Your rabbit setups??

[terri9630]

Hubby used a piece polycarbonate corrugated roofing, framed it, put hinges on it & it can be put up or down in front of the rabbit cages. We had experienced horrendous rains in the spring & babies got wet. So, we're hoping this remedies that problem. My only concern is the wind taking it away.........but hubby is not into suggestions. Jeeze, he's so touchy.


I wish I had more money to put into the set-up, but I don't.

That would definately get blown off here. We get some horrendus winds here. I had to switch my horses from loose leaf hay to hay cubes so they could eat instead of watching all their dinner blow away.

 

[oneacrefarm]

Link to my latest setup HERE

Shannon

p.s. we are about to put in another one just like this...

 

[Citylife]

Link to my latest setup HERE

Shannon

p.s. we are about to put in another one just like this...

Your set-up is what I did also except I dont want a second row of rabbits. Are you enclosing one or two sides? You may want to, to protect them from drafts
and weather. Not sure where you live. I can tell you one thing........ you will love the set-up. I have a trenched dug out undermine and only have to dig it out
2-3 times per year. And then I run chickens under them and they really help keep the odor down. And I know it sounds weird... but in the summer, I hang up
the tree looking car air fresheners. In the vanilla odor and hang them around the shed and that helps tremendously on keeping flies down. Learned that from
BYC.
Enjoy your rabbits and the food they give you. I know we sure do.

 

[norcal]

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That would definately get blown off here. We get some horrendus winds here. I had to switch my horses from loose leaf hay to hay cubes so they could eat instead of watching all their dinner blow away.

Well, we've been having crazy winds & haven't had any problems yet. However, if we weren't here to put it down it probably would have blown down (knocked the sticks down). I'm going to get honey to make the things that hold it up permanent/moveable. If that makes sense.

 

[oneacrefarm]

Link to my latest setup HERE

Shannon

p.s. we are about to put in another one just like this...

Your set-up is what I did also except I dont want a second row of rabbits. Are you enclosing one or two sides? You may want to, to protect them from drafts
and weather. Not sure where you live. I can tell you one thing........ you will love the set-up. I have a trenched dug out undermine and only have to dig it out
2-3 times per year. And then I run chickens under them and they really help keep the odor down. And I know it sounds weird... but in the summer, I hang up
the tree looking car air fresheners. In the vanilla odor and hang them around the shed and that helps tremendously on keeping flies down. Learned that from
BYC.
Enjoy your rabbits and the food they give you. I know we sure do.

We live in SE Texas so it is pretty temperate. I worry more about heat than cold. I plan on putting in roll up canvas walls that can be let down in bad/wet weather. I love this set up too! So much easier than scraping/sweeping/hauling buckets of bunny poo everyday...and there is hardly any smell at all. I want to close in the area around with fencing and put some chickens in that area too.

Shannon

 

[Citylife]

Oneacrefarm

I guess where you live I would feel the same. The heat is your biggest enemy. I know it is for me here in MO. It is way harder to keep rabbits alive and happy here in the summer then it is in the winter.
My set-up know is a 12x 45 foot goofy corner of my lot and it is designated towards the chickens and the rabbits. And basically 5x27 feet of that is rabbit shelter. It faces a thick tree line which gives it extra cover and then on rainy days like today where we are expecting rain and slush I tent the front in with tarps. I have had blowing snow go 6 inches into cages before and when that happened I knew we needed to do something different.
Its nice to hear your as happy with your setup as we are. I can honestly say, I would not ever go to a cage system you had to clean. The hanging cages are amazingly easy to care for. Glad your enjoying your projects.

 

[Ms. Research]

Though I have crates for my "Pet" rabbits, my breeders will probably be put in hanging cages. I can see how the cleaning of many rabbits could be time consuming so your hanging crates system looks and sounds like it's very efficient and less time consuming to keep clean.

As my "pet" rabbits are in the house, I make sure their crates are cleaned every day. And scrubbed down every weekend. No odors at all by doing it that way. Rabbit urine

But since it's only DH and I, it works for us. Actually enjoy the interaction with the buns every time I clean their crate. Plus the hay smell in the house, we both like it. Clean smelling.

But the more you have, the more you should look at better ways to keep your herd. Thanks Shannon and Citylife for showing your efficiently run rabbitries.

 

[Citylife]

Had some rain come in today and got the tarps all pulled down....... and the rabbits and chickens are dry and happy as larks. Everyone has been frisky and happy with the onset of some cooler weather. They crack me up. But, I like tenting off the front of the shed, as it keeps them dry, keeps the ground me and the chickens walk on dry and that is a bonus. The chickens like everyone else around here are pretty spoiled. And you open the back door and they come running like puppies. I really need to get a video camera.

 

[oneacrefarm]

Link to my latest setup HERE

Shannon

p.s. we are about to put in another one just like this...

Your set-up is what I did also except I dont want a second row of rabbits.
Enjoy your rabbits and the food they give you. I know we sure do.

We are not doing a second row either, we are putting in another one just like this, at a right angle to this one. The first idea was to have more than one layer of cages, but then you have to clean off the slant boards and such...much better this way and really no smell at all...

Shannon

 

[Citylife]

Very True Shannon. I was also a bit concerned about having them that close to the ground. (preditor wise) I dont worry much about them but I also have chickens under them and they will "pick" at all kinds of things. And, didnt want them pickin at my rabbits. My herd buck is in a seperate hutch and is closer to the ground, and I have seen the chickens steal some of his hay. So, needless to say that is why we added more length to our first shed. To keep everyone up higher.

I have rabbit caccitoria cooking right now......... oh the house smells AMAZING!
It sure is fun raising your own food.