Guess that's as unimaginative as a thread title can get, I hope some of you already have an opinion about me.
I grew up in a rural part of Austria, when I was a child almost every house had chicken, and every third had rabbits. I spent 3 summers on high pastures with my grandparents, no roads, electricity, running water, just lifestock. (ever seen "Heidi"- exactkly that)
SNAP, "doing the time warp" 30 years later...
I'm 46,a pathological depressive, still single due to being somewhat socially impaired, working as metal miller (didn't learn that trade, just ended up there).
I started with rabbits as a food source, as i was used from childhood, and to get my feet back on the ground, and I'm still breeding them for meat, but they became so much more. I now have two free range house bunnys now, my intact herd buck Herr Hase and his spayed daughter and cuddlebun Dotty. And 4 breeding does in two mother/daughter pairs, the older ones going to be retired soon (if they don't keep me surprised...)
I know it's difficult for a lot of people to wrap their mind around having rabbits as pets and livestock, but well, imho that's how this symbiosis works. We live in good times, but that isn't going to last, I think preserving the ways my grandparents got through wars is a good idea.
I grew up in a rural part of Austria, when I was a child almost every house had chicken, and every third had rabbits. I spent 3 summers on high pastures with my grandparents, no roads, electricity, running water, just lifestock. (ever seen "Heidi"- exactkly that)
SNAP, "doing the time warp" 30 years later...
I'm 46,a pathological depressive, still single due to being somewhat socially impaired, working as metal miller (didn't learn that trade, just ended up there).
I started with rabbits as a food source, as i was used from childhood, and to get my feet back on the ground, and I'm still breeding them for meat, but they became so much more. I now have two free range house bunnys now, my intact herd buck Herr Hase and his spayed daughter and cuddlebun Dotty. And 4 breeding does in two mother/daughter pairs, the older ones going to be retired soon (if they don't keep me surprised...)
I know it's difficult for a lot of people to wrap their mind around having rabbits as pets and livestock, but well, imho that's how this symbiosis works. We live in good times, but that isn't going to last, I think preserving the ways my grandparents got through wars is a good idea.
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