It’s become evident that the vast majority of our visitors from Google prefer the pages dedicated to our French Angora Rabbits over any other topic that we bring up here. I don’t post about them as much as I would like to, which is a shame because they really are a perfect homesteading animal for small-scale farming. Really, I don’t know why they aren’t more popular. Perhaps it’s all those books and websites out there that purport that if you don’t follow…
Yes, that’s a strange title. Yes, it’s because we’re strange people. And yes, it’s a long story. I had a post all prepared to put up for today. All I had to do was add a few pictures. But, as with what happened with Rachel’s homeschooling posts, more pressing matters came up. A little while back I mentioned that two of our French Angora rabbits were due to deliver soon. Elinor presumably never took, but Hester delivered nine kits overnight…
Of all things, why keep rabbits? People often give us a sideways glance when they discover that we raise them. Meanwhile, those who confess that they have a backyard flock of chickens don’t seem to get the same funny look. But rabbits? It’s odd. That’s okay. I’m odd, so it works. Kidding aside, it’s a legitimate question: why raise rabbits? They don’t give milk, they don’t lay eggs and you can’t get bacon from them. What advantage is there to raising rabbits…