Kelly Pfitzer
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Ok...considering the costs associated with housing (hutches, tractors, water lines, etc) as a sunk cost, is it even possible to break even?
I ask because i have 6 breeders (2 bucks, 4 does) and i breed the does about once every 4 months as of now. I don't ration the food as the bucks don't really eat much to begin with if the does are preggers or nursing, i give them all they want. I allow the kits to nurse for 2 months before i seperate them from the mother and put them in a tractor for another 4-6 weeks. So basically the kits in the hutches and tractors eat like CRAZY, so i really don't know how to ration for them....so i just keep them topped off.
I go thru about a bag of month (approximately). So my math looks like this:
2 Kindles (average 7 kits) in 4 month period.
4 bags of feed = $100
2 hay blocks = $ 50
So aproximately $150/14 = $10.71/rabbit and if you get about 2 pounds per rabbit, thats just over $5/pound....which isn't really great to be honest. Would appreciate suggestions on how to make the process more economical.
k
I ask because i have 6 breeders (2 bucks, 4 does) and i breed the does about once every 4 months as of now. I don't ration the food as the bucks don't really eat much to begin with if the does are preggers or nursing, i give them all they want. I allow the kits to nurse for 2 months before i seperate them from the mother and put them in a tractor for another 4-6 weeks. So basically the kits in the hutches and tractors eat like CRAZY, so i really don't know how to ration for them....so i just keep them topped off.
I go thru about a bag of month (approximately). So my math looks like this:
2 Kindles (average 7 kits) in 4 month period.
4 bags of feed = $100
2 hay blocks = $ 50
So aproximately $150/14 = $10.71/rabbit and if you get about 2 pounds per rabbit, thats just over $5/pound....which isn't really great to be honest. Would appreciate suggestions on how to make the process more economical.
k
