How to Build a Rabbit Colony

How we built a thriving rabbit colony

[owenschmidt]

That's awesome! We did something similar, we had a large dog kennel and we just put some chicken wire on the floor and staked it down. Spread some bedding down(straw and wood chips). Then built a small rabbit hutch inside of it and stacked some straw bails around it for winter. They did amazing. Should've just buried a foot of wire down around the perimeter like you guys did (I think I'll fix that) so they can dig. Ended up burrowing and nesting in the straw bails though so they're still happy! Gonna have to copy your setup for more rabbits to come!

[dr.froghopper]

When I raised rabbits we had one buck and 2 does in cages. Everyone always said that they could never eat something that they had named. Our buck was Bugs, the does were Ebony and Sugarfoot. They each had their names above their cages. The bunny cage had been named also. It was named DINNER!

[sbctdizzle]

This is cool. Been thinking about this as I often hit triple digits at my home. Been planning for frozen bottles and fans for a cage setup, but leaning more and more towards the outside colony idea the more I see it.

[kotyeo]

Thank you for showing an all season video. So many people don't do that. Love how yall made your habitat. Deff going to try that myself.

[rabbidracer]

I started raising rabbits a week ago, thanks for the video!

[DustyGoatHomestead]

This set up is pretty great, thanks for sharing!!

[homesteadingtennesseeriver]

I'm pouring bags of concrete around my fence to keep predators out. It's just as cheap as wire now. It also gives me a walk a round my fence mud free . You can also set the bottom edge of your fence in the concrete. I just pour it out of the bag rake it out smooth wet it let it set up. I'm gonna do the inside of the fence as well.

[alfredlee]

Lol, love the warning.
Thank Yall, Much Love from the Heart of Texas.

[jennykiest]

How do you catch them to move to the grow out pen and to process them?

[HelenEk]

Very nice! Do you keep the males in there as well?

[dietacarnivoraromania]

Looks great.How do you catch them for slaughtering ? Are they used to you getting near them?

[willleeworks]

Thank you so much for sharing! This whole setup is very inspiring. My female rabbit is likely going to give birth in August, and I am thinking about building something similar this weekend in my yard. One question I have is that how do you prevent rabbit from digging a tunnel out of the cage house?

[nightskyabc]

How do you keep track of them. Do you process for meat and when. You didn’t explain that.

[djkilpatrick]

How often is the bedding in the run changed out?

[gemigirl]

Do you have to separate any out? I tried a small colony and they would fight and injure each other.

[kristinamrein]

I don't understand how you keep them from burrowing out. Looks like they dig pretty deep, couldn't they just dig under wire on the sides?
Curious if this could ever be an issue. But this is awesome!!!

[innocent-yellowbean]

Where do you raise their young or is the buck in there with them?

[leannemair]

Thank you so much for sharing! this is truly inspiring

[makinistaworks]

What is the size of your colony cage?

[HighBonsai]

What’s a good buck to doe ratio for a colony?