We had to build this hutch faster than we wanted to. Click the video to see why: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iWmkyqt7f9XWj5s.html

@Celestes_Nest

Жыл бұрын

I almost never use plans. Glad to see I'm in good company! lol

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

@Celeste's _Nest I wish I was able to make these plans available to folks who were interested in building this

@Celestes_Nest

Жыл бұрын

@@TheNakidGardeners ikr?

@ivonnet9154

Жыл бұрын

You give rabbit poop to the chicken??

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

@ivonne t yes especially in the summer when it's full of fly larva. It's just like having them follow a herd of cows a few days

For not having plans, that rabbit house came out awesome. As a 1st generation design , looks like you already have improvements for gen 2, that is great.

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words. I'm going to carry some of the improvements to the grow out hutch. Do you raise rabbits?

@jamesscroggins3486

Жыл бұрын

@@TheNakidGardeners no I do not, but I have seen a lot of rabbit cage setup. You did a awesome job

@berniefisher9472

8 ай бұрын

Good morning awesome job. Do you have dimensions to share please.

@conniepitts8392

7 ай бұрын

​​@@berniefisher9472my question too and a list of lumber....I went in half with a first time homesteader...when it came time to "take there britches off"" they couldn't do it....I've just got a male and female back now I need three breeding slots and one Grow out ....

@conniepitts8392

7 ай бұрын

​@@berniefisher9472I'm in SE. Louisiana,,more like most males will go sterile during very hot weather..we have averaged around a 100 + during this summer....so we are starting to cool down....so now it's breeding season...

Great review and history of the rabbit hutch build, Brother Sid. That came out great for not having plans in hand.

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it, Big Rob. I think if I did have a set of plans it probably would have gone a little smoother. Hopefully, the grow-out hutch for the rabbits will go smoother.

Great cage and ideals. Thank you!

@TheNakidGardeners

6 ай бұрын

Im glad you enjoyed it. Do you raise rabbits?

Awesome video, I love the idea of the concrete trays. You did a good job of planning everything out. I also love the "what I would have done different " part.

@TheNakidGardeners

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Hindsight is definitely something we want to pay forward for anyone else to get a leg up. We' did our homework and still learn from educated mistakes 😅..... Are you planning a build?

Getting ready to build a new hutch. Really like your set up . looks awesome. Enjoyed your video.

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! What are you using your rabbits for?

Excellent build, looks beautiful!!!

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it. Thanks so much. Do you raise rabbits?

@dougtaylor3021

Жыл бұрын

@@TheNakidGardeners I used to during y2k for meat. NOW, I'm just building a hutch for my grndtrs bunny. They are cute critters.

Fantastic Channel and video ! Thank you.

@TheNakidGardeners

7 ай бұрын

Thank you too!

Awesome build. I have the wire cages and have been thinking about changing them out (for various reasons). I learned a couple of tricks from your build out that I will definitely use when I change mine out. Great commentary too.

@TheNakidGardeners

7 ай бұрын

Glad I could help. What breed of rabbits are you raising? How long have you been raising meat rabbits?

Really nice video putting together your rabbit abode. I noticed, after my comment, that you built your rabbit house without plans. That's great. I liked seeing Junior again.

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

You are right! I enjoy the chances I get to have him come out and enjoy his time.

I love how she was like...I did ask for that. Your chuckle reminds me of me when my wife is like, "I told you"

@TheNakidGardeners

2 ай бұрын

😐🤣🤪

Great job! I am in the planning stages for my new hutch... got a lot of good ideas!

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

That is great new. Do you already have rabbits? if so, what breed?

This was extremely helpful thank you so much!

@TheNakidGardeners

2 ай бұрын

Glad it helped you out

You showed me some good ideas for when I get ready to build my own hutch. Glad I found your video. 👍👍

@TheNakidGardeners

5 ай бұрын

Appreciate it. Hope you're able to share your build

Very talented builder!!!

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words.

Good job for a first attempt. Your lessons learned were super helpful. Thanks.

@TheNakidGardeners

3 ай бұрын

Appreciate it. Do you currently raise rabbits?

Nice build 😎 Thanks for sharing!

@TheNakidGardeners

11 ай бұрын

Thanks, Ms. Lady. I'm glad you enjoyed

I love this one you barely did cutting your materials and the tray system is awesome job

@TheNakidGardeners

3 ай бұрын

Thank you. The tray system is something I wanted to implement to use for gardens and possibly use it to sell. Do you raise rabbits?

Inspiration for us. Thank you.

@TheNakidGardeners

Ай бұрын

You're welcome. What breed so you raise?

I really want to say i appreciate his video a lot. Thank you for making this, inspired the hutch i'll be building!

