Chicks at the co-op. Rabbits were advertised in the State Farmers Bulletin for all the counties in Alabama.
Unfortunately, The State Farmers Bulletin has ceased publication, but by now I know most of the rabbit people around. Usually, your co-op people will know because they know who buys rabbit food. There are some elite rabbit breeders. But I would suggest you will wind up with a healthier rabbit, if you get a mutt. My Henry -- a New Zealand mix-- lived to be 20 years old. "Dancing Rabbit" -- a Flemish Giant named for the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek only lived to be four. The Flemish Giants are sort of like an over-knit sweater. You hold up one part, and the rest is dragging on the floor!
Not as big as this one though:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/a...
I suspect that smaller rabbits will have a longer life span, than the larger one's-- as in dogs. Not an issue if you are going to eat them (gasp!!), but for fertilizer and just to have around as a furry friend I perfer my animals to have a long life span.
