Meat Rabbit - CDE

Each group decides if they want to be homegrown or purchased 

• Homegrown rabbits

  • Students will need to “buy” the does and bucks from Tech

  • Students will need to be in charge of all the feed cost 

  • Students can sell offspring 

• Purchased

  • Students can buy kits from school or another vendor 

  • Students only keep records from purchasing to slaughter 

CTC Timeline:  

• March 2nd - Kick Off Rabbit Contest 

  • Groups formed and decision if group is going to be homegrown or purchased 

  • Students receives the point break down 

• March  16th CTC Rabbit Doe Sale - Closes at  9:00pm 

• March 5th - March 17th

  • Homegrown: Teams decide what they want to do with their offspring. 

  • Purchased: Teams decides where and how many to purchases

• March 28th - April 10th 

  • Homegrown: All kits being sold are gone

  • Purchased: Teams have their kits in owner’s possession 

• May 1st - Final weights 

• May 3rd- Contest Day 

Rabbit Contest Timeline:

• Breeding Does must be in owner’s possession by January 23rd.  

• Breeding Does can be bred starting January 23rd.(100th day is January 23rd) .

• Does Kindle about February 23rd.

• Purchased kids born between February 20th & March 3rd.

• Resale kits must be in owner’s possession by April 10th.

• Final weights taken on May 1st to complete records.

• Contest May 3rd at Munsell’s Processing in Fowlerville.

Contest is worth 1000 pts 

• Live Evaluation - 400 pts (40%)

• Carcass Evaluation - 400 pts (40%)

• Report - 200 pts (20%)

* In the gradebook the contest is worth 200 pts. Score is calculated by taking your total percent of Evaluation (800 pts) and goes into Segment 4 as 100 pts. The other 100 pts is calculated by taking your total percentage of report and goes into Segment 11. 

How to earn more points to your overall score. The team within the program that earns the most profit will earn the most points. See the chart below on how points work. 

Most Profit 

1. Earns 5% in one area and 3% in the other area (Team decides) 

2. Earns 3% in both areas of the grade book 

3. Earns 3% in one area and 1% in the other area (Team decides) 

4. Earns 1% in both areas of the grade book 

5. Earns 1% in one area and 0% in the other area (Team decides) 

6. Earns 0% in both of the areas 

7. Earns 0% in both of the areas 

8. Earns 0% in both of the areas 

9. Deducts 1% in one of the area and 0% in the other area (Team decides) 

10. Deducts 1% in both areas of the grade book 

11. Deducts 3% in one area and 1% in the other area (Team decides)

12. Deducts 3% in both areas of the grade book

Rabbit Pricing: 

• 3 -5 Meat Rabbits brought to contest 

• Top  three 3 rabbits that are show - $20.00 for each profit 

• Other 2 rabbits - $15.00 for each profit 

• Rest of Meat Rabbits at CTC- Sold at market - $10.00 each 

• Does - You can sell back to CTC for $25.00 each 

Other Cost: 

• Entry Free: Michigan FFA Association - $35.00

• Rent - CTC Renting - $10.00 includes per cages and equipment

• Feed - Team needs to decide what feed to buy from the following: TSC, Family Farm & Home, Hudsonville Co-op, Blains, Piers, & Morren Bros. 

Must use CTC cages/equipment and must be housed at tech center to compete in the contest. 

A farm may only own up to 3 doe rabbits or they pay a government tax of $50 per doe. 

Students participating in the Meat Rabbit event will gain the real world experience of raising rabbits that follow the American Rabbit Breeder Association Standards and are market ready.

Michigan FFA CDE Website

Past Rabbit Score and Results

Rabbit Pedigree 

Rabbit Packet 

How to sex your rabbits website. 

Sexing Rabbits 

Breeding Rabbits 

MSU Meat Rabbit Webinar