@TheNakidGardeners

2 ай бұрын

You're welcome. What breed of rabbits are you raising?

@VetAquatics

2 ай бұрын

@@TheNakidGardeners Have a few rexes and a lop, working on getting harlequin pairs :)

Thanks for the inspiration! Just finished building mine over the weekend. Just need to slap a roof on and it'll be done.

@TheNakidGardeners

2 ай бұрын

That's awesome. If you have instagram, please tag us

Great vid. Thanks for sharing all your notes.

@TheNakidGardeners

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Do you raise rabbits?

Nicely done!

@TheNakidGardeners

4 ай бұрын

Thanks

The hutch is awesome.

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. A few viewers were asking about this hutch. I'm glad I was able to share with our viewers.

I liked the storage area you have above the cage and below the roof. That works out great for storing pans as you have.

@TheNakidGardeners

Ай бұрын

Yes it does! I wanted to have places to store those instead of putting in a different location and have to go and get it or lose it when I needed it. What breed of rabbits do you raise?

Smiles Make you proud to teach your children something they will use all there lives

@TheNakidGardeners

3 ай бұрын

Thank you

Great video. I love that you left in the mistakes. Cuz we all mess it up. Great ideas.

@TheNakidGardeners

3 ай бұрын

Didn't want people who built something like this run into the same mistake.

You built a mansion for those rabbits. Great job!

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

Haha, thanks. The grow out pen is going to be a revision of that

That’s a great hutch and you’ve given me inspiration. Thank you and hi from the UK

@TheNakidGardeners

8 ай бұрын

Cheers. What breed of rabbits are you raising?

@alexpage7292

8 ай бұрын

@@TheNakidGardeners We’ve got two male Dutch Rabbits which we rescued

@TheNakidGardeners

8 ай бұрын

@@alexpage7292 awesome. Congratulations

@alexpage7292

8 ай бұрын

@@TheNakidGardeners 😊👍🏻

Wow, your a 1st-Class craftsman! 👍

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks! Don't know about 1st-class. But I will take it lol

I enjoyed the build out. This is exactly what I asked my husband to do at the end of the month

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

I believe if I had had plans, I could have built this in a weekend. Yall raise rabbits?

Looks great, thanks for sharing

@TheNakidGardeners

10 ай бұрын

Thanks. Do you raise meat rabbits? If so, which breed?

@smarbry1

10 ай бұрын

@@TheNakidGardeners I’m just now getting up and running but I’m getting New Zealand whites for meat.

Love this

@TheNakidGardeners

4 ай бұрын

Thanks

Good design.. I like the tubs.

@TheNakidGardeners

4 ай бұрын

Thanks

This is awesome. I’m going to be making this with my boys. Thanks for the video.

@TheNakidGardeners

27 күн бұрын

You're welcome. What type of rabbits do you raise?

Very nice Hutch !!!

@TheNakidGardeners

3 ай бұрын

Apprised it. Do you raise rabbits?

Enjoyed the video, beautiful stuff

@TheNakidGardeners

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. I'm thinking of building a grow out pen for the kit if the ground gets too wet. What do you think the size should be.

Amazing job! Now I’m going to have to build one!

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad this was helpful

Glad to see you using a real stapler to attach the wire. I have seen some people use a stapler that was meant for paper

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha really? That is crazy.

This is beautiful and brilliant. I'm going to have to show my husband, we need to do some re-arranging of our rabbits.

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

That's great! What type of rabbits do you raise, and how long have you been raising them?

@WildPlumHomesteadMama

Жыл бұрын

@@TheNakidGardeners We are starting our second year with the rabbits. They are supposed to be Chinchilla, but there's got to be another breed in them because some of the first two litters have patches of white and blue eyes.

Cool design!

@TheNakidGardeners

4 ай бұрын

Thanks. Do you raise rabbits?

@simmonds6063

4 ай бұрын

@@TheNakidGardeners Yes, I do American chinchillas. I am going to do something similar to your setup in a new rabbitry/chicken coop where the chickens can process the rabbit waste in situ.

Nice design!! Great craftsmanship!! You must be from Houston 😂😂.We have to spend as much time with our boys as possible. This was great to watch. Thanks for sharing. Enjoy your evening

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it. I love the African tour videos.

I love your build! Great work, just watch your hand with that nailer. Those nails bend very easily even in pine (around knots), took a 15 gauge nail through my finger that was positioned at a 90 degree angle to the nail, it hit a knot, turned and came out of the wood. Talk about a surprise, that woke me up for the day!

