Our rabbits are raised using no growth hormones or antibiotics so that you don't have to worry about any after effects that those might cause for your animals. They are also raised in wire only cages off of the ground to avoid diseases and parasites that are common in other types of environments.
Most of these are young rabbits. Many are between the age of eight to twelve weeks. That means the meat will be moist and tender, just like you would purchase for yourself. It typically takes a rabbit eight weeks to reach the weight of five pounds, which is average butchering weight. If you are interested in a smaller rabbit we can arrange that as well. A two pound rabbit will be approximately four weeks old.
We believe that it is very important to humanely dispatch our rabbits. We use cervical dislocation as we feel it causes only momentary discomfort to our rabbits prior to their passing. In addition there is no gassing or drugs given that you have to worry about being in their system that could affect your animals health. We use a product called the Rabbit Wringer to assist in our dispatching. Find out more about it at www.rabbitwringer.com
As we continue to produce more and more smaller rabbits, we will be utilizing some CO2 tanks for the really small rabbits (under 2#) as well as the quail and other chicks that we will be raising. This will be necessary in order to humanely dispatch these smaller animals as cervical dislocation is simply not feasible for the smaller animals.
Rabbits4U indicates the weight of each individual rabbit on the outside of the package for you to assist you in meal planning. We do that for your convenience. Each package may contain two or three rabbits but we mark the packaging with the individual rabbit weights so that you know how much you are feeding your pets. If you have special needs, let us know so we can accommodate that as well.
Most of these are young rabbits. Many are between the age of eight to twelve weeks. That means the meat will be moist and tender, just like you would purchase for yourself. It typically takes a rabbit eight weeks to reach the weight of five pounds, which is average butchering weight. If you are interested in a smaller rabbit we can arrange that as well. A two pound rabbit will be approximately four weeks old.
We believe that it is very important to humanely dispatch our rabbits. We use cervical dislocation as we feel it causes only momentary discomfort to our rabbits prior to their passing. In addition there is no gassing or drugs given that you have to worry about being in their system that could affect your animals health. We use a product called the Rabbit Wringer to assist in our dispatching. Find out more about it at www.rabbitwringer.com
As we continue to produce more and more smaller rabbits, we will be utilizing some CO2 tanks for the really small rabbits (under 2#) as well as the quail and other chicks that we will be raising. This will be necessary in order to humanely dispatch these smaller animals as cervical dislocation is simply not feasible for the smaller animals.
Rabbits4U indicates the weight of each individual rabbit on the outside of the package for you to assist you in meal planning. We do that for your convenience. Each package may contain two or three rabbits but we mark the packaging with the individual rabbit weights so that you know how much you are feeding your pets. If you have special needs, let us know so we can accommodate that as well.