Piece of advice. Don't eat pets and don't make pets out of food. EVER!!!I guess if one is the kind of person that likes rabbit meat it's an option... I respect one's choice of which animals to raise for meat. We are raising hogs for meat currently. I have a relationship with them though(I taught one to sit on command) so I hope I don't freak out when it's time to butcher.
I hope no one ever tells me to put any of my 3 pet rabbits in the crockpot...One of rabbits died last week and there were a lot of tears shed on my part...
I guess if one is the kind of person that likes rabbit meat it's an option... I respect one's choice of which animals to raise for meat. We are raising hogs for meat currently. I have a relationship with them though(I taught one to sit on command) so I hope I don't freak out when it's time to butcher.
Thanks for that advice!!! That's really good!!! LOL I've distanced myself from the hogs quite abit lately as my dad has been feeding them so now I don't really have a reason to spend time with them. Which has helped out. But I do still do find pigs/hogs intriguing creatures as these are our first pair.
YES!!! And it has been proven that the quality of the meat is better if they've had a wonderful life so why not? But there's a fine line in between being emotionally attached and having a relationship I feel. But this is our first time raising hogs for meat. Also, the hogs we have were trapped in the woods when they were young. So in short, they were wild hogs! So it's been interesting having them around. Back to rabbits, I don't think I could ever see rabbits as meat like I see chickens like meat.
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I find it funny that you butcher rabbits and not chickens and I butcher chickens and not rabbits... I do have some chickens that are kinda my favorites but I don't go out of my way really to just spend time with them. But I could spent all day with my rabbits. I'd just as soon butcher my childhood dog(who is now 10) as my rabbits. Like...Pigs are AMAZING animals... I adore them!
We haven't done chickens for meat yet, and we have "meat rabbits" we are raising but haven't harvested yet... But I LOVE my chickens and would definitely need a solid reason to harvest any of my "pet" chickens (like a really mean roo we culled
Pigs/hogs have never really intrigued until we got these. They're alotta fun to watch!
I find it funny that you butcher rabbits and not chickens and I butcher chickens and not rabbits... I do have some chickens that are kinda my favorites but I don't go out of my way really to just spend time with them. But I could spent all day with my rabbits. I'd just as soon butcher my childhood dog(who is now 10) as my rabbits. Like...
I could literally spend my whole entire day watching my animals. Like just seeing them happy makes me happy. Each different species has so many interesting qualities about them... I love just love the outdoors. The breeze... the sounds... it's like mental yoga...
