Rabbits are VERY easy to care for. Unless you are butchering, tanning, selling rabbits, etc.
It isn't the day to day care that is demanding, it is the handling of the rabbit products.
That said...
I think it is also important to understand that with rabbits, when you are talking about Feed to Meat conversion, the differences between the best and the worst are still not that wide.
The WORST converting rabbit is only going to take an extra lb or two of feed more than the BEST converting rabbit, for the same amount of meat. That's a difference of maybe $.25 or $.50.
On a big scale (commercial operations) that adds up.
On a small scale backyard operation, where you can feed your rabbits homegrown wheatgrass and alfalfa shoots, and vegetable scrap, the differences need not be significant.
Especially if you need Dual purpose, and can get a salable or usable hide out of them as well.
I have a long list of rabbit types that I eventually want to raise, most of them rare, a few not.
But if you plan on butchering tiny rabbits, you'll drive yourself nuts. Hard enough butchering eight rabbits for the amount of meat that full sized meat rabbits produce.
Also, the size seems to be directly related to the "cuteness factor", and the cuter the bunnies, the more traumatic the whole butchering process.
Darn it, I want rabbits!!!!
