Wandering Through the Rabbits.

I was talking to my son on the phone and he told me he got a new rabbit or maybe it was two.  I got that CRS and can't remember stuff too well, but boy can I remember back 50 or 60 years ago real well.  Anyway, I said I would be down to see them, so I walked down to his place.  The next two pictures show the two that we talked about:

 

 

Since I was down there and had my camera, I thought that I would take a few more pictures.  This bunny decided to turn around and head to the back of the cage just as I took the picture:

 

 To give you an idea just how large these giant rabbits are (some are Flemish Giants), they average about three feet long when they stretch out.  My son raises some, buys some, trades for  some and then he shows some.  His rabbits win shows and that lets you know that they are well bred and raised.

They are not all brown or grey.  They come in all kinds of designs and colorations.  This one is grey and white:

 

 And this one is black and white:

 

He has between 30 and 40 of them and he is constantly building new pens.  He has constructed all the pens himself.  They are very well made and the slots (for 2x4's) look perfect.  He made the slots with one of his many chain saws:

 

The next two picture show you some more of his pens:

 

One day he put a harness on one of the giant rabbits and took it into Petco and everyone, even the clerks, loved it and wanted their picture taken with the huge bunny.  They are very soft and nice to pet.  Some of them do bite and I am sure they could give you a good hard swift kick.  But mostly, they like to be petted and my son handles them quite often and they are used to it. 

 

Now he is talking about going into worm farming from the byproducts of rabbit raising.  He is even thinking about fish farming.  I think rabbits and worms would be enough to keep a man busy and they do pay a profit that could be a source of income for his retirement.   There, you got the blue ribbon guided tour of the wabbit wancher rabbit farm, so now you can go and have a great day, today, you hear?