08/27/2026
🐇 Rabbit Processing Day at Romarican Acres! 🌱
Today we processed four meat rabbits, and it was our first time doing it ourselves! Definitely a new experience for us, but another step toward becoming more self-sufficient here at Romarican Acres.
I know eating rabbit isn't something that a lot of people are used to, but rabbit meat is lean, high in protein, and lower in fat than many of the meats we commonly eat. It's actually been part of traditional diets in many cultures for generations.
One of the things that makes raising rabbits so interesting is how quickly they reproduce. A healthy doe can have babies about every 30 days, with litters commonly ranging from 6–10 kits, and meat rabbits can often be ready for processing in roughly 8–12 weeks, depending on the breed and how they're raised.
It definitely isn't for everyone, and today was a little bittersweet, but this is part of our journey toward knowing where our food comes from, raising it ourselves, and becoming more self-sufficient. 🌱🐇
Romarican Acres — growing, raising, learning, and becoming more self-sufficient one step at a time. ❤️