Boar ninja,
I was going to raise some meat rabbits, but I am limited on time and space. With the french lops, the kids can have lovable rabbits to play with and at 10-15 lbs you don't worry about them being so frail. I had wondered if they were good to eat, but the ones I have now are pets. These are show quality rabbits (not market) and at some point if the girls got into showing 4H then they could take home a couple to condition and show. They live a bit far from us, and there really isn't another 4H critter they could have in a neighborhood. Chris and I won't raise animals for them to show - we think it defeats the purpose of kids raising critters. To date they have not taken an interest in showing in 4H but if they ever do, the genetics are here for working.
I think I have six at least. I didn't go digging around in there, just counted what I could make out from the side of the cage.
Cheers!
M
You are just no fun. lol. I just knew I was going to push some buttons with the eating and skinning comments. Shoulda known better.
Actually the lops are good eating but the New Zealands and Californians are better.
I would definitely recommend them for 4-H and FFA projects. The girls usually clean up with rabbits and lambs at the shows.
Good luck with the new babies.
