After some serious labor, I got the Rabbit run cleaned up from the winter and all tidy for summer breeding!
I have begun trying to sell Rabbit bedding/leavings. It is excellent compost! And added bonus it can be put directly on your garden! I am selling a 20kg feed bag for $5. At this price, it will cover the cost of new straw bedding for the winter.
I have also added a feeding shoot to the enclosure which works wonderfully well!
After getting all this cleaned up, I went and picked up two new breeding bucks for stock. These boys are Flemish X New Zealand. Very big boys at only three months old they are already 6lbs!
With the added boys, I have also made a Rabbit tractor to move the young stock into after they have weened off mom in the colony. This way they get fresh grass each day, more space to play while they grow.
The goal with the rabbits is to breed enough that I can feed Twitch entirely off rabbit on a raw meat diet. She’s already had a taste and loves it.