Hobby Farms: Rabbits: Small-Scale Rabbit Keeping - Softcover

McLaughlin, Chris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933958960 ISBN 13: 9781933958965

Publisher: CompanionHouse Books, 2012

Synopsis

Rabbit raisers will keep their rabbitries hopping and happy with the advice found in Rabbits, a Hobby Farm book. Rabbit breeder and exhibitor Chris McLaughlin offers years of experience and guidance on the many aspects of raising rabbits on a hobby farm, a livestock choice she considers perfect due to the limited space rabbits need to thrive. Whether the reader is raising rabbits for pets, fiber, or meat, there is much solid information and useful advice to be found in the pages of Rabbits. From the natural and cultural history of rabbits to selecting and purchasing of the right rabbits for a small farm, this book is both practical and enlightening. Individual chapters focusing on housing and feeding, behavior and handling, health care, and breeding and raising young make this an indispensable choice for all rabbit keepers. Handsomely designed with color photographs throughout, Rabbits also offers sidebars of helpful tips, fun anecdotes, and quotes from hobby farmers that prove entertaining and edifying. The final chapter of the book, “Making Money with Rabbits” discusses how to turn the rabbit-raising business profitable through producing show and pet rabbits, wool/fiber rabbits, rabbit manure, and rabbit meat. Resources include a glossary of terms and a catalog of associations, books, periodicals, and websites. Fully indexed.

About this title

About the Author

Chris McLaughlin has been a professional rabbit keeper, breeder, and exhibitor for the past 16 years. She is a 4H Rabbit Project teacher, as well as a certified Master Gardener with an emphasis in composting. She writes regularly for Urban Farm magazine, The Herb Companion, and The Heirloom Gardener. She also has several recently published books on the subject of gardening, including The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Composting, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Heirloom Vegetables, and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Small-Space Gardening.

From the Back Cover

Beautiful, friendly pets; handsome show animals; and an easy-to-read, easy-to-care-for livestock choice, rabbits offer hobby farmers so many possibilities -- whether raising rabbits for the show world, for meat or fiber, or just for fun. Chris McLaughlin's Rabbits has all of the answers that a new or experienced rabbit-keeper will need, from selecting the right breed of rabbit for your purposes to housing, caring for, breeding, and selling them. This gorgeously illustrated edition serves as the perfect introduction to the rewarding hobby of raising rabbits.

Learn how to keep your rabbitry happy and hopping!
Choose the best breeds of rabbits for your needs
Raise sociable, well-adjusted animals
Construct weather- and predator-proof housing
Spot the symptoms of illness early
Treat common health problems at home
Give your rabbits the nutrition they need
Breed your bunnies for extra income
Spin your Angora's fur into soft and silky yarn
Show off at local competitions ranging from 4-H to rabbit agility

Plus many other helpful tips!

Edition details

• Publisher: CompanionHouse Books
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1933958960
• ISBN 13: 9781933958965
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160