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Read the whole thread and no one has mentioned raising rabbits. I built my cages and frame over the winter and am picking up my first breeding stock this week. It is a new adventure for the Burton family.
A rabbit buck and three does create about 250 llbs of dressed meat each year for about a dollar a pound or even less. The meat is much healthier than even chicken. The best thing about it is you know every single thing the rabbits eat and drink, and you can control their diet as you please.
It takes about 15 minutes a day to take care of them, and the initial set up can run about $150 for the cages and material.
The worst thing about it is that you do have to kill and dress the rabbits. Some folk that i know who raise rabbits for meat have problems with that part. You can overcome it by having a friend do it for you and let him/her keep one out of every three rabbits for their own meals.
There are hundreds of thousands of rabbits raised for meat here in the states each year. It's economical, healthy, and teaches a reverence for nature. I would encourage anyone who is thinking about it to give it a go.
Thousands of recipes exist and cooking them is little different from a chicken.
I wouldn't mind rabbits... but that dressing is a lot of work. Each one don't produce that much meat, so you have to do a lot.