I was gifted 3 rabbits today

[MustangStudFarm]

I am not worried about raising them, but they do cut into my worm bin scraps. I know it is ok to use rabbit manure in the worm bin, but I am probably going to have more manure than veggie scraps now. I was thinking of using alfalfa as a cover crop for my veggie garden to feed them with.
Maybe it is time to outsourcing veggies, like the grocery store. Give me thier old lettuce or something

 

[bravedave]

"ok"!?!?!
Rabbit pellets are the best worm bed addition.

On another note, do you know their sexes? Are you ready for more?

 

[weedenhanced]

I am not worried about raising them, but they do cut into my worm bin scraps. I know it is ok to use rabbit manure in the worm bin, but I am probably going to have more manure than veggie scraps now. I was thinking of using alfalfa as a cover crop for my veggie garden to feed them with.
Maybe it is time to outsourcing veggies, like the grocery store. Give me thier old lettuce or something

Eat em fcking yum

 

[MustangStudFarm]

"ok"!?!?!
Rabbit pellets are the best worm bed addition.

On another note, do you know their sexes? Are you ready for more?

I have added rabbit manure before, but I think that I am about to have too much. Can you add too much? I mean these guys are eating news paper also. Almost the same food as the worms.

 

[MustangStudFarm]

Eat em fcking yum

My native american friend keeps saying that too. He is the one that brought me the rabbits, they are very fat.

 

[bravedave]

I have added rabbit manure before, but I think that I am about to have too much. Can you add too much? I mean these guys are eating news paper also. Almost the same food as the worms.

I used to have a nice 4'x8' worm farm and it was well over 50% rabbit pellets.

 

[MustangStudFarm]

I should do some research about what to feed them exactly... Last owners just gave them pellets. I also need to build them a cage. I have a shed that I was rebuilding, probably going to turn it into a home for the rabbits and chickens for the winter. I am a begginer homesteader lol.

 

[Nullis]

I sometimes get rabbit manure from a friend and will add it to my worm bin. The bedding is more of a "problem" than the actual droppings. Just because some of the bedding materials take longer to break down than others, and both the paper bedding as well as hay can take a while to break down depending on it's consistency in the first place.

So I'd say put more actual rabbit droppings than bedding materials. Let the droppings sit in a bucket or bag for a little while so they begin to get moldy and decompose already.

 

[hells canyon genetics]

I love to use rabit manure in my compost teas and my compost pile

it can be added raw as a top dress also

 

[vostok]

Eat them now ..it will save you lots of effort, often animal gifts are in there best condition on reception,
and fail bigtime with 'new' owner efforts, with quality going down hill fast,
as it dependent on the new owners talents and animal husbandry

see it like being a noob grower being gifted your first clone?

 

[MustangStudFarm]

I think they gave us the rabbits because they were doing a poor job! alcoholics more worried about the bar

 

[MustangStudFarm]

I traded for two bags of chicken feed, that should be a hint

 

[ricky1lung]

Fatten them up over winter, clone them and go gorilla in the spring.

Wtf do people do with rabbits anyways? Wouldn't you need like 50 for a decent stew?

 

[bravedave]

Snared and ate them quite often as a kid. Remember ordering roast rabbit in Barcelona years ago and my female business associates did not like the idea. They liked it less when it was brought to the table..full torso with 4 leg stumps. Of course I could not let the meal go by without giving it two-finger bunny ears. They also did not find that as funny as I did.

 

[MustangStudFarm]

Fatten them up over winter, clone them and go gorilla in the spring.

Wtf do people do with rabbits anyways? Wouldn't you need like 50 for a decent stew?

Do I really have to wait until spring to go gorilla? I am sure its not much diff than caveman

 

[MustangStudFarm]

Eat them now ..it will save you lots of effort, often animal gifts are in there best condition on reception,
and fail bigtime with 'new' owner efforts, with quality going down hill fast,
as it dependent on the new owners talents and animal husbandry

see it like being a noob grower being gifted your first clone?

I really think that you got it backwards. I took the rabbits because I felt like I could do a better job. They were ready to get rid of them... Check this out, I have 3 full size dogs and I am able to free-range my chickens. Only a happy dog would leave chicken alone. I am trying to say that I am good with animals.

I know that I have been arguing with people on here, but that has only been one person in 4yrs. I am not really a stupid asshole

 

[vostok]

Chicken ducks even geese are highly useful for growers, the shit is very very high in (N), and quickly breaks down once aged ...Geese make great watch 'dogs'
and often attempt to insert their beeks into an offending anus when picking up pots, an actual riot to see when ur babe is also helping ..lol

in passing be warned tho ...peeps have actually starved to death eating rabbit, as there is so low value nutes in it, for plants or human

 

[MustangStudFarm]

I am about to start building a winter house for my chickens and rabbits... I restored my garage last year, so I think that it is time to keep building...
I had a shed when I bought my house, but it was eaten up by termites and was pretty useless. It has a concrete slab that I can use again... It looks like I am starting to collect animals lol!

 

[Sonnshine]

Unlike most other manures, rabbit manure can be used immediately, no need to compost it. Rabbit manure tea is awesome for plants. You won't starve on rabbit (unless you eat nothing else), less fatty than chicken (795 kcal/lb vs 810) and nutritional adequate as a protein source. It's the lack of fat that led to explorers suffering from 'Rabbit Starvation', it won't work as a sole food source, but as a protein source, tough to beat. But I'd keep them for the manure over eating them, unless they breed. Imo, rabbit manure tea is the best manure tea.

 

[greasemonkeymann]

Unlike most other manures, rabbit manure can be used immediately, no need to compost it. Rabbit manure tea is awesome for plants. You won't starve on rabbit (unless you eat nothing else), less fatty than chicken (795 kcal/lb vs 810) and nutritional adequate as a protein source. It's the lack of fat that led to explorers suffering from 'Rabbit Starvation', it won't work as a sole food source, but as a protein source, tough to beat. But I'd keep them for the manure over eating them, unless they breed. Imo, rabbit manure tea is the best manure tea.

cool thing with rabbit manure is the NPK values actually increase with composting.

I am about to start building a winter house for my chickens and rabbits... I restored my garage last year, so I think that it is time to keep building...
I had a shed when I bought my house, but it was eaten up by termites and was pretty useless. It has a concrete slab that I can use again... It looks like I am starting to collect animals lol!

You are stoked man, rabbits are the best "shit-makers" out there for cannabis.
Give them alfalfa pellets, and their dirty urine soaked bed goes in the compost (or can be used for a urine tea), the manure goes in your soil.
I've grown spectacular herb using ONLY rabbit manure and kelp meal.
Water only.
If you wanted to make the mother of all compost pile you could use the rabbit manure as the nitrogen input for your pile.
layer of leaves, kelp meal, rabbit manure, fish bone meal, minerals.
Repeat, repeat.