Hey guys, here is a little more on our rabbitry and wire shelf cages. Hope is helps. Thanks for watching, and God bless..................J Rankins Creek Rabbitry Facebook page: www.facebook.c...
Those are some really nice cages. When we had our rabbits before we moved to LumnahAcres we had the metal cages that we bought from the rabbitary store. But the poo and hair still got stuck on the cages and you would have to burn off the hair. When we make our new rabbitary we will have to try building some cages like this. Greta video Jnull0 thanks for sharing.
Hi there John. After seeing your chickens, we decided to add Orrington's to our small collection. We're up to 11 birds now. We love your videos. And always put our hands up with ya. Alls well in youtube land. From Beatty NV.
So So SO proud of you and Mary and the whole family. Miss our rabbits from the NC home after coming to TN. (Oh, and the dragging coverall video was so appreciated!)
We made the same mistake with our first lot of hutches, so I'm going to start over in a new barn soon and will be doing shelf cages like you have shown. THANK YOU!
Thank you for the information on your rabbit hutch setup. I like the looks, & think that it's a brilliant idea to use powdered wire shelving in order to keep the rabbit cages clean with very little maintenance !!! : )
Thanks man! I came back here after the other person's video on rabbits said to check out your set up. Thanks I live in the city and want to give them fresh water (I even filter my city water to drink) but didn't know if I could use rain water. From pickling hides to rabbits awesome channel! I think when I get some rabbits actually I will buy treats also for the good info. I like that more then patreon.
Nice set up bro hope all is well keep making the great videos. Oh yea thanks for all the info the bread and the Italian meat sandwiches taste great thanks for everything you have really helped me around my home place thanks again.
Love the update. This is exactly what I needed to see. I've been collecting shelves to build cages. I'm going to breed German Angoras and maybe a French before starting other meat rabbits. Thank youuu, J!
You're videos are so good and informative that I have a hard time remembering to thumbs up cause I'm captivated-----then it ends and I'm like wait, what, it's over? Now what do I do. Nooooo.
Hey there! I'm glad I ran across your channel! Great videos and content. A real dude getting it done! Great setup! I'm hopping to add rabbits to the homestead very soon, thanks for all the good advice!
Love the shelwire-hutches. Could you stack them? If you want to stack hutches to get more rabbits in your building could you do that and add a poop tray under these?
I am so impressed with this style of cage! Thank you so much for sharing, this is a game changer! I’ve been struggling to reach the rabbits at the back of my current cages, and I love your top-access design. May I ask what you sit the cages on? I imagine sawhorses would work, but I was wondering if you have any more great ideas! ☺️ Thank you again!
Very nice but at this time all I want to know is. How many rakes have you stepped on and how many times have you tripped? Haha stay safe thanks for sharing
You are now my go to guy for rabbits. Your views about breeding and maintaining your bunnies match mine completely. Question...what do you do with the droppings that must be quite a build up. How do you clean under the cages ? Will appreciate hearing your answer if you will even find mine after so long. thanks in advance.
We just use a shovel and wheel barrow to clean and haul the manure to the garden. We will also fill up feed empty feed sacks for our friends' gardens as well, it is great on the garden.......................J
According to HD here in central WA state, the measurement between the cage floor wire is one inch. Isn't that a bit big for comfortable footing for the bunnies especially the little ones when they come out?
Those cages are so nice and clean...very clever. We have been debating getting into breeding rabbits for pets but are unsure of the market around here. Any tips on how to get started? Suggestion for you: you should put your url and contact info on your bunny bites packaging...helps with reordering and referrals ;0)
What if I only want to raise them for meat? Family of 3 adults? You make it look so easy..........like anyone could do it? Are they ok in cold? Does it taste like chicken? How much time until they are good for eating? Sorry for all the questions........
I just ate my first one. Much like chicken but milder flavor. 2 does and a buck will give you lots. So easy to care for, mostly just feed and water them, and handle them so they stay tame. They tolerate cold well but I like an enclosed shed as we have cold winters. 8-10 weeks is a good butchering age.
Any thoughts on setting them up in a stack? Ideas for catching everything from the top set and diverting it to the ground/away from the lower set if I stack them?
I just picked up my first breeding pair. the doe won't be ready to breed till next month, but I was wondering if you could do a video on how to wean the kits. do you just take them cold turkey or what? would really appreciate it. done a lot of reading on rabbits before we got them but I can't find a lot of in depth info on that. maybe,there not much to it bit I've never raised any animals before.
My does have 8 or 9 kits so I wean two at a time at 3 or 4 day intervals. Kits are already eating and drinking well at 4 weeks of age and doe is not nursing them anymore. As you take kits away from doe it's a nice gradual process this way and they can still be put together in grow-out cage with their litter mates. You can also sex them again and separate males and females at this time if you choose.
in my area it gets 90 to 100 everyday in the summer central valley Ca and my daughter rabbit dies I stopped buying rabbits for this reason can they be kept outside at this temp what am I doing wrong or is it just not ideal for pet rabbits the climate
If I have two does who have kits around the same time, can all the bunnies go together when they are ready to leave their mamas? What if they are a couple weeks apart in age?
Do you sale rabbits? I'm looking to get started in rabbits , I'm making my cages now. I may be ready in March for my rabbits. I live in Columbus Ohio. You munched you r in southern Ohio If u don't sale them, do u know where I could get some? 1 buck and 2 dowes.
I have a house in western Pa., and I'd love to get some Standard Rex from you in the future. I was wondering if you still have someone near you with the Ch.de Argents or Creme de Argent?? I'd love to have both breeds. ( Argent & S.rex)
+TastyCritters I am not sure about the Ch de Argents, we do not have one anymore. We have a couple of little Standard rex kits now, they are broken black otter. They will be ready in about month or so. Just send me a private message if you are interested.....................J
John i am in ohio to i would like to get set up to start my rabbits for meat,,,can you sell me what i need to get started and educate me alittle,,,,I have been following you and our half acre HS for years and now am in a position to start some small things now,,,thank you so very much
+cooking from scratch to the flower Patch Well I certainly do what ever I can, just send me a private message here or on facebook when you want to come and visit..................J
I heard its healthy for them to eat their own poops as it has nutrients that they didn't absorb the first time around. Is this setup need different feeding seeing they don't get a chance to.
+nintendolunchbox I have never heard of such a thing & can't imagine it is true. I don't know of any species that eats its own waste. Please check this out further.
+nintendolunchbox I will read this although I still can't imagine I could let them do that. I know chickens will peck grain out of other livestock's poop. I mean, yucky!! Thanks for the link.