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Post by markkw on May 15, 2011 2:20:42 GMT -5
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Post by johnboy on Aug 28, 2011 18:05:49 GMT -5
just got a netherland dwarf, and he is soooooo sweet! I found a new appreciation for them! Great bunny pics!
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Post by nutrivet on Aug 31, 2011 6:21:51 GMT -5
Yuze guys is cuterizing me.
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Post by markkw on Aug 31, 2011 20:25:07 GMT -5
just got a netherland dwarf, and he is soooooo sweet! I found a new appreciation for them! Great bunny pics! Wow they're tiny! The Harlequins, which is what the albino came from, get 7-10 pounds. The Flemish giants average 15-20 pounds but some can get larger. This is Dumper out breeder buck from a show winning bloodline, just weighed him at 16 pounds a couple days ago. Not much of a size reference but that cage he's in is a "large" dog crate, the rectangular holes in the wire are about 1.5"x3"   This is not one of mine, it's a German Giant that lives in Germany with the fellow holding him. Claim is that he weighs 22 pounds but I think someone got the metric conversion wrong because he's way bigger than our 16 pounder.  |
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Post by todd on Sept 4, 2011 14:20:54 GMT -5
Hey Mark. I am not trying to sound too dumb here but what are the main uses for these giant rabbits these days? Or are they actually hares? Anyway, are they just for petting and showing or do folks still butcher? Just wondered. BTW, these giant sized ones always give me a shock when I see them.
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Post by markkw on Sept 4, 2011 19:50:36 GMT -5
Hey Mark. I am not trying to sound too dumb here but what are the main uses for these giant rabbits these days? Or are they actually hares? Anyway, are they just for petting and showing or do folks still butcher? Just wondered. BTW, these giant sized ones always give me a shock when I see them. Most of our Flemish Giants are registered in a show-winning bloodline but we do raise some for meat ... the Harlequins were supposed to be the meat producers but she dropped that albino doe, quite rare and rather special to me. We also crossed a Flemish with a California/New Zealand mix, she had four but three were still-born, the lone survivor was a buck we sold to another couple to use as breeding stock for meat rabbits. The Flemish are good eating but they're big-boned and slower growing so it's beneficial to cross them with a fast grower if going for meat. Hares, rabbits, bunnies, bun-buns ... all the same to me. ;D |
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