The personal decision to start raising rabbits for meat was for the health of our children, and ourselves. Meat rabbits are becoming a popular addition to many homesteads due to the minimal space they ...

BREVARD - The Transylvania County office of the N.C. Cooperative Extension of N.C. State University will offer a workshop titled "Backyard Meat: Rabbits for Family Food" at 6 p.m. Feb. 21 at the ...

Rabbits will likely run through Carbondale trustees’ minds for a while longer, as the town debates whether meat rabbits should be left on farms or are a fit for the town’s funky, sustainable character ...

Pigs, sheep, cows, and other large livestock aren’t suitable for the city and are typically outlawed by local laws. Goats are the largest animal we recommend if you don’t have at least an acre or two.

Our family always had chickens when I was growing up. When I was off on my own I missed the messy little critters. I wintered a pair in my basement. The rooster would crow 20 times every morning when ...

In 2020, stores sold out of garden seed, coops and rabbit cages. Meat shortages led many to wonder what to eat for protein when supply chains are disrupted and some people turned to gathering eggs, ...

Rabbits “are helping win the war,” proclaimed a Los Angeles Times article from 1943. Touted as a patriotic food during World War II, rabbits were raised by thousands of Americans in their backyards.