I have raised both chickens and rabbits. I found that all in all, I did not care for raising meat rabbits but continue to raise chickens for both eggs and meat.

At this time I have about a dozen laying hens in an 8X8 coop. They are a mixture of Sexlinks and Barred rocks with one rooster who is a combination of multiple varieties that came about from some experments in cross breeding a few years ago.

I raised ten meat birds through the summer and they are in the freezer.

With rabbits, I found they were more time consuming and expensive to feed. They have basically zero resistance to infection. I also found I tired of rabbit meat very quickly but don't mind eating chicken regularly and then of course there are the eggs which I enjoy every day.

I'm not sure if you particularly always save alot of money growing your own meat etc. but at least you know where it came from and that it was raised as natural as possible. Then there is the pride of knowing you did it yourself and the security of becoming self sufficient.

Greywolf is right. Move to the country if you haven't already and raise a variety of animals and grow a big garden. Anything you have to to get out of this Godless rat race they have built for us!


He who endures until the end...

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