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Budo1
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Post: # 196251Post Budo1 »

Hi, family of 5 in South Wales. :wave:
i am from a farming background my grand parents and great grand parents owned farms. have worked on different farms throughout my life. But moved away and became remedial/ Sports therapist ( like a physio).
have returned home with desires to downsize and get back to roots so to speak.

At the moment i run an allotment and a small plot of land adjacent to my home, just concentrating on smaller items for the table and freezer. last year i made decission to start breeding rabbits for the table - my grandfather having done so for many years and the usual trapping wild on the farms but also a little experience on a rabbit farm in Hampshire. This project has been the biggest delight for myself and the 2 boys. :cheers: the meat has been stunning and looking forward to trying the next generation of F1 hybrid from out pure bred and mixed stock. There is vertually no waste from the garden, the meat is stunning and whats more the manure is second to none :thumbright:

i will post more on our set up as soon as i get the hang of this stuff lol.

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Post: # 196254Post becks77 »

Hi Budo 1,
Welcome, sounds like you're kept busy
All the best
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Post: # 196258Post Touchwood »

Hi Budo 1,
Welcome to ish. :wave: Where about's are you in South Wales?
Would be interested to hear more about the rabbits, we have just started, but haven't got as far as doing the deadly deed yet :(

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Post: # 196267Post Budo1 »

Thanks for the welcome all :thumbright:

Touch Wood : im i just above Cardiff, dont panic the deadly deed seams worse than it actually is.. but is best to be shown. Needs to be humaine and very quick.. DEFRA still advocate 'necking' as one of the approved methods. Any questions give me a shout.
What breed have you gone for?

Becks; yes try and keep busy as much as possible.. enjoying being out there when the sun is shinning at the mo :sunny:
Susie: thanks :wave:

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Post: # 196268Post Green Aura »

Hi and welcome to Ish from Scotland :lol: (Had to mention that or you'll start to think we're all in Wales :lol: )
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Post: # 196279Post Touchwood »

Thanks Budo 1, I'll certainly give you a shout if we need some advice or get stuck.
We bought our doe already pregnant so not sure what the father was but she's Old English. We already had a NZ White Buck so the next letter which is due tomorrow hopefully will be by him. OH is fairly confident about the deed as he does our table birds, although as he says it isn't something he particularly enjoys. I'm the problem as I made the mistake of handling them too much and they have become really friendly :roll:

Your's sound interesting, sounds like you've got a bit of a mixture.

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Post: # 196306Post Millymollymandy »

Hi and welcome!
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Hi and welcome :wave:
Working towards living the dream on a barge.

my blog about the barge: http://www.fran-bonnieofclyde.blogspot.com

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Post: # 196346Post indy »

Hi and welcome to ish :sunny:
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Post: # 196415Post Budo1 »

Touchwood wrote:Thanks Budo 1, I'll certainly give you a shout if we need some advice or get stuck.
We bought our doe already pregnant so not sure what the father was but she's Old English. We already had a NZ White Buck so the next letter which is due tomorrow hopefully will be by him. OH is fairly confident about the deed as he does our table birds, although as he says it isn't something he particularly enjoys. I'm the problem as I made the mistake of handling them too much and they have become really friendly :roll:

Your's sound interesting, sounds like you've got a bit of a mixture.
Yes we have pure lines of californian, newzealand white. Also f1 hybride of both and from british giant, californian cross.
i have just obtained the use of an Orylag Rabbit (Rex du Poitou) buck which im very excited about the cross with 3 of our does.


thanks to everyone for the welcome :icon_smile:

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welcome :flower:
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