Guinea pig permaculture

I've decided I don't want to eat guinea pigs. However they convert weeds into protein. I could then feed them to my chickens.

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Look at those little cuties holy shit post more of them

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous
  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    would you eat rabbit?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Not OP but yes I would and I have.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Rabbit is good and somehow doesn't register to my mind as "rodent" like squirrel (or Guinea pig)... Would eat squirrel all day in a survival situation but short of that, no way. Rabbit, on the other hand is fun to hunt since it doesn't take much time or effort to hunt or prepare, and is normal human food.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >Rabbit is good and somehow doesn't register to my mind as "rodent" like squirrel (or Guinea pig)
        Rabbits actually aren't rodents

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I do, rabbits are GOAT when it comes to self-sufficiency, given how fast the breed and and grow. One male and three females will give 30 to 50 rabbits to eat per year, and that's limiting to two pregnancies per year to preserve the females health.
      A guinea pig I wouldn't eat, maybe a bit because they have more of a "pet" status in my mind, but the main reason is that it's way too little meat for the work it would be to kill and process .guinea pigs are tiny, you'd need two for one single portion of meat, and they're slower to reach harvest size (4 month for guinea pig, 2 months for rabbit)
      guinea pigs are just not worth it as food source

  3. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    This one looks awesome.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      She is cool but I think she's infertile. Both her sisters already had a litter.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        she's a femcel, go easy on her.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      She is pregnant!

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        BLESS!

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Cute dogs.

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Dude i think your chickens might be sick or something.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      They have autism.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Autism wheeks

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I do the same thing with rabbits. I can eat them and their poop is great for the garden

  7. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I ate guinea pig in Cusco, Peru. Honestly it was rather good.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Sendero Luminoso probably ate many guinea pigs.

  8. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Are they too lean like rabbits?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Domestic well fed rabbits are not the same as the rabbits Louise and Clark were eating in the middle of winter in Oregon. They do have some fat.

  9. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I was trying to decide between them and rabbits and I went with rabbits. They're harder to contain but otherwise more efficient with inputs. Weather that be pellets or all the scraps that don't go to the chickens.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Jesus you frickin slit it's throat with a kitchen knife? Buy an air gun and shoot it in the brain stem like a human being.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        I killed it before I slit it's throat. And pairing knives are great for butchering animals.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          what's that for

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            looks like some anton chigurh shit for rabbits

  10. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >However they convert weeds into protein

    How about geese?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      They convert weeds into smelly shit.

  11. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Apparently you can get 7-8 years out of them if you look after them well.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      can confirm
      pic related: 8 year old guinea pig

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Cut it open and count the rings!

  12. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Curious about self-sufficiency here.
    How do rabbits do with wintertime forage? I've noticed that, in my region, they seem to get most of their winter calories from browsing bush bark/buds and tender conifer buds.
    Could one forage enough of these plant foods to supplement/replace the need for rabbit feed?
    Alternatively, could one have a plot of "weeds" that you cut and dry for wintertime browse, like hay?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      It'd be simpler to gather fodder over the summer and feed them that over the winter. They'll be in better condition to start breeding come spring.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Makes sense. Basically like hay but with more nitrogen-rich plants?
        You could have a lawn that you routinely scythe for winter fodder.

  13. 1 year ago
    Anonymous
  14. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Possibly dumb question: If you keep rabbits or guinea pigs for generations, do you have to constantly introduce new rabbits or guinea pigs for genetic diversity, or is it okay to have them constantly be inbred?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      You can breed relatives of your going to eat the babies. Its best to be more careful for you breeding stock otherwise they get neurotic and tumory. But you only need to replace your breed stock every 3-5 years.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I can actually answer this! I did a bunch of reading about rabbit husbandry. Basically for rabbits as long as they arent full siblings (half siblings are fine), you can keep going that way as long as you cull the morons.

      For this reason, "breeding trios" are a common configuration for rabbits. One male and two females, which you breed repeatedly. Then when they get too old you choose a good male from one of the female broods and two good females from the other female's brood, resulting in half-sibling incest for the next generation.

      Rabbits arent picky apparently. No idea about guinea pigs though

  15. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    A guinea pig thief was hanging around this morning.

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