Parke Heritage FFA member Mandy Girdler, along with advisor Shannon Witty, have been working on a meat rabbit project for the past three months. The project consisted of purchasing two bred White New Zealand rabbits to have babies in December of 2019.
The babies were born and raised in the veterinary science department at the high school. Girdler and Witty have been diligently monitoring the nutrition and growth of the babies. With a lot of hard work, and precise attention to detail, the babies made their first appearance at a FFA meat rabbit contest, hosted at New Prairie High School on Saturday.
At this show, Girdler and Garrett McCalister exhibited their rabbit projects. They showed a meat pen, which consists of three rabbits of the same color, identical as possible, not exceeding 5 1/2 lbs., and a single fryer, which also cannot exceed 5 1/2 lbs.
Parke Heritage FFA appreciates the assistance of the breeders of the babies and the equipment donated for housing the rabbits.
“We learned so much raising meat rabbits,” Girdler said. “Thank you to Joy Griffin, Terry VanHorn and Dylan Whitmer for supporting our chapter: This would not be possible without your help and guidance.”
The FFA advisors are Witty and Lacy Romig.
