Starting A Rabbitry : Building Cages And Water System
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- Starting a rabbitry, start to finish. Everything you need to know to build cages, set up a gravity fed watering system, and feeders for a buck, 4 does, and 2 grow out pens for babies. All for around $300.
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It is so good to see a family work together. I have always been impressed by the beauty, intelligence, and knowledge of the young lady. Now I am pleased to see that her husband is a good match for her. I hope that he understands how lucky he is to have her. God bless and keep you all safe in the world that is coming.
Amen! Thank you Steve. Very nice of you to say. Blessings brother.
Just starting a rabbitry myself and I learned so much from you guys. Thanks for sharing!
Oh boy! Yall are in for some SURPRISES.
seem like good people though. GOOD LUCK
Love your planning, common sense and ingenuity. This idea is very thoughtful and smart. I hope you've had great success.
I'm brand new to raising rabbits, and I couldn't be happier with your video! Thank you!
Love God Love your channel. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. Please keep us updated on your progress. Blessings
I've been getting my rabbitry going and watching how ya'll did yours verified that my ideas would work. THANKS!!!
I Love the setup. I also love how everyone is working together!
Best video by far regarding cage making - simple, clear procedure.
One of the best videos on this subject, great job.
That's a sweet rabbit hutch you all made, I enjoy your videos very much.
Addicted to your videos you explain things so clearly have plans to ask most of the things you show well the ones that work in my area of northern Ontario Canada
Ah! I was about to build a rabbitry. I'm glad I watched your video!
Thank you for making this video! I was about to give up on my rabbits, cages were a nightmare to clean. I just went out and started building the same style cages :)
Just found this video ! Enjoyed seeing those beagle puppies. Y’all work great 👍🏻 together. Nice place. Good way to water those cute bunnies.
Love your system...beautiful baby and mommy
One tip is to add a 'top' to the nest boxes so mom can get on top, up and away from the kits when she wants/needs to.
it can also help to keep the babies a little bit warmer. not a whole lot more, but a little
Yh
Best setup I've seen, and I've been looking at sustainable rabbit hutch setup.
this was so simple. I'm watching from Jamaica and I'm very interested in starting a rabbit farm. I'm going to use your idea to make to make the hutch
That a really awesome idea great video
I've seen many rabbit set ups. Yours is the best.
Are yall still raising rabbits? If so I would love to see an updated video on your rabbitry. Thanks yall , great video!
Gr8 video y'all ! ..Enjoyed the teamwork :)
Nice one. I've been thinking of doing buried boxes with lids in a large area. A good movie explaining this traditional method is "Jean de Fluorette". It may be considered "Free Range" , as well.
very smart and efficient setup! all they need is a hiding nook to go into and jump on top of to keep from getting sore hocks from the wire. btw fleece works wonders for them in the winter
Nice brother thanks for teaching me ...and greetings from UGANDA
That was awesome! You gave me some great hints and tips that I can put to use 😀🐰
I like the setup you have. That's what I am going to do.
I'm impressed
good start - you need "baby saver" wire about 3 in high along the front, back and between the cages - the babies are initially small enough to fall/get through the 1x2 wire.
I had one fall through today. Two days old. Fortunately I found it, cold but still alive. I was checking the nest box and realized one was missing and it took a few minutes to find it. Baby-saver wire would have prevented this. The cage does have sheet metal urine guards all around the inside except under the door, which is where the kit must have fallen through.
Very nice video, extremely interesting and nicely explained. Oh how I wish you were living somewhere near me! Apart from the fact that my DIY is zero, I am now disabled with hip and knee problems and have had to give up keeping my lovely birds - geese, Muscovy ducks and hens. I had about 45 in total but disability stopped me from looking after them properly as I can no longer bend down to clean out the houses. Its not fair on the birds, so I sadly had to find new homes/owners for them. If only you were around, I am sure you could have devised housing that were off the ground and easy to maintain/clean out.
Always enjoy your videos - great way of life and you always seem so happy and content. All the best from Ireland.
and yes you CAN put rabbit poop directly on your garden, but, its better if you let it dry out, and then mix it 50-50 with old straw/hay and sandy soil, its AWESOME garden mix that way...
You should add a small amount of water
Do you know if rabbit pee will kill you plants?
@@cherylseybert5669 know this is an older comment but there is amonia in urine and in higher concentrations yes it can kill your plants. Just dont like pour thier urine into your compost or anything and you should be fine.
