Rabbit Colony FAILS and SUCCESSES!
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- Check out our new website at willowcreekhomestead.net It is not quite complete but we are doing the dang best we can to get it finished :) Let us know what you think! We have had a very WET climate lately and sadly our bucket burrows in the rabbit colony are suffering. We still need to learn from our previous mistakes! One day at a time... Thanks for joining our family we appreciate it!
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Love seeing the mountains in the back!!
I love how excited you got over that last littler. Moments like that make it all worth it.
YES!! i almost cried! Even though they were not planned or expected you always hope for the best when new life is concerned
In the middle ages in the UK, we used to have farms with a rabbit colony on them. The farmer would build a big mound of earth and place the rabbits in the hill, Above the normal ground level and place small trees for a shade over the rabbit holes. Perhaps something for you to think of?
Hmmmm a fruit tree would be ideal like an apple tree. Rabbits LOVE apple branches so you would just leave any that falls and they can eat the fruit. If they start eating the trunk (I'm not sure if they would or not) just fence the tree off say an extra foot from the trunk? If you do fence it off, grow some mint on the inside of the mesh so that when it grows out, it gives the rabbits more food to graze on but they won't kill it because it still has a good amount that they can't get to. A sheet of 1 inch mesh bent around the tree should be enough, and then as it gets bigger you would then add an extra sheet to make it wider again as the trunk grows thicker
I don't think that will work with modern rabbit breeds they'll be easily spotted by predators
I’m new to rabbits & building my hutch soon.
I’m in kasilof & learning from you!
Alaska provides us struggles
I can only imagine! Let us know if we can answer any questions :) we’ve made plenty of mistakes 😂
Try building a greenhouse style to keep them warm enough in your winters. I'm from Australia, and it's our summers that can kill them because they overheat. We sometimes have to freeze bottles with water and give them that in the heat just to keep them cool enough to live. For you though they probably would literally freeze in your winter. So the added warmth of the greenhouse should help keep them a bit more comfortable good luck Iceman!!!
We have thought about building a rabbit colony for our rabbits. Maybe one day. We have a concrete slab on our property that we might build it on. We will see. Right now our mommas are having their babies. It’s been a busy spring for us. Baby goats, chicks, ducks etc,. Thanks for sharing. Sorry for your loses. It happens.
Thank you! Hope all is well with your new additions!
No, in the wild rabbits build borrows down & then go up for their dens. Living in rain country I was very worried. Best is to build artificial hills.
14:16 the dirty arm muscles...you're amazing!
Ponder the use of that black plastic drain pipe under the bunny burrows during the rebuild. Great job guys and dolls.
Thank you for the suggestion :)
This past season has certainly been a wet one. But, like you said, learning from the worst and with that we can achieve the best. I never want to reach a point where I stop learning. Life is what it is and it shows a hardy character to continue on with everything that you are building even when things keep trying to knock you down. Two thumbs up Willow Creek, another day, another lesson.
Wonderful words and i so agree!
Get it Trish!! You were probably excited to take a shower after all of that! Sorry about the bunny losses! Excited to see your new plans!
Sadly no shower LOL just a wash down in the sink LOL
@@WillowCreekHomestead bummer!!! I'm hoping to shower tonight after chores & them soak in our garden jet tub! My back needs some lovin!
Well, sorry you lost some kits but glad for the lessons learned. I’m impressed by your attitude...you go girl!
So I have a colony style with open hutches for them to get out of the flooding. You can see my bun pen on my channel. But yes build up the dirt to raise up the buckets the girls will learn where it's not safe to put their babies! You are in my prayers!
We need to make some adjustments thank you for the suggestions and prayers :)
Keep up, love what you're doing.
Waiting to see so many more videos love all your animals. The kids are wonderful also 😊.
Thank you so much!
That’s a bummer that you lost them. We have rabbits but we don’t do the colony we chose to raise them off the ground, I hope you can get it worked out where that doesn’t happen again.
I really like how you do your rabbits, was very sorry to hear about the water problems.
Thank you! Dang breedings you didn’t plan on!
I'm really looking forward to seeing what you do with the rabbit colony. I'm glad that one litter survived
We are so glad too thank you so much!
I think you need to plant there some shading trees for the shadings of your animals.
Just saying...😁😁😁✌😉
Can’t wait to see you going forward with your improvements tfs xx
thank you!
Your plans for the roof over the burrows and the swale sounds like it should work well.
I made a raised beds in my rabbit pen and covered it so no rain can get on it and did the tubs and 9” pvc to go inside works great! Never water filled
Hey I'm thinking of doing this bucket burrow can you explain how you did this...maybe with a pic or two...thanks
Ty for share and I am Glad 1 letter made it
I am so glad one is thriving too! I hope it stays that way!
Thought you didn't want to get gross... next shot you're flat on the ground shoulder-deep in a rabbit burrow. I say put the buckets on a wire platform over gravel and above the ground and then make a hill around them.
hahaha RIGHT!! sigh... i gave up on trying to stay clean LOL Thanks for the suggestion
You have to hill the earth and put the burrow above ground level.
Good job I like it
Thanks!
okie- dokie acres has a good suggestion. You might check into septic tank systems as a guide to extending a drainage channel away from the burrows along with a trench
Thank you!
Building up the Barro's seems like the best deal, you have standing water all around you, where is is the trenched water going to go to?
We have rocky spoil they will get passed the gravel of thats the liner. My plan is to use air crete or something to make above ground "rabbit tunnels" so its above ground, I can peek in, and it still seems like its under ground to them? If that makes sense. My whole rabbit yard has wire alomg the ground to prevent digging out. Plugging only works so far when you have rabbits working as a team, my girls were working as a team they werent even preggo they just wanted an underground house lol.
LOL yes a team! they are FAST!!! I am excited to get things cleaned up and better for them! Yes your idea makes sense thanks for sharing!
3:30 If you want to skip the intro.
If you are live tonight ill telll you again but if you are raising up there area put like a perforated pipe in it to run the water out i know it wont help much when it freezes but it will help a little
We are going live tonight thank you! We are considering this as a possibility
you should put false bottoms in your buckets. if you use something like a things you cool cookies on with a little extra room under them any water will not reach the babies and they will not fall through the holes
Thanks for the suggestion! I had thought of that for this last litter but i was too late :(
when i grow up i will be this kind of man live
Build cages above ground for your pen.Add gravel to your pen and over it add dirt so the rabbits can't dig their own burrows so they have to use the cages for shelter!
Thank you for the tips! We are moving our homestead and will be making new adjustments in our new area :)
Hello from Oregon; How about putting perforated drain pipe under the rabbits? That would drain the water away.
Thank you for the suggestion we will keep that in mind while planning
Nice jumps Dude!! I mean Dad LOL!
Nice Dirt Mom, LOL
Nice trick kids LOL!
Jo Jo in VT
Thank you! LOL
Have you thought about moving the rabbits to a different place on the property?
The soil is the same everywhere sadly! And where they are it's probably the highest spot
How’s your guys fence setup so they don’t dig out
we put some smaller gauge wire a few feet up the side of the fence and it lays on top of the ground for a few feet. We then covered it with dirt or other materials. MOST of the time rabbits will dig along the sides of things. We had a few times where the snuck a burrow and dug out. You just have to keep a watchful eye on these sneaky little buns LOL
build them hutches for their kits, or let them build their own homes, nature does fine all by itself
What is 4 minutes
I am not sure i understand your question
Over 4 minutes into this video and it’s not related to the title. Maybe later you give some great information but I will never find out. I feel like you tricked me into watching you play around on your farm.