That's strange. I've been looking into rabbits for some time and never had anyone ask those questions. Maybe everyone in your area views them as pets? Glad you finally found some haha angoras look like fun. Definitely what I would go with if we didn't live in such a hot climate!
I don't know what it is, However none backed out till after we told them we homestead, where we live (country) and what we drive haha. Think they thought we were going to eat them!.. These suckers are not cheap!... Who's going to pay 15-60 bucks for one rabbit and then eat it!.. We can take them all day long in the yard.. Strange yuppie kids.. ;)
yikes! We want to go with silver foxes and even those are around $25 a rabbit. No way would I pay $60!
Angoras can go up to 200.. Its an investment, the wool is worth more then silver and you shave them 3-4 times a year that, and they can live 12+ years we did good to get away with him at 60.. Now the other two females we paid 15 ea for and there 1/2 angora.. Fingers crossed we will have a good number to sell out of each litter! The rest we will sell as pets, breeding stock or just butcher for personal use.
That's pretty much the plan with ours as well! Trying to get the homestead to pay for itself eventually!