I have been on a journey to see just how self-sustainable I myself can become. As a part of this journey, I was fortunate enough to come into some meat rabbits , thanks to my long time friend Marty. These are beautiful rabbits , and YES I have grown accustomed to seeing and talking to them twice a day. How ever, I clearly understand why I got them. I received 5 babies when I got the adults . Total, 4 adults/5 babies, and was told I could butcher the babies soon enough. SOOOOO.
The time had come ! I did all my time consuming, careful research and decided I could not hit a rabbit in the head . How could I be sure it was dead ? Nor could I shoot it in the head. NOT GONNA HAPPEN ! I decided to go with a method using what is called a kill board. A long plank board with the center section cut out. The Ideal is, the board get mounted. You slip the neck of rabbit into the center cut out section of the board , then pull down quickly. This severs the spine.
MY kill board needs work ! It didn't work! I cried ! My husband had to shoot the poor thing. I cried a lot that day. I worried I had caused the rabbit to suffer . My husband thinks I got to attached to the Wabbits , as me and the dogs know them. (smile).
And he is Partly correct . I believe you need to show love while caring for animals , no matter what you have them for. Finally, the rabbit was skinned, cleaned and being cut up , when I cut thru the broken joints , I went a little to fare and sliced the skin that holds MY TWO FINGERS TOGETHER.
Yes that SMARTS ! Of course the first thing my husband says is " see , I told you the knife was sharp ! "Maybe because,'' earlier in the proses, when I just starting out, it didn't seem to be cutting so well. So I asked hem, if he was sure the knife was sharp enough. HA HA....... Well I still have the other rabbits to deal with, soon. For now I'm healing my wounds, and working on my board. Oh !
Before I forget ! One rabbit will feed 4 people . It was a good size ! And it taste like a cross between pork and chicken. I slow roasted the rabbit in celery soup, yum yum. I'll keep you posted, T
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