Hi All! I'm excited to be joining this group and hope to learn so much from you! I have rabbits currently, holland lops, but will be picking up Rex rabbits on...
Welcome Tiffany. I cant help much I am new too. Still doing a lot of reading. But I do enjoy watching the little guys playing in the yard. Linda ... that...
Hey Tiffany, Welcome to the list. It's a surprisingly quiet list so won't fill your inbox with spam, and when there's a question sometimes the discussions can...
Thanks Leslie! They will be in a dirt area fenced in. I will probably have to address the dig out situation as we get to it, but for now we'll see how they...
Hi All, I am new to this group. I have raised angora rabbits in the past in cages, but except for a couple of pet rabbits, have not had any for the last...
Hi All, After sending off my first message, some more questions came to mind. If I go with an outside, on the ground colony, how large of a fenced area should...
Hi all! Just joined the group and wanted to intruduce myself. I live in Arizona and raise New Zealand Whites in seperate hutches. So far, I have 6 does who...
putting rabbits on a concreat slap in arizona and not letting them burrow is probably asking for heat stroke to say the least, is the slap shaded in any...
Hi Debra, I've only ever raised rabbits on dirt. I live in an area with rocky clay soils and that works well for me. Given your situation, though, I think I'd...
Hi, ... I have one buck and two does in a space about 25' x 25'. As long as I butcher regularly it does not get over crowded. ... I think if you bury the...
Hi Dave, ... In my limited experience (2-3 does and one buck in a pen about 25' x 25') you are okay if you bring in the new members when they are young. When...
I understand your concern about the heat. I live in northern arizona however... not the desert heat of the south. Plus, I would insulate with a fresh bed of...
Excellent advice! Thank you. I had kind of decided to keep the buck (s) in a seperate area to avoid overworking the does. Plus, it seems to me that if there...
depending on how large of an area you want to set up, if you put a good sized wooden dog house up on some cinderblocks in the center and use the inside for...
Hi All, My neighbor a few years ago planted bamboo on his side of the fence. After struggling to keep it out of my yard I finally threw in the towel, so I have...
baboo is actually a good food for rabbits, alot of us that use natural food stuff have fed bamboo and it makes a good food,   i am sure the rabbits will...
Hi All, I was doing some research on outside pen designs that I could adapt for the rabbit pens I want to build in what I call the bamboo forest on my...
Very easy. All you need is one rabbit that doesn't have anything better to do, and it will chew anything that it can get it's teeth on. If you really want...
We just 7 bunnies in a 30 x 40 fenced area about 4 weeks ago. I butchered one and it had spots on its liver. Been reading a little on coccidia and still not...
I don't know about rabbits and PVC (would they chew it?, they might!) but I can tell you that a raccoon can go through chicken wire like it's tissue paper. If...
Thanks for the input. Would wood work better? I like the way the back half of the pen is covered in such a way that water will not pool. What designs are best...
I just wanted to report that I've had my colony for all of a week now and everything is great! I have standard Rex and I have 2 does and a buck to get the...
congratulations the does will be moveing dirt soon enough, and they will more than likely start digging their burrows under the feed house, so i hope its...
The house is centrally located and they have been spending a lot of time underneath so I think you are right about that being the starting point! I love to...
my colony has their burrows under the chicken coop, only one burrow entrance is located out from under the coop and that one is located right under the...
Hi All, I am working out how I want to build my colony enclosures in my bamboo forest but am wondering what breed of rabbit is best for me. As a single...
well it all depends, are you looking at the size of the butcherd animal or the number produced? or both?  if your wanting a smaller animal but still...
I am looking at meat production, per individual animal. I have a freeze for extras, but when it comes to cooking one for a single person to consume with an...
Dutch, holland lops, Florida whites, some lines of rex, Hotentots, just to name a few, Â Dutch would be my number on pick though ... From: Debra Shivley...
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