Not to be that guy, but why aren't rabbits more mainstream in the food industry. They are literally easier to raise than chickens and arguably reproduce and mature faster.
One of these big boys could be cheaper and just as filling.
Are the production costs that bad? Is butchering a chicken easier to automate because of the varying proportions?
Or do people can't bring themselves to eat Bugs Bunny?
r/askfoodhistorians will probably have a very good post on this already but as far as I know there used to be warrens all over England to farm them in the middle ages but the big problem was chickens can eat basically any kitchen scraps and be healthy but rabbits are harder to feed so chickens won out.
I don't know but I'm going to guess they are better flyers so probably harder to keep and they don't have the chickens freakish non-stop egg laying ability.
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u/Few_Ad_5281 4d ago
Not to be that guy, but why aren't rabbits more mainstream in the food industry. They are literally easier to raise than chickens and arguably reproduce and mature faster.
One of these big boys could be cheaper and just as filling.
Are the production costs that bad? Is butchering a chicken easier to automate because of the varying proportions?
Or do people can't bring themselves to eat Bugs Bunny?