Can I raise rabbits and use a slaughterhouse or meatpacking facility to make them ready for sale without having to get a meat license? I don't plan on raising a lot but more than I'll ever need for meat I'd like to be able to sell it and hopefully save some money.

Is it okay if I keep a pet rabbit inside an outdoor cage setup that is like the ones used for meat rabbits (I’m not eating or culling rabbits). I just want reassurance that it is okay to keep a rabbit in an outdoor cage instead of what pet rabbit owners are keeping their bunnies inside a dog play pen.

On the other rabbit group here in Reddit I was lectured that I shouldn’t pick up my rabbit and that I shouldn’t pet him. They told me that I should let my rabbit come to me. Is this really true? It seems the people in the regular rabbit group on Reddit is anti farm animals.

I’m trying to get into raising Standard Rex rabbits for meat and I was wondering how much I should be feeding them, I have two litter mates (does) almost two years old and a 7mo doe and a 6mo buck, and how much I should feed the kits

My plan is to cull each litter im processing and refrigerate until i can process them. Good plan or nah?

I've get the choice to raise standard size rex or silver fox for meat production. Anyone have specific reasons for one or the other? Thanks

Hello, I am new to reddit, this group, and to raising meat rabbits. I just received my first three on Sunday. 8 weeks old. Two does, one buck. The breeder from which they came raises rabbits totally on pellets and timothy hay. I want to expand that diet, so she is not a good source of info and I don't personally know anyone else who raises meat rabbits. This has left me trying to find an active, online community. Maybe this is it? I've read Beyond the Pellet and while they go into detail about carefully transitioning rabbits onto foraged greens, I couldn't locate in the book haw to properly transition them from solely Timothy hay to hay I make myself out of foraged, dried and cured greens. Any input would be greatly appreciated! PS-If I am doing this reddit thing all wrong, feel free to clue me in, as well! :-)

i have 8 meat rabbits available tomorrow and another 10 in two weeks.. anyone interested? would like to find someone looking for someone a regular basis but will sell you however many you may want.. all new zealands purebreed and pedigree