Excellent... well, Tractor supply had the 30x36 cages on sale for Memorial Day and so I picked up four. Need to set up a rack to hold the cages and then I'm jumping in. Your videos have been extremely helpful.
Thank you for sharing this information. I heard this in a previous video and tried it out with my rabbits. I always introduce new foods in small amounts to see how they react and to give their gut microbes a chance to adapt.
That rabbit has a nice structure. Most forages have some level of toxicity. Which becomes a problem when inclusion rates are exceeded. By feeding a mixed variety of forages within their inclusion rates. As well as drying to remove moisture the effects of both toxicity and anti-nutritional factors will be mitigated. Rabbits themselves if left to free range will naturally forage. Choosing from multiple forage species. In the cage system, where we tend to feed "cut and carry". The farmer should employ the same principle. It will all be in the name of the best possible FCR. 🤷🏽♂️
That's a fair question! I'd be cautious feeding rabbits things the wouldn't encounter in their evolutionary context. That would include things that grow in water.
Rabbits will refuse most greens that are poisonous to them. If given plentiful fodder. The same for goats except for rhodos. Goats really like them and will eat them and then die.😢
Thank you thank you for your videos and advice. We have done rabbits for a couple years now, but pretty poorly. We haven’t been super consistent in breeding, our does have gotten overweight and breeding has been difficult. I stumbled on your channel looking for help with rabbit health and am excited to work with our breeding stock and get this part of our homestead a little more useful. We did get 12 rabbits in the freezer this year off of two does but we should definitely have been further than that by now, so thank you thank you for your advice and help
Glad to have you here! I'd say consistent breeding is one of the most important things you can do with your rabbits, so my advice is always fewer does that are consistently bred when starting out!
Excellent... well, Tractor supply had the 30x36 cages on sale for Memorial Day and so I picked up four. Need to set up a rack to hold the cages and then I'm jumping in. Your videos have been extremely helpful.
Great advice and beautiful rabbit.
Thank you for sharing this information. I heard this in a previous video and tried it out with my rabbits.
I always introduce new foods in small amounts to see how they react and to give their gut microbes a chance to adapt.
That rabbit has a nice structure. Most forages have some level of toxicity. Which becomes a problem when inclusion rates are exceeded. By feeding a mixed variety of forages within their inclusion rates. As well as drying to remove moisture the effects of both toxicity and anti-nutritional factors will be mitigated. Rabbits themselves if left to free range will naturally forage. Choosing from multiple forage species. In the cage system, where we tend to feed "cut and carry". The farmer should employ the same principle. It will all be in the name of the best possible FCR. 🤷🏽♂️
Awesome!
Crazy question, Can rabbits eat lily pads I have growing in my stock tank turtle pond?
That's a fair question! I'd be cautious feeding rabbits things the wouldn't encounter in their evolutionary context. That would include things that grow in water.
What about pecan leaves and branches?
They don't grow in my area, so I couldn't say.
Rabbits will refuse most greens that are poisonous to them. If given plentiful fodder. The same for goats except for rhodos. Goats really like them and will eat them and then die.😢
Exactly! As long as they aren't starving they are pretty good about that.
Thank you thank you for your videos and advice. We have done rabbits for a couple years now, but pretty poorly. We haven’t been super consistent in breeding, our does have gotten overweight and breeding has been difficult. I stumbled on your channel looking for help with rabbit health and am excited to work with our breeding stock and get this part of our homestead a little more useful. We did get 12 rabbits in the freezer this year off of two does but we should definitely have been further than that by now, so thank you thank you for your advice and help
Glad to have you here! I'd say consistent breeding is one of the most important things you can do with your rabbits, so my advice is always fewer does that are consistently bred when starting out!