Comments on: Fried Rabbit… Yum!Yum! http://newlifeonahomestead.com/2009/02/fried-rabbit-yumyum/ Our Family's Journey To Self Sufficiency Thu, 17 May 2012 13:21:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kendra at New Life On A Homestead http://newlifeonahomestead.com/2009/02/fried-rabbit-yumyum/comment-page-1/#comment-6791 Kendra at New Life On A Homestead Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:23:04 +0000 http://newlifeonahomestead.com/?p=793#comment-6791 Very interesting. Thanks so much for all of the research!!! It's really helpful. Maybe you could keep the furs to make stuff with?? I'd like to try that myself. Very interesting. Thanks so much for all of the research!!! It’s really helpful. Maybe you could keep the furs to make stuff with?? I’d like to try that myself.

]]> By: Sarah http://newlifeonahomestead.com/2009/02/fried-rabbit-yumyum/comment-page-1/#comment-6787 Sarah Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:30:20 +0000 http://newlifeonahomestead.com/?p=793#comment-6787 The results were based on the third litter of one of our does from birth to 7 weeks butchering size. We haven't found a recipe we really like yet (the meat is chewy and very gamey) so we are going to be giving the rabbits to our dog or selling them. It's cheaper than anything we have found for our dog because you can include the inards it's like .60 cents a pound. Our dog has major health problems so were trying to go more natural in feeding her. We have been feeding her Orijon it's like $2.50 a pound. So we don't look at it as a total loss because it still will be saving us money just in a different way than we first thought. We've been sticking with feeding them the feed (occasionally will give them timothy hay) because they need more protein while pregnant and nursing. We haven't done a ton of research but based on what we've read so far it doesn't seem feasible to grow for five does, one buck and their litters. Those bunnies basically eat all night. The production we have going now can give us a rabbit every day of the year. The fertilizer has been great for the garden though. My Fil told us we had the tallest corn he has ever seen in the south and I'm guessing it's because of the rabbit manure. I'll have to look more into growing our own food for the rabbits. The results were based on the third litter of one of our does from birth to 7 weeks butchering size. We haven’t found a recipe we really like yet (the meat is chewy and very gamey) so we are going to be giving the rabbits to our dog or selling them. It’s cheaper than anything we have found for our dog because you can include the inards it’s like .60 cents a pound. Our dog has major health problems so were trying to go more natural in feeding her. We have been feeding her Orijon it’s like $2.50 a pound. So we don’t look at it as a total loss because it still will be saving us money just in a different way than we first thought.

We’ve been sticking with feeding them the feed (occasionally will give them timothy hay) because they need more protein while pregnant and nursing. We haven’t done a ton of research but based on what we’ve read so far it doesn’t seem feasible to grow for five does, one buck and their litters. Those bunnies basically eat all night. The production we have going now can give us a rabbit every day of the year. The fertilizer has been great for the garden though. My Fil told us we had the tallest corn he has ever seen in the south and I’m guessing it’s because of the rabbit manure.

I’ll have to look more into growing our own food for the rabbits.

]]> By: Kendra at New Life On A Homestead http://newlifeonahomestead.com/2009/02/fried-rabbit-yumyum/comment-page-1/#comment-6784 Kendra at New Life On A Homestead Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:45:55 +0000 http://newlifeonahomestead.com/?p=793#comment-6784 That's interesting. Thanks so much for sharing! Hmmm.... it doesn't seem like it would be a money saving venture. If you could find a way to feed the rabbits without buying so much feed, maybe it would be worth it. So, is this raising them from babies to butchering size? Or did you get the rabbits already grown and fattened them up? I'm wondering how long you had to feed them before putting them in your freezer. That’s interesting. Thanks so much for sharing! Hmmm…. it doesn’t seem like it would be a money saving venture. If you could find a way to feed the rabbits without buying so much feed, maybe it would be worth it. So, is this raising them from babies to butchering size? Or did you get the rabbits already grown and fattened them up? I’m wondering how long you had to feed them before putting them in your freezer.

]]> By: Sarah http://newlifeonahomestead.com/2009/02/fried-rabbit-yumyum/comment-page-1/#comment-6783 Sarah Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:16:09 +0000 http://newlifeonahomestead.com/?p=793#comment-6783 I can't find the original post where I first commented that if anyone was interested in knowing how much it costs to raise rabbits. So hopefully here will do. I have the results. Not counting what it cost to house the rabbits it comes to be $16.00 for 100 lbs of feed to get 10 lbs of rabbit meat ($1.60 per pound). That is if you can find feed for that cheap. I can’t find the original post where I first commented that if anyone was interested in knowing how much it costs to raise rabbits. So hopefully here will do.

I have the results. Not counting what it cost to house the rabbits it comes to be $16.00 for 100 lbs of feed to get 10 lbs of rabbit meat
($1.60 per pound). That is if you can find feed for that cheap.

]]> By: Keren http://newlifeonahomestead.com/2009/02/fried-rabbit-yumyum/comment-page-1/#comment-369 Keren Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:37:32 +0000 http://newlifeonahomestead.com/?p=793#comment-369 In addition to eating a lot of venison growing up, we occasionally ate rabbit and squirrel. (Squirrel meat is pretty greasy, and depending where you live you do have to get them before the last frost, or they’ll have parasites. I don’t know what it’s like in your area.) I like rabbit, and I think we ate it in soups or just cooked like chicken (but not usually fried). Not sure that I have any recipes, but you can really just cook it like you would chicken. A lot of people think game meat has a strange taste, and will soak it in vinegar or salt, but I prefer the taste that it has without soaking it in salt–you may want to try it without a soak sometime. It will be a bit more messy in prep, but tastes great! Many people raise rabbits for eating! :) In addition to eating a lot of venison growing up, we occasionally ate rabbit and squirrel. (Squirrel meat is pretty greasy, and depending where you live you do have to get them before the last frost, or they’ll have parasites. I don’t know what it’s like in your area.)

I like rabbit, and I think we ate it in soups or just cooked like chicken (but not usually fried). Not sure that I have any recipes, but you can really just cook it like you would chicken.

A lot of people think game meat has a strange taste, and will soak it in vinegar or salt, but I prefer the taste that it has without soaking it in salt–you may want to try it without a soak sometime. It will be a bit more messy in prep, but tastes great!

Many people raise rabbits for eating! :)

]]> By: Amber http://newlifeonahomestead.com/2009/02/fried-rabbit-yumyum/comment-page-1/#comment-368 Amber Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:36:07 +0000 http://newlifeonahomestead.com/?p=793#comment-368 The previous story made me laugh so hard. It sounds like a conversation that would happen in our household. :) Your comment about a hairy rabbit in your pot is the first thing that popped in my mind too! I’m glad the rabbit turned out well… I had it once when I was in France. It was rabbit with prunes and olive tapenade and was the most wonderful meal I’ve ever had! The previous story made me laugh so hard. It sounds like a conversation that would happen in our household. :) Your comment about a hairy rabbit in your pot is the first thing that popped in my mind too! I’m glad the rabbit turned out well… I had it once when I was in France. It was rabbit with prunes and olive tapenade and was the most wonderful meal I’ve ever had!

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