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<blockquote data-quote="BillM" data-source="post: 3666215" data-attributes="member: 45785"><p>Need a source of fats if you're going to depend on rabbits for protein. They don't have enough body fat to work well for that unless they're very well fed. Good thing about them is that they can eat about any kind of vegetable matter, and they will produce a whole lot of good fertilizer, but it has to be aged to be useful. If you process it correctly, you can make black powder with one of the byproducts. You do need to collect and sequester it to make that happen. Will still need charcoal and sulfur, too. </p><p></p><p>You really think it would take that long? We have more than ten times the population we had when the Passenger Pigeon went extinct, IIRC. I'm figuring six months, max. And two years after that, we'll probably have a tenth of the population we had back when those pigeons went down. </p><p></p><p>Speaking of pigeons, my dad raised them, both to race, and to eat. If you can feed them enough to make them think your place is home, they can fly loose, and forage for themselves, too. Pigeon 1-way gates can be made from a bunch of bars of coat-hanger wire or similar. Ring at one end, the other end straight. A dozen or so of those hanging from a bar over a door, with the straight ends hanging below the threshold lets pigeons in, and keeps them from going back out. Several variations here for inspiration without much perspiration: [MEDIA=pinterest]364228688585900536[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>The ones my dad made looked a lot like the ones in the "Powers boys get after a bird trap" photos, but made with bent wire. I see some newer variations that look like they'd maybe work better there, too. </p><p></p><p>SWMBO is too squeamish to eat "strange" meat, and too ill to last long once things get tougher. If I outlast her, we'll see what happens if there's an after. </p><p></p><p>Bill</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BillM, post: 3666215, member: 45785"] Need a source of fats if you're going to depend on rabbits for protein. They don't have enough body fat to work well for that unless they're very well fed. Good thing about them is that they can eat about any kind of vegetable matter, and they will produce a whole lot of good fertilizer, but it has to be aged to be useful. If you process it correctly, you can make black powder with one of the byproducts. You do need to collect and sequester it to make that happen. Will still need charcoal and sulfur, too. You really think it would take that long? We have more than ten times the population we had when the Passenger Pigeon went extinct, IIRC. I'm figuring six months, max. And two years after that, we'll probably have a tenth of the population we had back when those pigeons went down. Speaking of pigeons, my dad raised them, both to race, and to eat. If you can feed them enough to make them think your place is home, they can fly loose, and forage for themselves, too. Pigeon 1-way gates can be made from a bunch of bars of coat-hanger wire or similar. Ring at one end, the other end straight. A dozen or so of those hanging from a bar over a door, with the straight ends hanging below the threshold lets pigeons in, and keeps them from going back out. Several variations here for inspiration without much perspiration: [MEDIA=pinterest]364228688585900536[/MEDIA] The ones my dad made looked a lot like the ones in the "Powers boys get after a bird trap" photos, but made with bent wire. I see some newer variations that look like they'd maybe work better there, too. SWMBO is too squeamish to eat "strange" meat, and too ill to last long once things get tougher. If I outlast her, we'll see what happens if there's an after. Bill [/QUOTE]
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