It sometimes get's a little quiet, then a spurt of activity will occur, and then it will be quiet again. Such happens with lists that tend to fairly ...
I hope not! I recently joined and have been reading through the archives. I used to raise a show rabbits in 4H but caged them all. I have recently become much...
I'm glad this is still here, then!!! I have some rabbits that I'd like to move into a semi-colony setup and don't have any other resource to serach for info! ...
i wouldnt make the pen any smaller than 10x10 if not bigger, the bucks and does shouldnt bother eachothers litters as long as everyone has plenty of room and...
above ground is better - doesn't drain well enough during rainstorms to have burrows, unless the rabbits are into indoor swimming pools... am putting up a...
do you live in a lowland marsh? what soil type do you have? indoor works as well leobellalace <leobellalace@...> wrote: above ground is better - doesn't...
I am curious as to what is recommended as the flooring material in a colony pen with a cement floor. I live in northern California & it usually doesn't get...
Not a marsh - just lower than the fields behind the house so all the water drains into the ditch and the back 1-15 feet of the yard. The soil is mostly clay,...
Tracy, the moderator over at Homesteading Today, has a commercial-scale colony for her meat rabbits. Pretty cool. She houses two or three does together in pens...
Questions about next year's setup... **3-4 does and 1 buck in each pen 10x15 wire-enclosed area several raised shelf/resting areas along walls about 12" up ...
sounds good except your may be planning on makeing the pens too small for that many rabbits and will have over crowding issues once the kits emerge from the...
Hi- I'm new to this group. I'm preparing to switch my trio of Californians to a colony style before the does give birth. The area I have enclosed has a lot of...
Hello- working to get my colony set-up in place and it occurred to me that food outside of cages might be an open invitation to rats and other undesirables....
I'm a lurker gleaning information while I decide whether to plunge ahead with a colony. We live in the woods. I'm wondering how to protect a colony from...
Yes and no. It depends on your set up and what your feeding. If rabbits are being feed grain, that will draw the little critters in faster than if the majority...
Thanks, Greg. Being new to this, I assume pellets are included in grain based. I like to hear more about hay diets. while I include hay, I was under the...
Pellets are a hay-based feed source as a general rule; read the tag. :) PA...
Pamela Alley
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What kind of set up are you thinking about? There are on ground, off ground, in ground. They each have their own benefits and problems. A solid wall can go...
Most feeds are hay based, but, most of them have at least a little grain to even out the nutrition levels - the thing about the pellets, is that any grain in...
its all in the fenceing, you have to make it as secure as humanly possible and then work on it some more lol, no really a good solid fence line burried into...
Todd- I'm new to this whole colony raising idea and I have one room in my barn with the rabbits all together. They seem very happy living a more natural life-...
Yes, if there isn't proper shelter, the chicken will do exactly that, but, with proper nest boxes, the chickens shouldn't be able to get to the kits, unless...
I read in some of the posts here that most folks just rake out the colony for manure collection and to keep things clean. One of the main reasons I am keeping...
I have two rabbits in hanging cages and I can collect all their manure. Just build a box around the area below the cages and scoop out manure whenever you need...
Hello list, I recently did a short experiment with tractoring rabbits, and WOW was I impressed! I buy rabbits from a supplier some 60+ miles away for my raw ...
Hi, Nicole. I can't say anything about colony raising or tractoring, though I lurk on this list because I am interested in trying it one day. I *have* had a...
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