jetro 5,349 Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 hi all. is there anyone on here that has any experience off rabbit farming on a commerical scale. the reason i ask is, that my son wants to get into farming, but not cattle or sheep. he is doing his own research into it at the moment, but i said would ask on here too see if there was anyone doing it. any help would be greatful. atb,j Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poacher22 12 Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 Cant see there been much Profit in rabbits Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bullterrier Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 Cant see there been much Profit in rabbits local butcher by me selling rabbits prepacked from china were they only want the fur not the meat john Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bezza Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 Try to get hold of a copy of'The Way to an Island' It's a true account of a guy who tried but failed to populate the island of Skokulm? with large meat rabbits. If I remember correctly he failed because he couldn't eradicate wild rabbits from the island. Good luck if he gives it a go. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mark@mbb 31 Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 There used to be one in Statham in Cheshire called Highline rabbits that seemed to do very well just up the road from me its not there now but i would think there was a market for it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
riou 6 Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 i think its done on a big scale in france Quote Link to post Share on other sites
koda 83 Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 china is a big producer as they are with everything ,but its good to get into somthing different hope it goes well if he decides to go for it keep us posted Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gamerooster 1,179 Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 something i have looked into doing, aswell as all the other weird and wonderful animals that are unusual farm animals, decided against it after speaking to a few people who had lost fortunes on it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnGalway 1,043 Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 A sheep farmer I know is farming more rabbits than sheep, I'm not quite sure he realises or appreciates the business oppertunity though 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the_stig 6,614 Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 (edited) no money in it its a hard market to break into -- chickens and free range pigs seems to be the way to go poultry farm round us expanding all the time.. more and more farmers are goin into pig farming ... both can be done on a small scale with good profits , Edited October 21, 2012 by the_stig Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the_stig 6,614 Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 i think its done on a big scale in france Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gamerooster 1,179 Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 no money in it its a hard market to break into -- chickens and free range pigs seems to be the way to go poultry farm round us expanding all the time.. more and more farmers are goin into pig farming ... both can be done on a small scale with good profits , I hear pig farming is a dead loss??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the_stig 6,614 Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 no money in it its a hard market to break into -- chickens and free range pigs seems to be the way to go poultry farm round us expanding all the time.. more and more farmers are goin into pig farming ... both can be done on a small scale with good profits , I hear pig farming is a dead loss??? farmer i know makes good money out of it -- keeps it small farmers markets, christmas market. and his own farm shop stays away from the big retailers -- i think it depends on your outlets i know his rare breed stuff makes good profit .. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gamerooster 1,179 Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 no money in it its a hard market to break into -- chickens and free range pigs seems to be the way to go poultry farm round us expanding all the time.. more and more farmers are goin into pig farming ... both can be done on a small scale with good profits , I hear pig farming is a dead loss??? farmer i know makes good money out of it -- keeps it small farmers markets, christmas market. and his own farm shop stays away from the big retailers -- i think it depends on your outlets i know his rare breed stuff makes good profit .. yep, thats they way to do it, i used to make good money selling turkey and lamb at christmas to private sellers, took the turkey to the auctions once and failed miserably, if you put that extra effort in, its usually worth it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnGalway 1,043 Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 no money in it its a hard market to break into -- chickens and free range pigs seems to be the way to go poultry farm round us expanding all the time.. more and more farmers are goin into pig farming ... both can be done on a small scale with good profits , I hear pig farming is a dead loss??? farmer i know makes good money out of it -- keeps it small farmers markets, christmas market. and his own farm shop stays away from the big retailers -- i think it depends on your outlets i know his rare breed stuff makes good profit .. That would make sense if he's located well, near population centres. Plenty of markets, not high milage sparse populations areas. Big chains are a shower of c**ts, only ever interested in squeezing the life out of their suppliers then moving onto the next one, rinse and repeat. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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