Surgeon here. Great video. I might suggest trying a #15 blade. Straight blades are design to cut with a sawing motion and focus all the cutting at the tip, dulling quicker. Curved blades are better for making longer cuts. You can buy disposable 15 blades too. Plus surgical steel stays sharp for a long time. Secondly, the membrane between the abdomen and chest cavity is the diaphragm. I can tell you really love these creatures. I raise Rex rabbits myself.

@TealStoneHomestead

29 күн бұрын

I don’t often reply to a lot of comments on this video anymore (I get a lot of crazy activists 😅). But I had to reply to you and just say thank you!! This is an awesome suggestion and I’ll be purchasing one of those blades pronto!

@bella-bee

24 күн бұрын

I realised the membrane had to be the diaphragm but I thought it was sheets of muscle. This looked sort of transparent, which was a surprise to me. Thank you Mr surgeon! Can you explain why the heart still beats and yet the rabbit is dead. So what are the criteria of death for this purpose. Not being critical, just want to get it right! Thanks

@dianeking7620

Күн бұрын

Please forgive the question but what do you do if the liver has white spots?

This is one of the finest how-to videos ever produced on any topic. The mood, the music, the detail, the clarity, the thoroughness, your voice, your mic, the camera work, etc. You deserve an award for this video.

Ive been raising rabbits for 7 years and yet this video just showed me some easier ways to get it done. Thank you

@janwhetstone4870

2 ай бұрын

Ditto what ASmommaT89 just said: 5 years and have not seen this done so easily and quickly! Especially appreciate the "tail and intestine" hack. Thanks so much!

I butchered my first rabbit following your video today! It was so much easier than I thought it would be. lol I over thought it. I watched 30 videos and yours was the easiest to follow! You explained everything so well and ever clearly. Thank you!

@vanessakarmann4521

2 ай бұрын

Stop the abuse...

@laurarowe8903

2 ай бұрын

@@vanessakarmann4521 I don’t know what that is abuse? I they have a bad 30seconds and then it over they done feel anything else. If this is something that bothers you then click don’t recommend and move on. Society is broken now a day, with people not knowing where their food is coming from. We as farmer/homesteaders know where our food is coming from how they are being cared for, and what they are being fed.

@didaarahmad6927

2 ай бұрын

Very weldone

@kcb5336

Ай бұрын

@@laurarowe8903great job! Thank you for comment too, it’s very encouraging. This year we’re looking to start.

@Axile929

9 күн бұрын

​​@@laurarowe8903I swear to God you are right they want to get red 😢all farms and they don't want us to eat meat 🥩 any more in 2030 they want to replace meet with artificial meat world economic forum 😢😢

This has to be one of the most comprehensive, detailed, well explained and respectable processing videos I have ever watched. You are an absolute gem. Thank you for sharing this process and doing so in such a respectable way.

@talalztube

7 ай бұрын

only its not when you dont show the dispatching

@TealStoneHomestead

6 ай бұрын

@@talalztube I explained the dispatch method with the rabbit on the ground, and honestly if you didn’t understand, I can’t help you with that. Go watch the hundreds of other videos on it 😂

@Ary24200

4 ай бұрын

Me quiero casar con vos saludos desde argentina.

Just a small note, that was the trachea that came out with the lungs! The esophagus is the tube to the stomach, trachea goes to the lungs :)

@TealStoneHomestead

8 ай бұрын

You are so right. Thank you for the correction!

@edherrmann182

3 ай бұрын

FYI- the trachea and lungs and sometimes the heart is called the pluck. Now you have a factoid to add to other useless stuff😅

@theMrLife

2 ай бұрын

@@edherrmann182 Haha, I really like your approach on this. This is SO me! And now I have this factoid to weave into conversations in the future: "Oh, and guys, did you know that the lungs and heart are called a pluck?" - all around looks that say very clearly: "Oh no, him again...." 🤣

These videos are gems, because people should know.

@klover_leaf

8 ай бұрын

Processing, breaking down, and using every part of an animal is such a wonderful thing to know how to do.❤ It's been lost overtime and needs to be brought back.

