She Started Farming Rabbits for Her Health — 24 Years Later She Has 300+ in South Africa

A doctor told her to eat rabbit meat for her health. She couldn't find any to buy — so she started farming them herself. That was 24 years ago. Today Thembi Moo — the self-proclaimed Queen of Rabbits — runs a 300+ rabbit operation, a training academy, and a buy-back program helping young South Africans start their own rabbit farms. In this episode, AGRICDECK sits down with Thembi to break down every part of her rabbit business — the daily management, the value chain, the hard lessons, and how she's building a sustainable rabbit farming movement across South Africa. What you'll learn: ✅ How Thembi started rabbit farming for health reasons — with zero prior experience ✅ Why she once scaled to 10,000 rabbits — and why she calls it her biggest mistake ✅ The full daily routine for managing 300+ New Zealand White rabbits ✅ How one rabbit produces up to 100 babies per year — and how to control that ✅ The exact feeding schedule: 75g pellets + molasses meal, 3 times daily ✅ Why New Zealand White is the best breed for commercial meat production ✅ How to breed correctly — and why inbreeding destroys your entire herd ✅ The complete value chain: rabbit meat, processed urine, manure, leather goods ✅ What the R20K training package includes — 20 rabbits, cage-making, market access, and mentorship ✅ How the buy-back agreement works — Thembi purchases your production back from you ✅ Why rabbit farming is NOT a get-rich-quick business — and what to realistically expect🌿 Farm: South Africa | Breed: New Zealand White | Herd: 300+ rabbits | Experience: 24 years Real farms. Real results. Real lessons. — AGRICDECK📍 📲 To enquire about Thembi's training courses and breeding stock: 📞 27 815 814 199 | WhatsApp: 27 815 814 199 New farm visit every week — Subscribe so you don't miss it. Contact us to visit and share your farm stories : [email protected] Whatsapp : +27 76 302 0867 #RabbitFarming #SouthAfricanFarming #RabbitFarmingSouthAfrica #AgricDeck #FarmingInSouthAfrica #YoungFarmers #LivestockFarming #RabbitMeat