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You guys were right about the price; I was nuts. I found some 3 1/2 hours away for $80 each! So excited! I don't just want Nigerians for profit I want them because of their personality, ease of kidding and their size which is more compatible with our farm size. Now I can build the enclosure and...

Sounds great! I think skinning will be one of the big points of interest. We case skin ours for tanning.

I am set on them, but hers are registered so maybe I can find cheaper. I just don't want to end up with sick wormy goats from an auction or market. The goats around here aren't often purebred much less papered. I will start shopping around a bit though.

Yeah no I'm paying $600 just for two doelings. Is that insane? They are Nigerian Dwarves. Maybe I can work on a better deal. Our rabbits are bred every 3 to 4 months depending on the breed, litter size, etc. I can probably give them a break but sometimes I worry about the young does hitting that...

The lady I'm buying from will have a Billy I could use I'm sure of that. I just don't think goat breeding is as easy to "pinpoint" as rabbits--where rabbits take like five minutes. Since Nigerian Dwarfs are so small, transporting would be easy but I hear that it freaks them out really bad so...

The chickens, that's genius! Thanks pinkfox!

I know people here would love a dreamcatcher like that. They sell em with tiny resin cow skulls so I think an authentic rabbit skull would be even better. I'm still researching cleaning methods that won't kill me. I'm a little iffy about butchering--I guess I feel the weight of what I'm doing a...

That's kinda what I thought, cover it with intricate patterns of seed beads and hang some feathers off of it. I already stamp leather and I'd like to get more into the native American crafting.

I half-researched it a few hours ago and you can use borax, bleach and some other things and just scrub it. People who regularly handle a lot of bones use those beetles that clean skulls. I haven't really got to the "who" part yet, kind of in the beginning stages of curiosity. Let me know if you...

I am familiar with my state laws. As a producer of under $1,000 butchered animals (rabbits and poultry are the same in my state) a year all I'm required to do is not intentionally sell adulterated meat and I also know what adulterated means. I am about to tan my first hides when Strawberry's...

I'm kind of at a crossroads here on the farm. I have $600 in a savings account that I can either use on a climate-controlled shed for the rabbits, or a pair of dairy goats. The shed would be great and let us breed year-round despite the heat, but dairy goats will give milk and I can make cheese...

Awesome, thanks for all the answers, everyone! I feel a lot more confident in my pricing now.

I've been doing $15 each dressed and $10 live. I have pure NZReds and Red Satin/Florida White. The Satin/Whites are the ones I usually butcher and that's just because I don't have a Satin Red doe or Florida white buck yet. I don't like crossing them that much but they're just for eating. The...

Ugh ok so I raise meat rabbits and have a couple of does--ok six--and usually about half the litter is butchered. I live in a semi-rural town in southeast Missouri. What is a moderate price so I can sell these and make enough money to be worth it? I'd usually stay right under store price but...

Well we made it through the fair. It was a ton of work but my 4Hers did a great job. As far as ribbons, the rabbits didn't do as hot, just 2 blue, 2 reds and 2 whites by class--individually almost all of them were blues. Our birds however made me so proud! My Black Australorp hen won grand...

Well I go through about 50 pounds a week poultry feed--game starter mixed with poultry conditioner, sunflower seeds--and then about 50-75 pounds rabbit feed. In the heat the rabbits eat less which isn't good but it causes us to use less feed up. The birds do seem to eat less the more protein...

Well thank y'all so much for the welcomes! Right now we are grooming and primping our rabbits and poultry for the county fair. It had no show for these animals before I did the work to gather sponsors, judges and volunteers. It's my baby and I'm so nervous! I just hope that my three 4Hers and we...

We do sell rabbits and we have some beautiful Red New Zealands that we are going to breed in September since the heat is too much for them right now. We have pedigreed and non reds and whites. We should start getting quail eggs very soon and once they start becoming fertile then I will be...

Hello everyone. I just thought I'd start a journal on here to vent and share my very slow journey toward self-sufficiency. First I'll post my answers to that question list. 1. What state/province/country are you in and what is your climate like? Southeast Missouri, USA: swampy weather in...

We have Hazel, BigWig, Holly and Strawberry. Dandelion, Blackberry and Buckthorn are on reserve at another Rabbitry, headed our way in six weeks! I bet your Rex rabbits are gorgeous. I've only ever seen minis in person before but that fur is gorgeous! HWC