@kennykim8692

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing in detail.

@evanesquik6526

7 ай бұрын

Les lapins sont comme des chats heureusement que les gen en mangent de moins en mois voir presque plus

@tnb1224

5 ай бұрын

And the best part is that you know your meat, and it was raised as God intended, not through some corporate process we're not allowed to see

@penispensar9071

4 ай бұрын

@@evanesquik6526cows have the intelligence of dogs, and pigs are some of the most intelligent animals. Chickens aren’t particularly bright, but they are capable of experiencing pain, happiness, fufillment. You can’t argue to not eat rabbits but also eat pork. You don’t like rabbits because they are smart and affectionate, you like them because they are cute and fluffy. Don’t be a hypocrite.

Thankyou that was a great tip. So wonderful seeing someone from the younger generation being realistic and genuine about food production. As an old timer, we were all taught the need to do the difficult stuff, to ensure survival. This passing down of knowledge has been stalled by our modern supermarket lifestyle which has basically turned many of us into couch potato's, with few survival skills. You are doing an amazing and necessary job, teaching people from far and wide. 5 stars from me.

@TealStoneHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@darrellbrown7005

8 ай бұрын

How long is the BART between the rabbits legs that you hang them from

@Theuser-pn9lj

7 ай бұрын

Gi vegan old timer, 1:28

@grundgesetzart.1463

7 ай бұрын

in what kind of situation would I need these skills? I mean at the moment there is no electricity, access to food etc. it will be too late. Anyway thanks for the video, she was very respectful. That makes it somewhat tolerable. Cheers.

@baral6747

4 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤👍👍👍​@@TealStoneHomestead

Been butchering rabbits since before you were born. Now I know the rabbit tail trick THANK YOU!

who knew you could learn rabbit anatomy by a butchering video

I've watched a thousand of these videos over the years. This is one of the best. Definitely the most detailed.

Great video💛 I butcher pretty close to this with a few tweaks. I sooooo appreciate when homesteaders are gentle yet transparent 🤟

It's very interesting to hear someone from within the rabbit breeding world talk about the levels of care taken to meet 'standards', for us the deciding factors are essentially 'that rabbit made good rabbits, and so did that other rabbit, lets see what rabbits they make together' and we keep track of lineages to make sure no close inbreeding. Super interesting, Thank you!

@TealStoneHomestead

8 ай бұрын

It’s honestly as simple as that for breeding to standards sometimes, lol! Commercial breeds should be good at producing meat. Grow rates are a big focus for me. Balancing body type is where is gets more complicated.

@mrshort4932

8 ай бұрын

@@TealStoneHomestead I lost one of my big breeding bucks and does this summer due to heat wave so now I'm back to breeding a different group to make another large breed of rabbits.

@user-pc2wo9vm2k

6 ай бұрын

Would you like to sell the rabbit hides

@berniv7375

6 ай бұрын

Please Go Vegan, and then nobody gets killed. Thank you. 🐰

@TealStoneHomestead

5 ай бұрын

@@berniv7375if you think veganism means no animals are harmed, think again. Thousands of animals are killed in the process of harvesting. They are also poisoned and killed to prevent them from harming the crops. This severely harms the ecosystem - butchering rabbits for my family’s consumption kills way less animals than a crop of vegan food does.

I have never, ever seen this process before. Truthfully speaking, I am not sure how you came across my feed. But I did watch. LOL. I will say, I appreciate that you respect the animal and how you process them for meat. Very cool. Thank you.

I came here because im tired of buying and want to produce my own foods especially meat. I'm very thankful for this incredible video.

