile since I helped process my neighbors rabbits and chickens. Now that I'm retired I wanted to raise some small livestock for our needs and the joy of having my little homestead. I appreciate all the information and the most humane way of dispatching them.
I'm so glad this series has been helpful! ❤️
Showing how this can be done humanely is important. Learning so much here
I thought so too. I am glad you agree!♡♡
Very good info, well done demonstration. This is a VERY important video and I hope YT doesn't do anything stupid about it.
The worst they can do is remove ads which so far its got ads up. They'll leave it up and in the playlist though. I tried to really drill home that it's intended for educational purposes so I hope they leave it as it is.
This was fantastic and helped me get over my fear of seeing this. Which is the first step to doing this myself on a homestead
Thank you so much for making this content for those of us that are trying to decide if we are up for this. A really good rabbit life and one bad moment.
Thank you for the fantastic description and for showing it so clearly! I'm waiting for my first litter to mature and I will be butchering soon and I'm feeling a little nervous about it but this video has made me feel so much more confident in this dispatch method.
I'm so happy about that!! Dispatch is the hardest part and it's normal to be apprehensive. You got this!!♡
Thank you so much for sharing. Such an important part of the process that so many videos don't show. Very quick and looks quite achievable for a beginner.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching
Thank you for your respect for the animal while showing clearly how to do it for those who feel intimidated. It shows how humanely it can be done.
That was quick and clean. Which is very important. This is the best method I have seen.
I have never seen this process done before. And for a quick moment, I was like where does that metal piece go? But then I let the video keep playing. And after watching I felt it was as gentle as can be. You can tell you've done it before it was smooth and effortless. Thanks for sharing.
Yes we have dispatched rabbits like this many times!! Thanks so much for watching
Thank you so much! I have more confidence in our first dispatch using the hopper popper.
That's great!! The first few are the hardest and you will get the hang of it really quickly!
Awesome video! Very informative and helpful.
I’m 15 and about to get ready to raise meat rabbits, so I really appreciate this video!
Thank you for doing this in probably the best way I’ve seen yet. It’s so unbelievably fast and clean.
Thank you Soooooo much for making this video!! I'm looking into raising meat rabbits as supplemental food and I'm trying to learn the best way for humanely dispatching them and your video was amazingly informative! Thank you for being willing to show something that some people will be unkind to you for! This was very helpful! Thank you again!
You are so welcome! It's worth the backlash if someone gains the confidence to raise their own meat!
Thank you ❤
Very impressed with your compassion for the animal and the audience. Very tasteful.
The fact you actually linked the next video when and where you say is astounding. Good work so many videos say they say they will and dont making me search it up.
I do try!! ♥
That looked so super humane, but it was still really hard to watch 😖. Really great video, I appreciate it.
Yes it isn't ever easy to watch or to do. Thanks so much
That was a lot easier than I thought it would be. You can really tell when it breaks. Thanks for sharing this part of the process, Heather. Cheers!
Yes it's a very obvious thing too when you're handling the rabbit in question. Immediate lights-out!
Stumbled on this video. Wow. Very succinct. Well done.
Thanks so much
Never seen that method before. No nightmares even for the squeamish
Thank you for demonstrating this technique. You do such a great loving caring video. So glad I watched this. I saw 1 video that upset me but this did not. Great job!
Some videos on the subject are really upsetting. It's not an easy thing but we try really hard to make it quick and painless. I am so glad you enjoyed the video even though this kind of thing is hard!
Thank you for showing this! Very clean and quick method. We are always thankful for these animals. We care for them and they care for us.
Exactly! Thanks for watching!
My utmost respect for sharing this video. Thank you for showing us how to humanely do what needs to be done in order to raise our own food.❤
Thank you for sharing this!
Truly peaceful and humane. God bless you and your example
Thank you!!♡
Thank you for this video. I’m planning to start keeping rabbits soon and of course this part is my biggest hesitation. But when I think about the alternative sources of meat available (factory farm grocery store meat), I know it’s likely much worse for the animal, I just don’t have to see it. Your compassion and pragmatism here are reassuring that I can do this.
