BUILDING A MEAT RABBIT COLONY. Creating an outdoor pen for meat rabbits to live together.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- Building an outside pen for our meat rabbits continues. We are creating a colony style living space for our meat rabbits, so that they can live together and co-raise their kits. Rabbits are social animals and prefer to live together. We are encouraging their natural behaviors by building a pen that allows them the opportunity to act more inline with their instincts.
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For a number of years I had a friend 4 months older than I and, on the other side of New Years. 4 months out of the year he was an "old man" and the rest of the year he was "appropriately aged". - Happy Birthday.
That's so funny. It sounds like something my sister would say. Technically we are born in the same year. I'm just at the beginning in January, but for a little bit of time we are the same age. When that happens, I'm no longer old. 😂
Y'all should be in the best shape of your lives after all that! Happy birthday!
🤣 I know. Who needs a gym when you can just take on homestead projects.
I have to brag on y’all ! When u do something you do it right ! Can’t wait to see how the rabbits will enjoy the new home,
Aw thank you! I can't wait to get it finished. It is looking so good!
Haha he’s got y’all all fenced in ! How funny!
I knew as soon as it closed up that Declan would have to pee 🤣 it always works that way.
Wow lots of progress going on. Great job !
Thank you!
That rabbit colony is looking good. I am over twice as old as you so your not to old. I enjoyed watching the video, thanks for sharing. by the way that is how I did my chicken tractor chicken wire inside and 2 by 4 welded wire on the outside. I also put 2 by 4 wire on bottom of chicken tractor so they could eat grass and bugs but keep racoons out.
I'm so glad the rabbit colony is almost done!
Next we have to build our chicken tractors because our chickens will be here in a few weeks!
Happpppyyyy Birthday!!!! 🎂
Thank you!!!
First of all… Let me say, happy birthday you dirty digging woman… Lol… And congratulations on your new nephew he’s beautiful! I’m also Happy to see you using both sides of your body while you’re shoveling most people don’t and that’s why they come up with back injuries way to go!💜🌻💜
Thank you!
Yeah I tried to remind myself that every time I needed a breather, I also needed to stretch and switch sides. It helped! My back wasn't sore at all.
May your wire last a long, long, long time. In this area, 6 sided predator protection is needed depending upon which groups of predators take up residence or, are just passing through. So many prop up a couple of pallets against each other withiut securing them then wonder why thier chickens dissappear or just plain, get ravaged. - I commend you for all of the extra work yoire putting into your rabbit pen.
Thank you. My goal is to not serve up a home grown meal for our local coyote pack. We will see how it goes.
Do you see the mattock your husband is using? My advice it to learn how to use it; the heavier the better. Yes, it is "suppose to be" used by swinging it from above one shoulder into the ground then lifting over the opposite shoulder for the next swing. But if you can get it waist high, cup the handle from underneath one hand over the other, spread your legs, and drop the pointed end of the mattock while keeping the handle cupped - you can loosen and break up the dirt before shoveling it. Also, use that point to hook under those roots then reef back on the handle (not too hard). You can use it this way to work around and pry rocks out of the dirt too.
Thank you for explaining. I'm sure I will have many digging opportunities in my future. I will give your advice a try next time.
Happy Birthday! Mine is on the 8th ♡ love your work on your rabbit colony and it is similar to the setup we plan. Excited to see how it works for y'all
Happy early birthday!
I will definitely update how its working for us and let you know if we have changed anything.
Hello great video. Happy birthday beautiful and amazing woman. Im from south Carolina too. Cool video.
Thank you! Where are you in South Carolina? We are Northeast, near North Carolina
@@LivingtheHightLife kinards its in laurens county.
@@jeboutdoors377 I haven't ever been there. It's about 2.5 hours west of us.
@@LivingtheHightLife ok not much here im wanting to buy some land to build a farm. So i could have livestock
@@jeboutdoors377 I don't blame you! We bought our land as raw land, and we have been clearing a little more of it every day. It's hard work, but one day it will be amazing!
I feel your husband's pain lol started our pen this week😥😥✊
It's worth it when it's done!
Thank you for your time
I'm planning a rabbit colony. When it comes to deciding what to use for preventing digouts, how long do you think the buried chicken wire will last? And have you come across concerns since the build? It looks great! Thanks!
It will take at least a few years for the chicken wire to break down, but by that point we are hoping to have rabbits thriving in the colony life and not attempting to dig out. We did go back and do a few more updates with adding in bucket burrows and a rain water catchment system. Other than that, I wish we had added more rafters for storing tree hay for winter use.
Won't chicken wire rot fast in the ground? That is lots work to put such a cheap product in the ground isn't it? I would expect you want minium 16 gage.
Really interested in this design. Could you either send me a link to the fencing or give me a little more information. Thanks.
Absolutely! It's 2x3 welded wire on the outside and chicken wire on the inside. This is the welded wire we used.
www.lowes.com/pd/Garden-Zone-black-Steel-Welded-wire-Common-50-x-4-Actual-50-x-4/1000639123
@@LivingtheHightLife that is 4 foot. Just couldn't find the 72 in. I thought yours was 72 in.
@@catinavaughn2775 ours is. Sorry I sent the wrong link. www.lowes.com/pd/Garden-Zone-Actual-50-ft-x-6-ft-Black-Steel-Welded-Wire-Rolled-Farm-Fencing/1000552609
@@LivingtheHightLife That's okay. Thank you for sending it back. I enjoy your videos. Your little boy is adorable.
@@catinavaughn2775 you are very welcome! ❤ we appreciate you watching our videos.
How much would 5 or ten acres be with 3 bedroom two bathroom house in south carolina sorry for bothering you
I'm not sure. Housing in south Carolina is very location specific. Most of south Carolina is still undeveloped so the areas that are built on are more expensive. We chose raw land because it was a much cheaper option