Thank you. Your compassion shows in your presentation. ❤

Thank you so much for the information provided in this video. I am 87 years old now and most of my life my father, and then after him, myself, have raised New Zealand Whites for meat consumption with great success. I want to say thanks for the tip on the tail cutting at the very end. I always found this to be problematic, but your way is great and saves some annoying moments for the person assigned to the butchering task. Again thank you. I really enjoyed your video. I will be looking at your channel in the near future. Joel Landry

Could you show what you do with the pelts?? I’m interested to see how you process those

@hardtimer

3 ай бұрын

A rabbit pelt ain't good for much

@angelkingsley5299

3 ай бұрын

Makes a decent lining, my grandma had a coat with rabbit lining, it was so soft and warm

@jessica-otterrows3284

Ай бұрын

@@hardtimerrabbit fur is great for moccasin and mukluk trim

Just butcher my first rabbit from your video. It went well and wanted to thank you.

Beautiful presentation, really loved that

I appreciate the detailed cleaning. I feel I've learned how to clean mine myself now . Thank you

Thanks for showing all this. I appreciate you showing the close ups.

Thank you for doing this video! I will reference this over and over.❤

This is a good idea and it seems simple. Thanks for the upload! People definitely need to learn this in this economy of high-priced meats.

This video helps with the anxiety and sadness I felt for the animal going into this process thanks for a great video!!👍

Thank you for taking the time to educate us. Very helpful to see this process all the way through! 🙏

This is such a valuable resource! Thank you for sharing!

Thank you for finally uploading this important one!!!

I know how hard it is to transition from a grocery store meat consumer to a homesteader. The feeling of needing to do this out of necessity is becoming more and more evident. I appreciate your content for this reason so much. Thank you for being transparent and informative.

That tail hack is amazing! Thank you. I butchered two of my rabbits years ago but I was worried I wouldn't remember the details for my upcoming butchering. Thank you for the really clear (and great quality camera work) explanation of everything. Happy homesteading!

Amazing video! Thank you for taking the time to make this video and show us your technique.

I will have to try that next round! Thank you so much for sharing!

Thank you. I think this is the most detailed video I have seen. Needed a refresher so this was extremely helpful. Love the tail tip!

What a wonderful video, thank you so much for sharing! Not an easy topic to cover, but you did so with grace and elegance.

Thank you. Your professionalism was greatly appreciated

I like how respectful u r to the animals u handle. I am as far from homestead as one could b but it was interesting to watch. Your life looks fun and relaxing. And also - your eyes r so beautiful! I think they r gray (?) - very rare and gorgeous. :)

@TCJ24116

Ай бұрын

She's anything BUT respectful to these animals. Killing innocent animals for personal taste is beyond sick. She needs to find something better to do with her life like getting an actual job and becoming a compassionate person towards animals. 😡 She should get in trouble with KZread.

@LylaLand7

Ай бұрын

@@TCJ24116 u dont want her to eat? She isnt shopping for meat at the store like we do she is growing her own food.

Well done, and in a respectful way to the animal. I try teaching my sons to treat their food with honor to the farmer and the animal, and I see you doing this in your videos.

Thanks for your patience and time,you are a awesome instructor.

@hogriderforlife

3 ай бұрын

What do you do with the rabbits if you find white spots on its liver? Thanks

Thank you for this. Your knowledge is greatly appreciated.

I have butchered many rabbits and I found this very instructive. Thank you for the training!

@user-qb6to9ff1d

3 ай бұрын

Hi

This is so good! Exactly what I needed. Thank you so much!

Loved the video. I learned a lot, thanks for sharing your experience.

Your videos and links are so cool. Cheers Ma'am!

I’m so happy you finally made this video! Wonderful detail! Thank you so much 💚

This is a real nice detailed explanation of the process. It appears the cremes look so much easier to peel than the New Zealands or Silver foxes. I felt the black rabbits were more difficult. I quit using trimming shears as I was getting too many tiny bone fragments in the dish so am painstakingly use the tip of my knife to whittle between the segments which I have troubles with even on chickens. Thank you much for educating

I have watched many videos in this regard. Surely this is the BEST demonstration ever. You definitely have the touch and art of explaining and demonstrating HOW TO DO IT. Very simple. Can't wait to try it out. Thank you very much for sharing your experience and expertise with us. Hans Strydom. Sandton. South Africa.

I appreciate you doing this video, I don't do this often enough to remember and I want to do it as quickly as possible so they don't suffer. I haven't gotten a full rabbitry yet but it is a future goal. Thanks for all your help!

