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What's the size of their room?

bigcasava1:
Can I use a block house for the rabbit house

I believe you can inasmuch you design it in away that is safe (preventing the predators) and well ventilated.

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Gratitude… and Back to the Journey

Before I continue, let me say this:

Thank you to everyone who suggested this thread for the front page. I saw it, and I truly appreciate it. Special thanks to the moderator as well.

Now, let me go back to my story—

Or better still, not just a story…

This is my real-life experience of keeping and managing rabbits.

(And yes, I also keep imported turkeys—but the wahala in turkey farming alone can almost take someone’s life. One day, I’ll share that story too.)

But for now—

Let’s stay with rabbits.

From One Rabbit to Many

You all remember how I started—with just one rabbit.

Now?

I have multiple breeds, different sizes, and one major reality:

They eat. Every single day.

And the truth is simple:

The more rabbits you have, the more feeding becomes your biggest responsibility.

Some people think rabbits don’t eat much.

That is not entirely true.

If you have a small number—maybe 5 to 8 rabbits—you might manage easily with:

Fresh grasses
Edible weeds like Tridax

But once you step into commercial rabbit farming—

You must think beyond grasses.

The Feeding Challenge

When I started scaling up, I relied on grower pellets.

Later, I began alternating with groundnut hay.

My goal was clear:

Feed my rabbits well… but spend less… so I can make profit.

But even then, something didn’t sit right with me.

Buying commercial feed consistently—

Was not economically sustainable.

So I asked myself a critical question:

“How can I reduce feed cost without affecting performance?”

My Breakthrough: Feed Formulation

Instead of guessing, I went deep.

I gathered multiple research papers on:

Rabbit feed formulation
Feed performance
Conversion efficiency

After serious study and trial, I developed a formulation that worked for me:

My Rabbit Feed Formula
Ingredient % Inclusion
Wheat offal 35%
Cassava root meal 25%
Moringa leaf meal 15%
Soybean meal 12%
Palm kernel cake 10%
Bone meal 2%
Vitamin premix + salt 1%

The Economic Advantage

This was a turning point for my farm.

With the same money used to buy: 25kg of commercial pellets

I could now produce: About 65kg of my own formulated feed

That’s a massive difference.

But let me be clear:

Concentrate feed alone is not enough.

Even with this formulation, I still combine it with:

Hay
Grasses

Because:

Balanced feeding = healthy rabbits + better performance

And in this business—

Profit starts from controlling feed cost.

The Big Question: How Do You Sell?

A lot of people keep asking me:

“How do you sell your rabbits?”

And honestly—

That is the most important question in this business.

Because what is the point of raising animals you cannot sell?

My Early Marketing Mistake

At the beginning, I made a costly mistake.

I allowed resellers into my farm.

They came ready to buy in bulk…

But not at a fair price.

They almost cleared my farm at a ridiculous amount.

That experience taught me something important:

Middlemen will always come—but many are there to exploit you.

What Works: Sell Directly

So I changed my approach.

I decided to:

Cut off resellers as much as possible and sell directly to customers.

Here’s what I started doing:

Telling people around me about my rabbits
Creating awareness in my immediate environment
Using social media to advertise

And slowly…

The results started coming.

From Local Sales to Nationwide Delivery

Today, I can confidently say:

I have delivered rabbits across different parts of Nigeria.

From nearby buyers to far locations—

Orders come in.

And one thing I take seriously is this:

Prompt and honest delivery.

Because in business:

Trust will sell your rabbits faster than anything else.

Final Thoughts on Selling

There are many ways to market and sell rabbits.

No single method fits all.

But as a rabbit farmer, your job is to:

Find what works
Be consistent
Build trust
And keep improving

Because at the end of the day—

You are not just raising rabbits… you are building a market.

I’ll pause here again.

In my next continuation, I’ll go deeper into the practical side of running a profitable rabbit farm—systems, scaling, and mistakes to avoid.

Stay with me.

I'm following you seriously.

Wealthyonos:
I'm following you seriously.

Thank you.

how is it going now?