I've been looking for a breed that is dual purpose and I think we found him. He is a Beveren and should get to 10-11 lbs. We don't have any experience but have read lots of blogs and since we live in an area were we can't have chickens we went for the Rabbits. My kids are happy and we already have lots of rabbit friendly greens, trees, shrubs growing in the yard so once we experiment a little with the feed and get it down we will try and get off of commercial pellets asap. He has already had kale, parsley, clover, we are going to go slow but we are really excited.
If you have pointers out there just let me know. One of the biggest questions is bamboo a good forage. I have read it is excellent for cattle and horses in the winter but I can't find anyone out there feeding it to their rabbits.