Thanks for this! Great info. I went to your page and searched, but could not find what you do with the pelts. Do you process them yourselves? Sell them? Toss them?

Thank you so much for showing in detail, I really appreciate you.

Such a well done video. Thank you!

We're new to butchering and have followed many other tutorials but yours was by far the most helpful! Thank you ❤

Thank you for taking the time to make this video! We will be butchering our first rabbits soon and I’m nervous/anxious! This helped me understand the process!

Excellent tutorial! Thanks!

Just getting into rabbitry.this video is very helpful. Thx!

Thank you for this video! You’re right about not seeing the tail hack elsewhere, because I’ve seen plenty of butcher videos and this is the first time I’ve seen it. It’s definitely something that I’ll have to try on our next butcher day.

Отличное видео , все доступно и понятно.Спасибо

Thank you so much for this. Seems relatively straightforward and this was very educational

Thank you for this video. I am just getting started.

Thanks! I have my first litter of silver fox kits (thanks to your vids) hopefully due next week. I am sure that I can clean a rabbit, but I am so nervous about the actual dispatch...

@TealStoneHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Just don’t hold back on dispatch - pull as hard as you can, as fast as possible. You can do it 😊

This reminds me of the stories my Mom told me when she and my Grandparents would butcher chickens back in the day for that days meal. And the story of my great grandfather butchering and smoking pigs in the smokehouse. Odd as it may seem, but I loved hearing those stories about getting food from the yard. I definitely would have like to tasted those meals. Curious, what do you do with the rabbit fur?

Excellent video! You are a great teacher.

Thank you for the great training video. Please take care.

Thank you so much for mentioning why you raise rabbits for meat. We do the same. We love our rabbits they have great lives with excellent food and care. That means the mist to me. That animals are treated well. We are all to familiar what happens to most animals in big production farms. Rabbits are clean, fast to reproduce. They are also fun to care for.Growing our own meat has been a very good experience. Your video was a fantastic representation on how to properly and efficiently dispatch rabbits. Beautiful breed !

Thank you. You came up randomly in my feed, but I appreciate your detailed walkthrough on this process. I'm very interested in raising my own meat/food and this makes the process seem even easier to take on.

You gave useful information. It was a nice video.

I've been contemplating raising meat rabbits for some time and your video has helped give me confidence in knowing what to do. Thank you.

I see why you do the tail thing, but I personally find it easier to cut through or break the pelvis bone between the legs and pull out the bum and bladder together first. After those are out of the body I remove the other intestines. The rabbit stays entirely poop free because of it. I learned it from the Rabbit Talk forum, lots of awesome information there. I personally love kidneys and onions, or kidney fajitas! They taste best if they are cut up, instead of eaten whole. I've also tried Kindey jerky before; I don't recommend it, since it was nasty lol.

@TealStoneHomestead

8 ай бұрын

We love rotisserie-style rabbit, especially in the summer, and that requires an in-tact pelvis. This method isn’t fail-proof but 95% of the time it works for me and the rabbits stay poop free! Of course there’s nothing a little water can’t fix 😂 Eating the kidneys that way sounds interesting. I’m not opposed to trying them again 😊

Excellent tutorial! Thank you! Blessings on your day Kiddo!🌻🐛Carolyn in Ohio 🌿

Extremely good explanation and video quality of the anatomic details.

Just getting started. Very helpful. Be back many times. Thank you

They “meat” my standards 1:28 😂

@TealStoneHomestead

6 ай бұрын

😂

Such a great video!! You are so amazing at explaining things Tiffany 💕 thank you so much! I will definitely be trying the tail trick during my next harvest 👏

@TealStoneHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! 🧡🙂

@VeganV5912

8 ай бұрын

@@TealStoneHomestead you hurt innocent animals with your selfishness or your vegan ? Which side of history are you on ?? 🔴🤷🏼‍♂️✅

@TealStoneHomestead

6 ай бұрын

@@VeganV5912 vegans hurt the environment more than I ever will. You are severely misinformed and delusional.

