An accessible, practical resource for pasture-based rabbit production-complete with rabbit husbandry basics, enterprise budgets, and guidelines for growing, processing and selling rabbits commercially. In recent years, there has been talk in the food world that rabbits make more sense than chicken. In a country with a $41 billion broiler chicken industry, this might seem like a pretty bold statement, but it’s hardly unsubstantiated. And yet while media has been abuzz about the supposed super protein, very few farmers are stepping up to meet the rapidly increasing interest in sustainably raised rabbit meat. This is partly due to the lack of available resources in the field of rabbit husbandry. Raising Pastured Rabbits for Meat is the first book to address the growing trend of ecological rabbit husbandry for the beginning to market-scale farmer. Inspired by Daniel Salatin, who has long been considered the pioneer in integrated rabbit farming, Nichki Carangelo proves that a viable pasture-based rabbitry is not only possible and user-friendly, it’s also profitable. In Carangelo’s approach, happy, healthy rabbits are seasonally raised outside on pasture, using a pasture and wire hybrid system that promotes natural behaviors and a diverse diet, while effectively managing the associated risks. Raising Pastured Rabbits for Meat offers valuable information on how farmers can build their own rabbit enterprise from scratch and includes tips on breed selection, breeding techniques, nutrition guidelines, record keeping tools, slaughtering and butchering instructions, marketing advice, and enterprise guides to help farmers plan for profitability. This is an essential guide for anyone interested in integrating rabbits onto a diversified farm or homestead.

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Interested in making a profit off your rabbitry? This compact handbook holds all the secrets to help you maximize profit in your rabbitry. Whatever your reason for being in this rabbit hobby (be it show, meat, or pets) this guide is guaranteed to offer you useful advice. Don't listen to the pessimists who claim rabbits are a money pit. You can in fact, make hundreds, potentially even thousands of dollars a month. Don't settle for breaking even! Turn your passion into profit. Included in this guide: Selecting the right breeds Importing new breeding stock How and where to sell rabbits The importance of pedigrees Social media sale tips Templates for online ads & a sales policy Basic rabbit care info packet for buyers How to take eye-catching bunny photos Selling rabbit related products Expanding your bunny empire

·A guide to humanely raising and ranching rabbits as a profitable meat avenue ·Topics cover housing, feeding, breeding, disease management, market outlets, laws and regulations of the rabbit meat industry, and much more ·Learn to make rational management decisions for your own rabbit farm ·Author Deborah Mays has a degree in Wildlife Biology and academic experience in animal husbandry, and runs her own successful rabbit ranching business