The Clarjo Rabbitry
I spent a ton of time in the last week and a half setting up my rabbit operation… Including cage building ( I love wire and J clips), grow out […]
Category Archives: Rabbits
Pallet Grow Out Cages
I dismantled two 8′ long pallets with my new sawzall, and decided to use this lumber to create a custom cage rack for my awkward shaped 50″ x 20″ cages. […]
El Monstro is No More: Week 7
Got a WHOLE bunch of work done at the homestead this week! Picked up six free Angora and Lionhead mix rabbits this week for free food, as well as paying […]
Pulled Rabbit in a Slow Cooker
One of the bloggers when I posted the last recipe recommended that I do rabbits in a slow cooker, so, I adapted a recipe from Christine Cooks for the first week […]
Found Rabbit for $1.75 a pound!
There have been a lot of work with prelims, new educational programs, teaching, and classes, but, I have been trying new recipes and doing a ton of dog agility with […]
Kids in Agronomy Plot Layout
It has been awhile since I have posted anything, what with the selling/consuming of all of my rabbits, and I have been busy with my doctoral written prelims. So, I […]
Dream Butchering Board
So, even though I am no longer raising rabbits right now, I still intend on butchering the ones that I buy at livestock auction. I just got a new Dutch […]
End of Camp Acres
Another one of the baby Californians died this week. They had plenty of food and water, and were slowly added on to grass. I think we may have introduced them […]
Bunny Love!
I think that my scale must have been broken when I did the first weigh in on the rabbits. (I have had nothing but issues with this digital scale). The […]
Lemon and Garlic Roasted Rabbit
Had company over last night so I could introduce the dogs to distractions. I also love to entertain, and make homemade things for my friends. So I decided to marinade […]
Bunny Heatstroke
Yesterday, I nearly had a 5 week old bunny die of heat stroke! I put them outside in the shade to graze on grass, and escape the hot. stale air […]
Return to Wicked Chicken – 7/7
Well, the rabbit cages have relocated to the horsebarns as of last week, even though most of the inhabitants had been eaten. So, this prompted a return visit to Wicked […]
Rabbit and Chorizo Burgers
When I was at the agility trial this last weekend in Fredericksburg, VA, we went out to an Irish Pub downtown. I got a pork and chorizo burger, covered in […]
Kansas City BBQ’d Rabbit
These bunnies were difficult to kill. They were my pets, they had names, and provided hours and hours of joy to the girls. I really got to see their personality, […]
Camp Acres – Week 9 and 10
So, I have had back to back weekends with Agility Trials, so I haven’t gotten to update as planned. Every year at camp, the state health inspector comes. My boss […]
Cost of Raising Rabbits #2
About a month ago I got five buck rabbits from the Wicked Chicken Auction. Now, I have decided that raising rabbit meat for a dog may not be cost effective, […]
Camp Acres, Week 8
The chickens have moved permanently to a new home. The 12 of them are snug inside the coop at night (as it is only 0.7 square feet per chicken); however, […]
Camp Acres! Week 7
After returning from Harvard/MIT, I had discovered that one of the chickens died during the storm that knocked out power. They did not have access to water, or light (to […]
Rosemary and Thyme Stuffed Rabbit
So, it is about time to eat little bunny. I wanted to BBQ the whole bunny on the grill, but, I didn’t have the capability to grill at my apartment […]
Bunny Program #1
This week, they are running an iCamp session with 18 girls. Each girl gets an ipad to photograph and document everything. We were going to head out and document and […]
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