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Backyard Rabbit Keeping, Part 12/15 – Using Rabbit Meat
How then shall we cook our fresh, home-produced meat? Most of the recipes in established cookery books are for wild rabbit, but the only difference is that you may need…
Backyard Rabbit Keeping, Part 11/15 – The Harvest
If you keep large amounts of farmed or hunted meat, you really need a deep freeze. Unless you are prepared to eat salt meat like our ancestors did for months…
Backyard Rabbit Keeping, Part 10/15 – Harvesting the Wild Rabbit
Wild rabbits are on the increase again in many parts of the country, to the dismay of those who would like to see them exterminated as a species. Many rabbit…
Backyard Rabbit Keeping, Part 9/15 – Health
I hope you will not need to consult this section very often. If your rabbits are healthy outdoor types with warm, dry hutches, it is not likely that you will.…
Backyard Rabbit Keeping, Part 8/15 – Breeding
People who show rabbits are always trying to improve their stock by breeding to fix good points and eliminate bad ones. The backyard producer can introduce new blood by buying…
Backyard Rabbit Keeping, Part 7/15 – Growing Crops for Rabbits
It may seem to be rather an effort to set about growing crops for rabbits, but there are many advantages. Pollution from dogs, gasoline fumes and sprays makes wild food…
Backyard Rabbit Keeping, Part 6/15 – Feeding
Rabbits need roughly the same constituents in their food as other animals and as we do, with one or two exceptions. They are herbivorous and will eat most greenfood, grains…
Backyard Rabbit Keeping, Part 5/15 – Housing
The way in which your rabbits are housed depends on your preference and also on whether you have a garden or a field. I think that it is better to…