Thanks so much for this video! You have helped me to decide to raise rabbits for my family. You showed me that I can do it! I really appreciate it!
Sister wants meat rabbits. I'm almost done with Hutch. I've seen the club, broom stick, and now hopper popper. I think this one is the best since it's pretty much guided by the popper. Thank you for not making an educational video that's blurred, out of fear of being demonized by yt.
You're welcome. This video remains fully monetized too, but I would have left it up regardless. I know it's helping a lot of people gain confidence that they can do this!
Very informative and well done. Very humane and instantaneous. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Such a great informative video. Just now getting into rabbitry and looking for the most humane and decent method of dispatch. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for sharing your experience and information. I strongly believe you did a great job with your video and thanks for such a professional presentation. Everyone greatly benefits from youtube and I hope this content never disappears. Your amazing
Wow! Thank you so much for taking the time to make this straightforward and humane video! I’m so far removed from the process of raising and processing meat, this is very educational and helpful in thinking through if I might be able to do this one day. Thank you!
Glad it helped! ♥
Extremely well done, love this tutorial 👍🏼
Thank you!
I wanted to thank you for making this video. I watched over & over until I felt confident & just did my first dispatch. It went well thanks to you! 💪
This is why we do this, thank you so much for letting me know and congratulations!!!
Love watching your channel! We’re trying to start us but making videos has been difficult but having people like you all helps get ideas how to make them keep doing you, you all are awesome
You'll hate your first videos but practice makes perfect!! My advice is to just start, do it scared! ♥
Thank you for taking the time to make this video. Very professional and quick.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much. I have trouble dispatching chickens. I know rabbits are next. This is EXACTLY what i needed. Thank you and God bless!!
I'm so glad this video was helpful!! Thanks for watching!♡
Thanks so much for this video and how you approached the topic. I'm really interested in raising rabbits for meat, but have been really apprehensive about this part of it. Doesn't bother me with chickens, but I have had doubts about whether I could do it with a rabbit. This really put me at ease about it. So quick and humane! Thank you!
You're so welcome! Being apprehensive means you will take extra care making sure it's done right and that's a good thing!♡
Thank you for showing this! Trying to decide on rabbits.
I've seen this tool mentioned in a meat rabbit group that I am in. Not sure I can do a hands on dispatch.
This was a well done video. The tool works much more efficiently than I previously thought.
Thanks so much! A high powered pellet gun works well too, we created a small box out of chicken wire with an open top where you can set the rabbit down in so you can aim and dispatch
We have talked about getting rabbits to feed our dogs. I have always wondered how you process them. Thank you for showing. This is very hard but so necessary.
A lot of people raise rabbits for dog food!!
I feed my hunting dogs rabbits , I simply gut them skin them and grind the whole thing bones and all
I figure the dog might process them for you, the natural way, but it won't be quite as humane.
Great video. It is clearly visible that you care for you livestock very much. I appreciate you passing on this knowledge.
This is what I needed to see before starting the journey. I can handle this technique
Another easy method I've used before and is portable as well (so you can do it without having to move a bunch or rabbits or if your rabbits are in several different spots) is to use a 550 cord, or any small rope, tie two "stirrups" at either end and one slipnot in the middle. Put your feet in the stirrups, bunnys head in the slipnot, and then just stand while holding the rabbits back feet. Its the same method basically, just different materials
That sounds similar to the broomstick method! Thanks for sharing!
Watching from Kenya, i'm gonna fabricate one immediately. It makes the process humane and quick💯
Great!! Thanks for watching!!
Super impressed with the professional tact of your video, very much appreciated.
This is the cleanest, most CLEAR visual of how the moment of CD should look. I've processed 4 or 5 times so far, and not felt this confident going in as I do now. Thanks!
you're SO welcome!! Thank you for the encouragement as well. This stuff gets a lot of hate but it's important to teach and teach it well.
