A delicious set back. Preserving and cooking our homegrown rabbits - Free Range Homestead Ep 78

[@Thereminator101]

There ya go again Pascal...making us hungry!

[@joellynparks7805]

For the algorithm. It all looked delicious.

[@andrmiller]

Interdependency at its finest. communication styles mastered so effortlessly present and balanced.

[@woodsmn8047]

Having raised meat rabbits myself I have experienced dead litters of baby bunnies ...I have come to the conclusion that the doe must feel secure and safe or she will kill her own babies so I think it best if your breeding does have private quarters of their own .. you can raise the young to butchering size together but the moms must have a nest box that's absolutely safe secure and private as well as a steady food supply so she knows she will be able to feed her young to weening size

[@chrisfullwood6643]

LOL love it. "our dinner, no... your dinner, proceeds to snag the toast for a bite, and quickly put it back". So genuine, that is literally how real life works in a marriage.

[@richardp4544]

You did an outstanding job of processing those rabbits. Congrats on that process. Raising them is a live and learn process but I am confident that you will do better with the next batch, especially with the incentive of knowing how delicious they are. I agree that they taste better than chicken. I find that domestic rabbits, which by the way are considered by many to be heart healthy meat, tend to be more tender than wild ones. I don't raise them so we rely on wild rabbits as our source, still delicious and heart healthy. Our favorite recipe is to roll the pieces in Italian flavored bread crumbs and deep fry them. The guys at hunting camp love this treat and expect me to bring it with me to camp every season. As a final note your cooking segments always make me hungry. Great job.

[@garrickmartin7707]

Gawd! That confit looked very yummy. I'm sitting here drooling. When I was very young we used to eat a lot of rabbit, wild rabbit, and I have a great nostalgia for it. Lotsa luck there guys.

[@wildtimbrown]

A lovely teaching moment. Love you guys...

[@americanbornwalkaway9110]

I LOVE everything you Do!!!! GOD Bless and THANKS for sharing 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@bennierheeder7015]

The success is that you found out what doesnt work. Keep it up guys!!

[@lrkfam]

Guinea pig is sooooo good & nutritious

[@andrewwallace5160]

I used to eat kosher and for that reason, have been hesitant to try rabbit, but “kidneys taste like mushroom” has me sold. Y’all are the best.

[@Quarry4x4]

Learning in leaps and bounds.

[@paulsouth4794]

I tanned skins using borax / alum solution . Mixed with corn flour . The skins came up a nice white colour. The old bucks had thicker skin and more usable . The thinner skins can be glued to thicker leather or fabric to make a nice coat . Down side if you have flea's .. thay will love it also .

[@miagt6890]

Fleas and other bugs can be overcome by freezing the skin.

[@vingreensill]

Thank you! Such an interesting vid. I wonder if the KZbin hive-mind will come up with groundbreaking suggestions for the rabbit ranch? I forgot that Calicivirus is so effective and seemingly endemic in your corner. Enjoyed seeing how you put every bit of the processed rabbit to use.

[@peterlee440]

Thanks guys.

[@luksweam]

Thank you for another very interesting video! 15:00 I loved kidneys in a mustard (& cream?) sauce with mashed potatos my Grandmother used to make. A lot of cleaning and rincing involved for pork ones, though.

[@searunner4898]

Lovely to watch while sitting in the cabin of my Clannie, rainy and windy here in Tassie!! 🥰

[@paulsouth4794]

As a youngster I trapped rabits for pocket money .butter fried Wild mushrooms with the liver kidneys heats on toast for breakfast .. my mouth is watering watching .

[@jaysoncody8716]

Your right the jab did in the 🐰🐇🐰🐇🐰🐇

[@SuperNova-Steve]

Interesting info re calici. I never knew about that one.

[@campbellmj9405]

One rabbit stew coming right up. --Monty Python

[@Eric-i2g8u]

Howdy 🙏🕊️😇

[@larissahanns5591]

Thanks for sharing the highs and lows of life on the land in Australia. I enjoy watching your eagerly awaited episodes. Sage and Stone Homestead have done a plylist of raising meat rabbits kzbin.info/aero/PLXrP3tEiJQU7Ai6CPabijbJeulMtaccgx&si=7j2gvyLsxnLZK1aV

[@bryanbadger6841]

Nice one guys. Hey when I was farming over here in Nz, the damn rabbits were a pest. So I went out and shot the little bug....beggars. The cat got the heart kidneys etc, and my ex made rabbit stew with the rest of it. Tasted great, the way she did it. And yes I did shoot more than one per night. But I like the way you did them Pascale. I have access to duck fat, so do you think that would replace everything oil does with rabbit??. Btw it gives chips, as in fish and chips, a nice crunchy texture. Thank you for sharing guys. All the very best.

[@kpbo5430]

Sorry to hear about your struggles (although you seem to have still had a tasty outcome - the proverbial lemons into lemonade?). If it’s some solace, the struggles you’ve encountered largely illustrate why there’s not really any commercial rabbit farms anymore in Australia (except one last holdout in WA). A few (minor) corrections to your theory/background though if you’re interested- calicivirus (RHDV1) was indeed released (unintentionally) here in the 90s, and worked remarkably well to knock back invasive rabbit populations. Unfortunately, the wild populations evolved resistance to RHDV1. Sometime after 2010, an entirely new strain (RHDV2) which was first detected in Europe started showing up in Aussie rabbits (how it got here, no one quite knows). RHDV2 is different enough to where wild rabbits that evolved immunity to RHDV1 (or domestics that were vaccinated against it), were susceptible. Importantly, RHDV2 is the most common variant circulating and is highly contagious, so is most likely RHDV2 that your rabbits would have encountered (if that’s indeed what caused their demise), and not the one from the 90s (RHDV1). Second, the two available vaccines in Australia (Cylap and Filavac) are both inactivated viruses. They don’t work as well as live viruses (which is why the requisite booster jabs can add up to an expensive vet bill!). So I’m afraid your theory about viral transfer from vaccinated does to their kittens doesn’t really hold up. Finally, both wild and domestic rabbits have HEAPS of diseases (e.g. pasturella) and parasites (e.g., E. cuniculi) that can be very difficult to diagnose, but can lead to all sorts or mysterious mortality, behaviors, and reproductive problems (e.g. stillborn litters). Which is all to say it might be impossible to pinpoint exactly the cause.

[@FreeRangeLiving]

An unusually informed, and informative comment! Thank you very much.

[@mauriziocanale1669]

A lot of similarity with nord italian rural regions food processing and coocking !old style obviously

[@generiley355]

You should try the giant rabbits.....

[@WallyWombat-l9m]

Does the inoculation for your rabbits pass down to their offspring or do you have to dose them all? I like the idea of a fly screen enclosure, Cheers.

[@robbot9877]

a raised cage rabbitry is the only way in Australia. anything on the ground is just a matter of time before losing them.

[@jaysoncody8716]

Couldn't you grind up a little Eucalyptus and mix it in with the sawdust to deter any type insect or parasite infestation in the rabbit bedding?

[@ellasheridan7637]

We're going to try bark tanning using eucalyptus. Maybe that could be an option for you?

[@paulsouth4794]

Wattyl bark works best as it has a higher tannin content . As far as I can remember the mix was the colour of super strong tea .

[@ellasheridan7637]

@@paulsouth4794 thanks for the tip! I figure there will be plenty of opportunities to try different combinations to find what I like best but being pointed in the right direction is always appreciated

[@galerozell3209]

From sailing to killing rabbits, I think you have finally crossed over to the Dark Side. That’s where old sailors hit the subscription delete button.