Our Rabbitry Expands

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
  • It is very exciting to be able to keep our rabbitry expanding this fast. There is still more to build that will come in the near future. Thank you for watching and we look forward to posting as we continue to grow!

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  • @rickbrauer6794
    @rickbrauer6794 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Rabbits! Many years ago, early 70's.Had 2 bucks 5 does, that was plenty. One running pen. I've dressed out and sold so many. With the price of beef, wish I could talk my wife into letting start rabbits again.

    • @elderacres
      @elderacres  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s how many I’m gonna keep myself I believe probably only 4 does tho. What’s the old saying ask for forgiveness instead of permission!!

  • @40NPermaculture
    @40NPermaculture 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Nice setup!!! Dang -‘I’m gonna have to step it up. Question- Any plan for catching and using the manure? You will get some big piles. Wondering if those cut open ICB totes would slide under to catch the manure? 😅

    • @elderacres
      @elderacres  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So I don’t plan on using anything to catch it. The smell is much better when the urine makes it to the ground to be absorbed. But I most certainly plan on scooping up from the piles to use!

    • @40NPermaculture
      @40NPermaculture 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That make’s great sense!

  • @vieuxacadian9455
    @vieuxacadian9455 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Old tymers tip . make pans to put under the cages and save the dung for fertilizer .

    • @elderacres
      @elderacres  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’ve seen pans used but I think the smell is worse so I just collect it off the ground

  • @aperson1181
    @aperson1181 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What supplements do you make for rabbits and how? Like Vitamin (C) and digestive support? Any feed that you DIY for rabbits?

    • @elderacres
      @elderacres  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I do not supplement anything as of now. I feed pellet and hay. With that being said I am building a large bed for comfrey and other plants and herbs just waiting on spring to get it in the ground and that will be fed to the rabbits. Using the plants and herbs I grow those will act as the supplements you asked about!

  • @caseyscarrotpatch
    @caseyscarrotpatch 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The buns should always have access to water. Those 2 bowls were empty. Maybe you filled them after you filmed. I don't know. But please make sure your buns always have plenty of water. They drink and need a lot of water.

    • @elderacres
      @elderacres  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Well I most certainly wouldn’t have left them empty after seeing them and making a video! But yes I always fill them twice a day when I’m working and I check them more when I’m home. I’m going to be building some squares out of extra plywood soon that fit there bowls perfect so they can’t tip them anymore!

  • @fayekeller7411
    @fayekeller7411 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Don't raise rabbits but I have met other people who've kind of like droppings fall in it is a mess and it's easier to put the pan underneath as the person in the previous comment states!
    You can even put big huge totes underneath and once you get enough of it you could sell it because it's great for gardens because it doesn't burn plants it's one of those fabulous fertilizers!

    • @elderacres
      @elderacres  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They gather up on the ground nice and I just use a flat square shovel and get what is easy. Helps the smell when the urine can be soaked up by the ground

  • @ludmillaannaovna
    @ludmillaannaovna 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awful. How can you not see that your rabbits are all in the corners of your boxes because they have no straw and ground as they need ?

    • @elderacres
      @elderacres  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      They get hay every day. Rabbits have been bred for many years to be raised in cages. These rabbits were not picked from the wild and thrown into a cage. I have also read in many case raising these meat rabbits that are bred for cages is cleaner this way as far as parasites making it better for the rabbits. Do you raise rabbits?

    • @ludmillaannaovna
      @ludmillaannaovna 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Clean does not mean necessary better. My grand-father grew many of them for years and gave me one which has a long life in my garden. I have never seen such a distress in these animals like I noticed with yours. Doing with animals and human beings the same industrial treatment entreprises offer us in order to rationalize the costs and meet hygienic standards may sound clever but please make a test. Put your animals one week on wood and raw and see the difference in their behavior. If they are happier, there's a great chance they'll be healthier because I have no doubt you take care of them. Of course I cannot guaranty they will always be without illnesses but nothing can guaranty this in fact. @@elderacres

    • @Gods-Elect
      @Gods-Elect 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      lud lol