This is a awesome my friend great cost effective system thanks for sharing
I lov this video, I used to just try to potty train my rabbits ( it sorta worked ) but this is way better
I like your setup. Thanks for making the video.
your concept is a great idea. But in cold weather they need some way to get off the wire and in or on something to block the cold. good luck. Enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing
When it gets cold I have heating lamps clamped inside milk crates pointing downward from the top, then the whole pin completely covered by the large tarp to keep the heat inside.
your off to a great start, if you build 'house boxes' for your rabbits they will do OK into freezing temps, just a plywood box twice as big as the bunny, with a floor and a roof, you only need to put it in during cold weather, so they dont eat the wood..(as much)
Not really good idea. The rabbits will pee on the wood.
Not if you take the time to box train them. They will pee/poop in the same place every time if you train them to use one particular spot. Worth spending the time on your buns to get them to do that.
Awesome job yall !Blessings to yall.Thumbs up.ENJOY....THE SIMPLE LIFE
Great setup, I like this
Great ideas!
Thank you for your video. I liked the water system, and I really liked your screen to collect manure. The tarp is good as I live in Texas and need to open up the area for better ventilation. I had not thought of the t poles for legs. How smart. 👍🏻
I used a small pump to keep water circulating. The water was routed to go back to the water tank. In the Winter, I used an aquarium heater in the water tank to keep it from freezing. It worked well. I was in NC, and it never froze. In Summer, you can put frozen 2 Ltr frozen water bottles in the tank to help keep it cool. I found using a xlg cooler to be a great water tank.
Great idea on the netting! I've been trying to find a urine free way to capture pellets. Thanks!
Thanks for posting this video. Very helpful for anyone starting to raise rabbits.
You're very welcome :)
I enjoyed your early video of you making crawfish dips. I love those crawfish boils, so if you get in the mood. Please post more crawfish boil parties or recipes please.
Enjoy the day.
very nice man, thanks for the info, will sure build one like this and add something to it but till then kudos for the great share
DUDDDEEEEEEEE THIS IS AMAZING!! I love this idea!
Great set up!!!
I love the little puppies in the background
I love it, perfect idea
Liked what you did with the bug screen! I want to do that too!
Love your setup!
Great job with the cages n stuff. Good efficient design that saves cost and work. I used to raise rabbits. Won first prize in the fair and 3rd in state. That wasn't about raising them, just about playing with my really nice looking rabbit until it was tame as a puppy lol. I learned a lot though. They need an enclosed hutch to stay warm, especially babies in a nest, and because left out in the open without an escape it makes them crazy and they do stupid things that harm themselves and babies. Also the pee has a lot of fertilizer value. I like the poo mixed with the pee, works great. May get too strong and you have to mix with some water, but a lot of Nitrogen in the pee. Pee will also cause a problem if allowed to all go to the ground, kill the soil, but it will be good soil for the high Nitrogen content if you want to use it as fertilizer.
Great video!,
Really like your videos
GREAT VIDEO 👍💖
your videos are always Great and informative....i wanted to check on you all...i hope you came to no harm in all that flooding....Louisiana has been Hard hit in the last yrs.....i assume it was Dad that taught you all survival methods...way to go Dad...if more kids were taught this important knowledge..there would be less time for them getting into Real Trouble...Love and Peace girl...i love your canning food vlogs,...i can can can ..so i always like to see what others are putting away...have a Great Weekend....
What a great idea on using the bug screen. :)
very nice setup
Good video. I raised rabbits on our dairy farm in Wisconsin for over 20 years. Your set up is really nice, but I would put a piece of wood across the top on the back of your rabbit boxes. It's a nice place for them to jump up on and get off that wire for a while, plus it creates more of a den for them and they are a den animal, and will be much happier. I'd also make sure that plastic tub is food rated. Most of those are not. I think a 5 gallon pail would be much better and MUCH easier to keep clean and swap out. I'm sure you were joking, but those New Zealand white rabbits will never reach that 20 pound weight. In fact, when mine hit 5 pounds or so live weight, they were in the freezer, and that only took about 2 months or so from birth to freezer. Keeping them any longer and the weight they gain doesn't justify the feed they eat and I think the meat is much better when they're young. The only other thing is make sure no predator can get near them. Even if they can't get to them, they can kill the rabbits from shock that the rabbit will have from fear of a fox, dog, raccon, opposum, cats, anything like that trying to get to them at night. Keep up the great work.
Thanks for the tips. I like the wood perch/den idea. We'll have to build em one of those :)
yes I would recommend any breed as they all just produce the same
Nice setup bro i liked that😎👍
Good job! I'm going to make mine just like yours only I'll make them two sets of three facing each other.
I raised rabbits for meat for years and loved it. my allergies got really bad and had to stop. Keep weasels traps around. I lost a few young ones unit I noticed the tracks. The poo collector sounds good, but it will get thick with fur. Good luck and have fun.
