A pilot experiment was carried out to evaluate the prevailing nonpelleted diets: berseem hay-barley and berseem hay-corn in comparison with the grower pelleted diet for rabbits from the nutritional and economic efficiencies points of view. The chemical analysis, the digestibility of nutrients, the N-utilization, the effect on the growth performance carcass traits and blood constituents were studied. The hay-barley and hay-corn were provided separately. The digestibility and N-utilization of the grower pelleted diet were of better values than the corresponding values for the hay-barley and hay-corn diets. The hay-barley diet was of intermediate nutritional value between the other two diets. From the nutritional and economic parameters the hay-barley diet was preferable than the expensive grower pelleted diet and the lower nutritional quality hay-corn diet. The hay-barley diet could be recommended as non-pelleted rabbit diet if it is enriched with vitamin-mineral premix as feed additive to improve more its nutritive value.