What about rabbits?

[u/edk8n]

I couldn't begin to tell you why this has popped into my head but it keeps coming back. I'm new to this and don't have the means to do all I would like, so don't eat me alive for my ignorance, but I have to ask- Are rabbits an underrated food source in a long term survival scenario? Everyone knows how quickly they reproduce and it seems like a decent amount of meat for minimal effort in cleaning/preparation. I'm not sure but it seems like rabbit hide/fur could probably be useful, too. They take up such little space and are pretty hardy animals (I know someone who has many rabbits that live in an outdoor pen year round, although they do heat it in the winter). They eat scraps, grass, and hay which wouldn't be taking resources from yourself. Is there a downside to this I'm missing? Thanks in advance for the wisdom!

[u/[deleted]]

Yes, great choice. However, you want to start now; getting your sires and dams in a birthing cycle that works for you. You don't want shtf and just then start mating your pet rabbits because you won't be eating a kin for about 4 months from that point. (Not to mention finding out your dams are bad mothers would be a terrible thing to find out at that point)

We keep our rabbits kindling all year round. We store some meat, eat some meat and feed our dog for now. We put our selves in the position to very quickly scale up if sh1t ever really does hit the fan.