Rabbit Colony Pens Roof

Many homesteaders have gotten into breeding rabbits as a food source or for extra income as people love buying the baby bunnies for pets.

Rabbit colony pens roof.

Half the pen has tin roof. Mother earth news staff rabbits have always been a welcome part of our homestead. Felix is a giant flemish so he ll need room to run and exercise and with the roof on it he won t have to worry about. They are having lots of fun.

All enclosed with chicken wire. Rabbits require a living area 3 4 times their size and in a rabbit colony this space requirement is easier achieved. We tried giving multiple hiding spots and layering branches over a large section of the colony for the rabbits to climb in but the cats outsmarted us at every turn. See more ideas about rabbit hutches rabbit roof garden.

This is part 2 of my outdoor rabbit pen that will end up having a roof on it. For our specific setup that thought ended up being so wrong. Building rabbit dorm cages can help increase breeding happiness and healthiness in your rabbits. Check out this comp.

Food and water in the rabbit colony. Rabbits are very territorial so it s important to have several food bowls hay racks and water bottles. Our latest colony is under the roof of a pole building so hawks weren t an issue but we have several barn cats who really enjoyed the rabbit pen. Safety of all our animals is paramount from the tiniest kit on up and through trial and error i found that the easiest way to avoid bloody ears and missed pregnancies was by strictly.

Raising meat rabbits in a colony is when your rabbits are in the same lot and they mix and mingle whenever they want to. On our farm we ve kept rabbits both in colonies and cages and although the colonies had their advantages we found that cages worked better for us. Chicken wire on floor with some dirt on top. Nov 29 2016 explore shirley k s board rabbit hutch roof garden on pinterest.