So everyone is very excited about this and pretty disappointed that it will take so long. So here's an idea that every one involved would need to vote on as it would be very intense and need more money from the participants.
What do we think of buying as many bunnies as we can. All of them and doing the whole chain in a couple of days. Everyone would have to pay for their own pair or trio right up front. So basically, we would all send money to the breeder, then the first person on the chain would pick up 50 or so weanlings and everyone keeps their own and passes the rest down the line till they all reach their owners.
The pluses: -Everyone would have their bunnies in a few days.
-No one would have to worry about missed litters messing up the time line.
-It would be much easier to maneuver the buns to everyone south and north, east and west.
-The effort might make the news. (joke)
The minuses: -It will be a very intense few days.
-Everyone will need to pay full purchase price for the bunnies instead of a buy-in co-op price.
-We'll need to work out a system so those up north don't feel like they're getting "leftovers" ...perhaps drops of food coloring in the ears at the breeders? ie, three blue dots on the left ear is me, a vertical red stripe on the right is you, a horizontal green one is someone else's.
-I don't know if the breeder would want to pre-sell that many rabbits. While she would get the money up front, she'd probably have to hold onto some babies until she had the full amount to be picked up.
It seems to me that we all want some Brazilians, we just all can't get to Az to get some, so this chain would solve the pick up problem and we could keep the original project going, slightly modified, for those who for whatever reason can't get their bunnies now. So what do we think?
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I think that the number of rabbits this would require would also be VERY difficult to transport, at least for the first few legs.
Perhaps there could be a few different "branches" of rabbits? And we could arrange for several medium sized or small sized coops instead of one large one? I am sure the idea would be a little more complicated to set up, but it might be more feasible than buying so many rabbits at one time.
Different branches is good. So is different timelines actually. If any one is or knows someone who will be traveling from anywhere to AZ (and presumably back again) we should hijack them into moving some rabbits. As far as NEPA into NY, I have a huge old station wagon, the Mrs.Lee, that will move 8 adults, so lots of bunnies. I wonder if we could get other HTers who might be moving/need something moved who would help out, even if they don't want bunnies
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