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Livestock => Other => Rabbits => Topic started by: Garvie on October 05, 2014, 07:55:19 pm

Title: What weight are your rabbits when you kill them
Post by: Garvie on October 05, 2014, 07:55:19 pm

Just wondering what weight you kill your rabbits for the table. I have a litter of 6 that are 8/9 weeks old I weighed one today and it was 1kg/2.5lbs I feel that's a little on the light side yet but also what's the live/dead weight ratio

Cheers
Righa

Title: Re: What weight are your rabbits when you kill them
Post by: cloddopper on October 28, 2014, 01:54:49 am

I seem to remember that the commercial breed of NZ fed on the commercial diet was 3 pounds four ounces average at 8 to 9 weeks old & that short time slot was the critical time to make a profit or slip into loss either side of that time slot.

 I can't recall the dress out weight ,for that was done at the processor's premises , He paid us live weight,  but he'd always make sure he had his pound of flesh before parting with any dosh in our direction.

Title: Re: What weight are your rabbits when you kill them
Post by: roddycm on June 28, 2015, 11:59:55 pm

you want to kill them before 12 weeks preferably 8-10 weeks. Feed 18% protein diet and they should reach around 4lb at least by 8 weeks. Imagine that you will get 2lb of meat.

This is what I have been aiming for! Its vital to get good breeding stock!