2 suggestion.
1. the tarp needs to be open on the ends for air flow.
2. in the summer we freeze plastic water bottles and place them in their cage. they can move to the bottle or away as they want. we had several days around 100 degrees in oregon. switch out daily.
Airflow is overated bruh
I got some great ideas so thank you. I know what to do with the pellets, but where does all the wee go
Love it Thank You!
thanks for the info
2024 wonder how everything is going. Hopefully good. Thank you for the video.
Thanks,
Clark
Very nice video
Awesome cage, great team work. Wish you all were friends of mine.
nice work...
nice video ..I learned a lot...thank you....
great idea on the cage setup. you may decide later to get away from plywood for nest boxes. they love to eat it. maybe its the glue in it , i dont know. one by pine seems better as far as the chewing. one guy does his out of the powder coated shelving that you buy at lowes , etc. i think your idea is more economical. good job.
You guys inspired me:)
I was watching this and kept thinking you all sounded like you were from near here (Louisiana), then I heard someone mention Baton Rouge. Very cool! Hey neighbors :)
Really helpful!
great video,
Great design ideas. After living with it a while, is there anything you would change? How is the bug screen / poo trough working out? Thanks for sharing your build.
Nice custom cage.
how has the hardware cloth worked out on bottom, im new to this and have bought the material but have not yet made the cages, I ask because that is what I was going to go with for my bottom but from all I have studied most are against using hardware cloth at all
Thanks
Thanks for the info. My only complaint is that you need baby saver wire or else the babies can crawl out of the cage and die. Other than that great video!
I personally prefer j clips to hog rings 1. I believe they are stronger and 2 they don't poke or snag the rabbits or you, also you might want to use 16 ga wire for your bottoms and 14 ga. Baby saver wire for your sides, so you don't lose any kits out the sides, put some kind of perch in the cage's so moms can get up away from babies from time to time and some kind of shade over all them as rabbits sunburn easily. Otherwise your off to god start and I like you watering system. I put a flat chunk of oak 6" x 12" in each cage it give the rabbits both something to lay on as well as something to chew on. Good luck and Thanks for your video's.
very cool.
*raises a hand* Question: Once the temp fell down to (and below) 32 degs, how did you continue watering? I'm planning on just running a warming wire for mine once I get to it, but what was your solution?
Looks like a well thought out system. How about an update? Has it stood up to the wild animals ok?
love the simplicity of the cage, and water system. the tarp needs to go, a few pieces of reflective metal roofing will serve you better.
very nice
I enjoyed this video..... amazing work and ingenuity! Can you come to Cali and build my hutch?
Hi, nice long rabbit set up. Q: How does the roll of insulation work? I don’t understand. Thanks
An update, I just completed my rabbitry. QUESTION; where do you get your wire. I need to build new cages. Thanks.
Jerry of Pine Meadows Hobby Farm
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I couldn't imagine keeping rabbits. There are so many running in the fields it only takes half an hour with a lamp and a rifle to fetch home 3 or 4 for the table.
My neighbour's cat catches one every other day and drags it home, often alive and often as big or bigger than itself. The neighbour just drops them in the bin for the refuse to collect 😥
They aren't quite a plague but last year they caused me to have to shore up the back wall of my quarry where they had undermined it so badly.
We had mixy really bad for several years and the population plummeted but they seem immune nowadays.
Mostly English people don't eat rabbit for some reason. Even country folks think it is poor meat.
I just like the fun of stalking and shooting them and the bonus of a fried or stewed bunny for supper. Only I eat it, can't give one away to friends or neighbours.
Another great video, you guys really nail it every time.
Thanks. Rabbit is actually one of the healthiest meats you can eat. Lean, high-protein, low-sodium, and tasty! People here hunt them a lot and lots of predators eat them too so the while ones are not as prolific here as in Europe though we do have them.
I am in the Mississippi Delta. Our wild rabbit is near nothing now. When I was young, they were thick, quail too. Pesticides and predator pressure ruined it.
Do you offer them a small solid area to rest on? I understand that that wire bottom 24/7 can be rough on their feet.
how did you attach the bug screen to the cage for pellet catching?
Heat tape on your water line may keep the water from freezing in the winter. Just a thought. Thanks for the inspiring video.
How do u keep that tarp intact During high wind and storms?
What did u use to fasten the wire together with?
What are those things you put in your pipe to connect to your valve
Rabbits can get sunburned easily the tarp is important.
My rabbit *loves* the sun. I even caught him applying sun tan lotion!!
Get set up there :) Looks like you have lots of room :)
Pretty cool set-up!! What breeds did you guys go with?
Intelligent idea can you vlog more about this rabbitry project