Honestly hard to watch but so important! I really want to get into homesteading but I truly don’t know if I can do the dispatching part. I really appreciate your frank and respectful education. I definitely will have laying hens and do gardening but I would have to really think if I could do any butchering. Thanks again
You could always take the rabbits to a processor!♡
Butchering, to me, is much easier than the killing. Maybe you could get someone else to dispatch and skin them then you finish up with the actual butchering.
I've never seen or even heard of a Hopper Popper! I'm very impressed!! It looks far more humane than the 'club' method!
I totally agree. We have never attempted the club method because I just don't think I would be consistently accurate.
@@SageandStoneHomestead sadly: VERY SADLY....I'm not & often wind up with bruising on the shoulders. That's unnecessary trauma!!! 😟
I thought that might happen! How sad. We tried quite a few methods just to see what we thought and the 22 or high powered pellet gun and hopper popper are our favorites!
You are an amazing woman!!! Such a great example to follow!!
Was looking into a pellet gun as I wasn't sure if I could handle this but after watching you, it really has given me the courage to look into this method more as it's wayyy more controlled ❤ thank you for the amazing example and detailed instructions 😊
Thanks so much! The Pellet is our second favorite method
Thanks for sharing the video it was very educational I think it's important for people to learn how to do things for themselves especially now we need to start learning how to be more self-sufficient there's a reason we came to America and I think we forgot about that
I'm so glad this was helpful! It's definitely a necessary part of home processing, which we love professing our own meat right on farm!♡♡
Most people are not connected to the land and what it can provide.
I agree
Holy smokes this is genius!!! Thank you for being so thorough and respectful. This was such a helpful video.
Not pretty but HUMANE ! THANK YOU for sharing the REALITY of food and meat in general !
I love almost every animal I ever raised. I always made sure they never saw it coming and it was a quick and painless as possible. Just because a person doesn't see the cow die that their McDonald's burger came from die, doesn't mean they were giving the same mercy. Thank you.
Thank you so much Linda ♥♥♥
Okay that dispatch video was not as bad as I thought it was going to be. I think it's definitely something I can do. I think it just takes practice just like anything else. Thank you heather for this video and showing us how to properly dispatch a rabbit you mainly and quickly. Now my question is that rabbit popper is it something that I could buy online or is it something that I have to make?
We bought ours online but one could be made I'm sure!!
I made mine from a scrap piece of plywood. About 12"x12" with the V cut into it. Screw it to a tall stump or handrail etc.
That's Awesome!!!! Homemade is a win!
Thank you for covering this. Really appreciate it.
Thank you for this video. My wife and I are planning to raise meat rabbits this year. This seems the best way to dispatch them quickly.
I have been following your videos for a while now and you are just so wonderfully informative and entertaining. This is a hard subject (it'd be weird if it wasn't!) but you presented it respectfully and very educationally. Thank you for sharing all that you do!
Thank you so much!! That means a lot ♥♥
Oh this was harder to watch then I thought it was going to be. You did a great educational video! Phenomenal!
Thank you, it's hard but necessary for growing meat. Thanks so much for watching!
I have been binge watching the rabbit series. I live in a small city and rabbits are the only viable option for raising our own meat. Thank you for showing this. It was hard to watch but I needed to see it so I could make a decision. I still think that I want rabbits.
This is the hard part and it's never easy, but you get more comfortable with it as you succeed at humane dispatch more and more
Thank you for showing this!! I've been wondering how this method works! So thankful for y'all educating those interested in homesteading and self sufficiency. Your series on meat rabbits is wonderful!
Thanks so much!
I do appreciate you demonstrating. It’s never easy. I cry every time and give thanks. I pop the head off my quail and it’s never fun. However, we raise them for meat and God said, take dominion and subdue the earth. Good job. Thanks.
We too breed quail too for meat. I’m wanting rabbits though they look meaty! 😊
The quail is even more hands on and we do the same thing.
Watching to learn the most humane methods of dispatch for survival situations.This is one I agree with since the brain (head) is basically instantly separated from all nerves and other organs, shutting down pain receptors throughout the body so the animal can't feel pain (at the very least.) And yes, these things are a test of how compassionate you are in these situations from God.