Common Meat Pen Breeds and Varieties
Black New Zealand
Black New Zealands are one of our favorite varieties we raise. We like our black NZ ,because they are very consistent color wise so it is always easy to make a pen out of four or five of them.
broken new zealand
We like the flashy color that comes with our broken NZ. They come out of our black program. Don't worry about consistency with these color wise as long as there broken that's all that matters.
White New Zealand
Our White NZ are great color and consistency wise. They have awesome type and they are super gentle. They are definitely one of our favorites and bring personality to the barn.
Housing and Care for Meat pen Rabbits
.The biggest thing with meat pen rabbits is making sure they have quality feed all the time and clean drinking water.
Meat Pen rabbits can be kept both indoors and outside. If kept inside we recommend a cage with urine guards, a pan and wheels for the cage. We also recommend that you use ceramic crocks or EZ crocks.
Housing and Care for Meat pen Rabbits
Market pens should not be fed hay due to it lowers feed inta
If you are going to keep your market pen rabbits outside the biggest thing to remember is they need shelter from the elements and a wind block. We do recommend that meat pens be brought inside a garage during inclement winter weather.
Meatpens should generally gain 1/2lb per week once you receive your market pen.