Urban Survival Livestock: Raising Rabbits Part 4

In Part 4 of Raising Your Own Rabbits for Food, "Survival Doc" demonstrates a humane way to kill a rabbit and shows how to skin and butcher a rabbit.

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• skinning a rabbit
• how to kill a rabbit
• butchering a rabbit

[clydester124]

how do you tan the hides what do you use to tan the hides when you butcher the rabbit and take off his fur. I would like to know all about tanning and making stuff out of the rabbit hide but i have no clew on how to tan the hide.

[thenewsurvivalist]

@clydester124 Get a good book such as "Tan Your Hide."

[undoingcat03]

how do you teach your bunny to drink from a water bottle please answer??????

[thenewsurvivalist]

@undoingcat03 You don't have to teach them to drink from the water bottle. They will figure it out very quickly when they get thirsty. They can smell the water and will lick it by instinct. Licking it automatically releases the water which reinforces. Presto.

[jmercer1820]

Thanks for the great videos - very informative and helpful.

Just wondering - could you slaughter under 8 weeks (like 4 or 6 weeks), if you only wanted a smaller meal for one person ?

I mean would the meat be the same ?

[thenewsurvivalist]

@jmercer1820 Yes

[ayahuascacha]

Really a great job on the video and information! I'm wondering if you have a video on how you make your pets food with the organs and if not would you be open to making one.... I enjoy the way you teach and have been dehydrating livers as treats. I am a bit apprehensive about how to go about grinding up, feeding, and storing raw meet for my dog and cat. Thank you kindly :-))

[EverestParkourTeam]

it looks like the rabbit is already dead when you put it on the killboard

[chris42259]

Thank you for putting this information up. I can't think of a simpler, more humane way to kill a rabbit.

[PainShatrick]

Best video I've seen all day. 

[Warsrogue]

Rabbit livers, kidneys & onions are yummy :).. also english muffin,egg ,cheese, liver... Egg McRabbit :)

[dlvmark]

So what is the cost to raise a rabbit to the point of harvesting? What does it cost to keep your breeders? Thanks in advance.

[dlvmark]

Sad but that Is the circle of life.

[CTrabbitry]

Awesome killing method!!!!!

[froyboy4life]

I have not seen a quicker cleaner rabbit killing on youtube. Superb!!!

[bear09871]

Wow!! I have killed a lot of our rabbits but never one that fat!! I bet the dogs love you!! :)