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@AHayesHorses I love lops! I used to breed Holland Lops :) Mini rex are so awesome, they have amazing personalities and their fur is so plush and velvety. Plus they are fairly easy to breed, unlike Hollands which are pretty finicky.

@Haltanny, we also used to have tons of chickens... never had goats though. :)
Feeding naturally would be awesome but it tends to be more expensive.

@CWScowgirl87 I fed my rabbits (nearly 100, at one point) practically for free on stuff that grew on my property along with stuff I "planted" for them (basically scattered an assortment of cheap seeds and fed from that "food plot" + yard stuff). You'd be surprised what you have growing in your yard that is actually really good for rabbits.

I ask because I have a couple books on it, somewhere, that I'd donate to someone if they wanted to learn.

Side note, I have chickens, quail, dairy goats, pasture homestead hogs and a dairy heifer now. :)

@CWScowgirl87 That sounds like a great set up. We finally got our rabbitry set up the way we wanted this summer - its just an open shed. We have more of problem keeping them cool in the summer than warm in the winter.
@Haltanny We have pasture pigs, and I enjoy them so much. I definitely prefer them to a commercial type. Do you/have you tractored your poultry?

@RipshinCreekFarms My chickens are free range during the day most of the time and locked in a chainlink enclosed carport when not out. I have tractored rabbits before and it works quite well. My hogs are mulefoot/guinea hog/potbelly crosses. They pasture really well and don't tear up the ground as much as many other breeds. And they don't get huge, which I love, because I can't handle full size hogs.

Heat can be very dangerous for rabbits. They can die of heatstroke, especially bred does. I always put frozen water bottles in the cages for them when it was real hot. Greens and veggies frozen in ice as a treat is good too.