Thanks so very much for your helpful advice and valuable video

I like your tail hack! Thank you so much for making this video

Thanks for sharing! We have Rex rabbits we plan to harvest as well!

I’ve been butchering rabbits for years and have always struggled with how to easily get the tail and end intestines out… your hack has me excited for the next butchering day!! Thanks so much (also for the idea of using an xacto… genius) :)

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

Thoroughly enjoyed it. Always another way. And I like yours.

What do you usually do with the pelts?

@JefferyAshmore

3 ай бұрын

Make nice glove liners, that's about it very thin skin.

❤we need to do some of our first ones. We have way too many. I just dont want to. But u make it seem better. Your videos on this are some of the most respectful i have seen. ❤

@TealStoneHomestead

8 ай бұрын

I love my animals, and feel it’s important to respect everything they give to us ❤️ I’m glad this was helpful to you 😊

thank you for sharing, we are just starting out in our homesteading journey and rabbits are definitely on our list.

Thank you for this. Very helpful!!

Live in the city, have no plans of raising rabbits but that was fascinating!! I watched all of it! You did excellent!

Cant thank you enough for the tail-trick 🙏 Greetings from sweden

Thank you! This was the best tutorial I have seen to date.

I bet you that the Easter bunny is watching this and has already gone through 9 packs of smokes.

Thank you so much. You made my job easier. I raise rabbits for meat and my breeders are the pets lol. I am trying to teach my kids how to live off the land

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, experience and skills. Appreciate so much how you care for your rabbits at every stage. Please continue. Tiffany you are a god-send.

Very educational I love your videos I'm just getting started with rabbits thank you for for your videos

Was a great video and liked that you showed all the parts

Thank you. I'm hoping that you show everything in good detail because I don't want my rabbits to suffer. I want to be able to do it properly and how can you do it properly if you're never allowed to see it? I hunted wild rabbits and squirrels, deer excetera as a child with my dad but that was many years ago. There is one video from an actual butcher that shows the proper way to cut up a rabbit, but it's the only one I found that not only is accurate but also is detailed enough to show you exactly what to do and where and how to do it for the best results. For instance like bending the rear legs to the side excetera.

Question please: if the liver had the white spots is it still edible? Love your video - I learned so much. Thanks!

@vidacrazy

3 ай бұрын

I'm no expert but based on other vids I've seen, white spots on ANY animals liver is sign of disease/illness and not ideal for consumption.

This was very informative. Thank you

You are right, I have not seen the tail hack you demonstrated. I will try it out the next time we butcher.

This is SO helpful, thank you so much for the gift of your time and experience! We are seniors on fixed incomes watching the price of everything keep going up. We have had quail for two years for eggs and meat, have gardened year round for four, and just added rabbits to our little homestead to help feed us and our dogs.

@roughroadstudio

6 ай бұрын

@@skaur6580 We already do. Meat is a condiment for us! The quail go into a rice and vegetable stew. The dogs will get most of the rabbit. We will make soup out of everything else. We eat the veg and greens from the garden, and a lot of rice and lentils.

@christinemose7308

5 ай бұрын

​@skaur6580 The blood type found more commonly in the Asian community does well with the diet you refer to. Most other populations do not fare so well. I was a vegetarian most of my adult life, mostly due to a desire to not promote inhumane industry practices and an inability to afford quality, humanly raised and dispatched meat products. The vegetarian diet, while helping my budget, did take a toll on my health. It is not for everyone.

A while ago I googled "teal rabbit hutch" because I wanted to paint my hutches that colour and wanted to see what that would look like and stumbled upon your channel, really glad to have found that! Loved this video because I learned something new; the tail trick looks so great, I will be doing that too from now on.

Very easy technique, thanks for the demonstration

I am so glad you made this video. ❤❤

The tail trick is super helpful. And yes, rabbit math is becoming a lot like chicken math 😅 Finally making real progress with my Silver Fox, so need to get more comfortable with this end of things.

Very comprehensive, thank you so much!