How much do rabbits make?

[no one]

low range - upper ... contingencies? just curious

[gh]

peanuts.... no, wait, that's monkeys

[rasb]

Re: How much do rabbits make?

low range - upper ... contingencies? just curious

For procreating in a lab? Extra carrots, I hope

[richxx87]

1 buck can service up to 10 does and they will produce double the amount of edible meat, over the course of a year, than the same number of cattle. Especially good breeds are the New Zealand White, Flemish Giant and California. Bottom line: they make more than cows.

[no one]

:shock: how many peanuts ... er carrots ... er pellets ... er I'm assuming no procreation til after . :lol: :shock:

[2 cents]

If you were a permanent rabbit, as it were (hypothetically speaking), it seems that you should be encouraged to use performance enhancing drugs. After all, it could be argued that rabbits provide an unfair advantage to some anyway.... Although I imagine PETA would be up in arms over it... :lol:
Imagine a world record getting taken away because the rabbit was artificially aided....OK, perhaps not....

[cacique]

they can make quite a bit in NJ and brooklyn if they are peddling influence, laundering money or selling kidneys and other organs...

oh, you said rabbits? never mind...

[imaginative]

While I am all for jokes and puns, I consider it lacking in constructiveness
to _just_ joke and pun, without attempting to give a reasonable answer.

I admit that, in this particular case, no one cares; however, even he deserves
a serious answer.

(In the spirit of the above, I at least made a few google searches, but only
came up with the claim that Bannister's rabbits were unpaid.)

[3a]

I'd actually be interested to know also. In addition, when they don;t do their job (Johnson at the weekend) do they still keep the cheque?

I don't imagine anyone is involved enough in the admin of the sport to know, however.

[gh]

I'd say there's a dearth of "reasonable answers" because nobody who is posting here has any facts for you. I haven't the vaguest.

[dakota]

Bunny Money

[no one]

well - what kinda prompted my inquiry was the recent 1500 w race that was paced to a 70 first lap. Multiple other races have been under or over desired times in similar fashion. Just a curiosity as quite a few have done over the years.

I do remember one outstanding 800m runner from the US who would go to Europe and rabbit/pace . and reportedly made 60-80k - in the summer - this was in early 70s. Pretty good summer job

Hafta admit "Rabbit" was too good to pass up ....

[lonewolf]

1 buck can service up to 10 does and they will produce double the amount of edible meat, over the course of a year, than the same number of cattle. Especially good breeds are the New Zealand White, Flemish Giant and California. Bottom line: they make more than cows.

As an old farm boy, I was taken aback by this statement but danged if it isn't about half true. :shock:
With gestation period of 30-35 days, a doe can, theoretically, produce 11 litters per year. The average litter is 8.6 with about 6.9 reaching market weight of 4.5 to 5 pounds. Thus: 11 x 7 x 5 = 385 pounds rabbit meat (including bones) per doe.
With a gestation period of 279-292 days, a cow can produce, normally, one calf per year. While marketed at live weight 1000 to 1200 pounds for steers, many barren heifers are marketed at 650-700 pounds. The average dressed carcass weight is 580 pounds (including bone), estimated 464 pounds beef per year per cow.
Assume maximum prolific rabbits and sub-standard cattle, it might be close to a wash but I am still skeptical about the rabbit doe producing double the edible meat produced by a cow. :?
Production per buck vs bull is a different matter. A buck can service 10 does, producing 3850 pounds of rabbit meat/year/buck.
A bull can service 25-30 cows , producing 11,600 -14,599 pounds of beef / year/bull. Live servicing is limited by the breeding season of cows and heifers, not by the virility of the bull..

Using artificail insemination, one bull ejaculation can service 500 or more cows. If semen is collected weekly, one bull can produce 1,064,000 pounds of edible beef/year. 8-)

[rasb]

While I am all for jokes and puns, I consider it lacking in constructiveness
to _just_ joke and pun, without attempting to give a reasonable answer.

I admit that, in this particular case, no one cares; however, even he deserves
a serious answer.

(In the spirit of the above, I at least made a few google searches, but only
came up with the claim that Bannister's rabbits were unpaid.)

Oh, c'mon....humour is not constructive ? Whatever happened to "Laughter is the best Medicine"?
As noted, obviously most people have no idea what a good rabbit is worth, although Lonewolf is working on that analysis
Read through the jokes, and find the serious answer, that's no big problem, is it? "There ain't no such thing as too much fun"...

[no one]

lonewolf

so is that with or without PEDs?

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