tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416540617382470036.post1176745192227441559..comments2014-03-12T10:57:38.448-06:00Comments on The Journey: Rabbit Nesting BoxSMMeadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01862713931381431217noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416540617382470036.post-62467286790896915522014-01-11T11:04:33.440-07:002014-01-11T11:04:33.440-07:00*This response may upset some*
I will skin them...*This response may upset some*<br /><br /><br /><br />I will skin them. My goal is the use of the pelts. We do eat them ourselves also. For the dogs though, I just remove the head and internal organs and then toss the cleaned carcass to the dogs. The edible internal organs are fed to the chickens. The pelts are put into the freezer. The head and other organs are put in the compost pile. <br /><br />As for the cost of having a hide tanned, it is about $20 a hide for the places we could find. You can buy a hide for that. So economically, it makes no sense to have someone else do it.SMMeadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01862713931381431217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416540617382470036.post-15524207153163611742014-01-11T10:12:27.550-07:002014-01-11T10:12:27.550-07:00How do you feed the rabbits to the dogs? Cut up? W...How do you feed the rabbits to the dogs? Cut up? Whole? skinned? As far as the pelt tanning goes, I would LOVE to send my sheep skins off to be tanned, but as you said, the cost outweighs any profit to be made and therein lies the problem. In the USA apparently it is much cheaper to have a hide tanned in some areas. Here it is 100 dollars. Sigh. Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11296751726616435231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416540617382470036.post-47762332728885899032014-01-10T21:03:45.224-07:002014-01-10T21:03:45.224-07:00I would make them a bit bigger. As flemish are la...I would make them a bit bigger. As flemish are larger then my rex's. I would say, not too much bigger though. Approximately 14" wide x 14" tall x 24" long. Mine are 12" wide x 10 " tall x 20" long. If you have a smaller flemish, then my size should work. <br /><br />As for the pelts. I have been saving them up and plan to try a couple different tanning methods to see which one I like and which one works best for us. I will have those results in April as I plan to start that next month. I had looked at sending off the pelts, but the cost would be as much as you could sell them for. So you would not even make back the money from tanning the hide and raising the rabbit.<br /><br />There is not a big market here for rabbit as the closest butcher that will do them (that we can get to call us back) is a couple hours away. I do sell pet quality and breeding quality rabbits though. Mostly we eat the meat and it cuts the dog food costs too.SMMeadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01862713931381431217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416540617382470036.post-57104333514498029812014-01-10T16:52:58.768-07:002014-01-10T16:52:58.768-07:00Is this the size that would work for a Flemish Gia...Is this the size that would work for a Flemish Giant? I plan to breed my rabbits soon. Also, do you save the pelts and tan them or send them off or do nothing at all with them? Do you have any market for rabbits there? I believe there is a huge market with the Metis here. They LOVE rabbit. We shall see. Thank you for the posting. <br />EileenEileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11296751726616435231noreply@blogger.com