Same here, Mark; the daughters aren't too keen. However, if they don't see the rabbits or GP's being prepared, and are presented with a cooked dish, it would apparently be OK.
The more I think about it, to raise the quail, rabbits and GPs I really need a large shed.... A well ventilated large shed, said Mrs Bid, who is very sensitive to odours of any type.
How far away from trying out a GP on that barbie are you?
A fair way off I think. I will have the rabbits on the go first, but will be keeping one eye open for large sized strains of GP..... just in case....
Cheers!
Mark Ellis
"Be excellent to each other"
Is there any reason for putting the GP's in a shed? I keep mine outside.Originally Posted by Bidadisndat
Most definately, Grassroots: It's for my comfort, not theirs.
We purchased our property towards the end of a very long dry spell, when the place looked really good, and were informed by the vendors that "Since the council put the easement and flood drain across the back there hasn't been any problem with flooding".
Lying b@st@rds: Five weeks after we moved in the heavens opened up and most of the block went under water. In the four and a half years we have been here we've been flooded out six times, and as I write the ground is largely a quagmire. (Even the rabbits here have webbed feet.) This is one of the driving reasons for me wanting to go to aquaponics: My vegetable beds have been washed away all too often.
......Bid...
Bid,
You'd be thinking of something a bit like this I guess?
Gary
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LOL. Feels like that at times Gary.
I am feeding mine working horse mix, lucerne hay and any grass that is laying around.
If anyone has some what do you feed them?
I used to move them around daily till they ate all the grass, I then put them on the cement with hay, till I noticed that the urine was affecting the cement. I now keep them in one spot on hard ground, adding grass and hay daily, mucking it out very infrequently. My first ones for harvest won't be ready for at least another five months.
I'd be interested to know about keeping GPs as food - but I need to get it past the kids who are adamant about NOT eating pets...Is there somewhere on the net that I can read about rearing them and processing (esp. how to humanely slaughter them)? I'm not real keen on bunnies because they bite and scratch and spray urine everywhere. Also I think housing them would be harder then GPs because as mentioned here rabbits dig, jump and chew a lot on things whilst GPs seem quite content to just mosey around minding their own business.
Lilian
Hi Lilian,
The timing of your question is interesting.....given that we have a new member who does (along with her partner) keep guinea pigs for meat.
Give us a day or so to sort our her membership and I'm sure she'll be able to answer your questions.
Gary
"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - Arthur Schopenhauer
www.microponics.net.au - for candid dialogue on integrated backyard food production.
www.urbanaquaponics.com.au - the home of the Online Urban Aquaponics Manual.
Thanks Gary.
I know of a friend who is a missionary in South America and she's told me that they regularly eat guinea pig there. I recall her saying that it tastes like chicken...
I just remembered that my kids are actually allergic to guinea pig - we have 2 as pets. I'm not sure if they can 'eat' them safely without having a reaction. We'll have to stick with quail I think - just as a start anyway to get them used to eating the animals we have in our backyard.
Lilian
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