kuntrygirl
Overrun with beasties
Here is a pic of some of my rabbitts.
Rabbit cage setups - here are mine, show me yours- pic heavy
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Citylife
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I have a 5'x26' one sided shed with 9 hanging cages in it and one small hutch on the ground with one of my bucks. As you see, the chickens run under them and have a full 45' or so to play around in back there. On the back left corner you see a Lil Tykes playhouse which is the coop for my 5 girls. It works out great!
Hope you like.
Hope you like.
Ms. Research
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Really nice set up. Thanks for posting.kuntrygirl said:
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lastfling
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I like the feeders you've made. How did you do it?? Do you have any problems with the rabbits using them as toys?kuntrygirl said:
kuntrygirl
Overrun with beasties
Thanks everyone.
The feeders are recycled aluminum cans that I got from a local school and restaurant. They are called #10 cans of food. It's the large cans of fruits and vegetables that resturants and schools get. They will give them to you if you need them. It's less trash they have to throw away and it keeping things out of the land fills.
This is what I do. I hope that I don't confuse you all with my instructions. If so, please let me know and I will be more than happy to clarify.
Pic Below of the #10 can:
I place my cutting blade at least 3 - 3 1/2 inches from the bottom of the #10 can. It just all depends on how deep or shallow you want your feeder to be. I have shallow feeders (1 inch deep) for my baby chicks, ducks, turkey poults and geese.
I cut from the bottom a little over 1/2 midway of the can. I drill a hole on the outside of the can in the area that I will attach to the inside of the wire cage. The drilled hole should be large enough for a nut to fit in so that the feeder will be secured onto the wire cage. Once it's cut, I use a sledge hammer to smash the part that is cut making sure that the opening is wide enough to pour feed in from the top. I then place the feeder in the wire cage where I want the feeder OR waterer to go. I place the nut inside the opening and outside through the drilled hole. I then get a square piece of hard plastic (cut) from a 55 gallon barrel with a hole the size of the nut ~ place the square piece on the outside of the wire cage and slide it onto the nut ~ make sure the square piece of plastic is secure on the nut ~ then screw the bolt in place onto the nut. And there ya go. You have a secured feeder or waterer. You can always take the feeders and waterers off if you need to clean them and easily put them back on.
I know it sounds like a lot of work (and would be easier to just buy a feeder and water) but it's really not. And I guess you really have to have the necessary material laying around to do it. I recycle a lot, so I always have "something" laying around to use for whatever. And I'm also cheap, so I don't like to spend money when I don't have to.
I went out and found an old rusty can that I don't use and set it up in another cage and took a pic so that you all could see what it looks like from the back.
Back of can:
The blue square piece that you see is a piece of plastic from a 55 gallon barrel that was cut and used as a water trough for my sheep. This is what helps to hold the can in place. The rabbits cannot flip it or move it at all. They don't use it as a toy. They can't chew it. It holds up very well. However, I do change them out and get rid of them about every 6 months when I see the slightest bit of rust. It's a very economincal way of having feeders and waters. I have never owned the commercial feeders that are sold in stores. I don't even know how much they cost. I'm a big recycler, so I find ways to keep things out of land fills ~ and save money ~ and I stumbled across this idea. It cuts down a lot of feeding time. I fill them up every 3 days or so with feed. There water stays fresh and clean so I fill up their waterer every other day.
Please let me know if I have totally confused you.
The feeders are recycled aluminum cans that I got from a local school and restaurant. They are called #10 cans of food. It's the large cans of fruits and vegetables that resturants and schools get. They will give them to you if you need them. It's less trash they have to throw away and it keeping things out of the land fills.
This is what I do. I hope that I don't confuse you all with my instructions. If so, please let me know and I will be more than happy to clarify.
Pic Below of the #10 can:
I place my cutting blade at least 3 - 3 1/2 inches from the bottom of the #10 can. It just all depends on how deep or shallow you want your feeder to be. I have shallow feeders (1 inch deep) for my baby chicks, ducks, turkey poults and geese.
I cut from the bottom a little over 1/2 midway of the can. I drill a hole on the outside of the can in the area that I will attach to the inside of the wire cage. The drilled hole should be large enough for a nut to fit in so that the feeder will be secured onto the wire cage. Once it's cut, I use a sledge hammer to smash the part that is cut making sure that the opening is wide enough to pour feed in from the top. I then place the feeder in the wire cage where I want the feeder OR waterer to go. I place the nut inside the opening and outside through the drilled hole. I then get a square piece of hard plastic (cut) from a 55 gallon barrel with a hole the size of the nut ~ place the square piece on the outside of the wire cage and slide it onto the nut ~ make sure the square piece of plastic is secure on the nut ~ then screw the bolt in place onto the nut. And there ya go. You have a secured feeder or waterer. You can always take the feeders and waterers off if you need to clean them and easily put them back on.
I know it sounds like a lot of work (and would be easier to just buy a feeder and water) but it's really not. And I guess you really have to have the necessary material laying around to do it. I recycle a lot, so I always have "something" laying around to use for whatever. And I'm also cheap, so I don't like to spend money when I don't have to.
I went out and found an old rusty can that I don't use and set it up in another cage and took a pic so that you all could see what it looks like from the back.
Back of can:
The blue square piece that you see is a piece of plastic from a 55 gallon barrel that was cut and used as a water trough for my sheep. This is what helps to hold the can in place. The rabbits cannot flip it or move it at all. They don't use it as a toy. They can't chew it. It holds up very well. However, I do change them out and get rid of them about every 6 months when I see the slightest bit of rust. It's a very economincal way of having feeders and waters. I have never owned the commercial feeders that are sold in stores. I don't even know how much they cost. I'm a big recycler, so I find ways to keep things out of land fills ~ and save money ~ and I stumbled across this idea. It cuts down a lot of feeding time. I fill them up every 3 days or so with feed. There water stays fresh and clean so I fill up their waterer every other day.
Please let me know if I have totally confused you.
kuntrygirl
Overrun with beasties
No flattering at all. Please feel free to copy. I don't mind at all.CocoNUT said:
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Thank you kuntrygirl for your the very economical and "common sense" approach to feeding and watering your rabbits. Really appreciate you taking the time to explain (and I don't think it's confusing) and sharing how you run your rabbitry.
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CCourson05
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I have a neat idea, but I'm not sure if it will work... Say you crest this tin can feeder specified above... You could easily cut a hole in the cage and mount the feeder as you would a J feeder... In theory.