@TheNakidGardeners

11 ай бұрын

Ouch! Will do. Thanks for the heads up

Awesome design and cool idea. We have coyote around and need to only ad a extra electric fence our GSD keeps most of them away but the fence keeps him away from them even though he knows they are part of his pack! Seriously but lol you never know. Thanks for the good idea. Like your quick cleaning dropping collectors. And touches like pocket holes. PS.good for you for not editing mishaps so we all can benefit and not make it ourself. Awesome job!

@TheNakidGardeners

11 ай бұрын

Thank you. We try to be as transparent as possible since we are very new to this lifestyle

Sydney, you and Jr did a fantastic job on this! For the record, listen to Tori next time😂. Thanks for sharing!

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, GG. Yea, I was trying to be frugal and not spend a lot of money and waste materials on this.

GREAT JOB SND YOU DOD BY YOURSELF

@TheNakidGardeners

8 ай бұрын

Tha k you. It was a lot of work, and I wish there were plans to go by to follow to make it quicker. Do you raise rabbits?

Nice job!

@TheNakidGardeners

29 күн бұрын

Appreciate it

i like the catch for the poop. great idea

@TheNakidGardeners

Ай бұрын

Thanks! We are going to start collect more this year

Looks really good. Your attention to detail is apparent in the work you did. You can add a tile piece in each hutch to allow the rabbit to get off of the wire.

@TheNakidGardeners

3 ай бұрын

I appreciate the kind words. I just had to throw it together real quick since we kept having the dogs try and get them. We tried that that would rather get up on the platform.

I don't know about Peter but Playboy is going to enjoy his new enclosure, thanks a million.

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

Haha is that your rabbits name? How long have you been raising rabbits?

Awesome workmanship guys!

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. Are you thinking about raising rabbits?

@Celestes_Nest

Жыл бұрын

@The Nakid Gardeners I'd love to raise some. But I hear they are best raised locked in cages. If I could successfully colony raise them, I would.

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

@Celeste's _Nest depending on your property and your security, you could do colony. It would be more than this setup, probably

Awesome job quys

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. I'm glad you enjoyed the video

great looking rabbit hutch. if I may, I'd like to give you some friendly advice.. always put your wire on the inside because the rabbits will chew that wood and eventually get out. putting the wire on the inside stops them from being able to chew the wood. on your partitions, put the wire on both sides. rabbits do extremely well in cold temps.. they're built for it.. it's the hot weather you need to worry about. I know this is a year old now.. and by now I'm sure you've learned all the "tricks of the trade"...

@TheNakidGardeners

2 ай бұрын

Thanks. Yes, we have learned. They dont chew on the wood as much anymore now since we give them pine cones once or twice a week.

So glad I found this, and y’all. Great content.

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

We are glad too! Do you raise meat rabbits?

@swanhill772

Жыл бұрын

@@TheNakidGardeners we are getting our first pair soon. The lady said they would be ready in about two weeks. We have a small farmstead, and we raise a bit of everything to fill the pantry. The better half has been wanting them since we got the property. I’ve held out for a couple years, anyway, lol.

@swanhill772

Жыл бұрын

@@TheNakidGardeners any favorite recipes or tips for newbies?

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

@@swanhill772 These were the first things I wanted on the property but the Mrs wasn't on board with it. So, it took me to find a dish online to prepare the rabbit for her and she feel in love with it. I just forgot what the dish was lol

@swanhill772

Жыл бұрын

@@TheNakidGardeners well, I guess I’ll be experimenting!! You should do a cooking video featuring rabbit! I’m definitely excited for the cold manure! We have hoses, too, but they go down in the pasture and it’s hard to get any gathered from them, lol.

Nice Thanks for the info

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed it. Do you raise rabbits?

I liked your idea and used it. One thing i did was put the dividers on a hinge so they can be opened and closed to allow for the combining of cages.

@TheNakidGardeners

Ай бұрын

Ahhh smart idea. Was thinking of possibly doing something like that. Awesome

Great video, definitely following

@TheNakidGardeners

6 күн бұрын

Going to be doing more farming and homesteading content on my other channel since we notice our gardener viewers don't tend to like this type of stuff

THANK YOU BROTHA

@TheNakidGardeners

5 ай бұрын

You're welcome

Glad I found this video I want to build some rabbit hutches. One thing I am going to do different is just let the poop fall to the ground, will attract composting worms and over the year the worms would add some castings from eating on the poop making it a even better fertilizer than it already is.

@TheNakidGardeners

11 ай бұрын

Oh we collect our poop to feed the fly larva to the chickens. Now that summer heat is here the flies are too

@justforfun4623

11 ай бұрын

@@TheNakidGardeners that works.

Great job 👍🏽. I watched the dog attack video, you do what you have to do, protect your investment.❤

@TheNakidGardeners

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for understanding 🙏

Looks great and love the tray idea for poop gathering for a garden

@TheNakidGardeners

3 ай бұрын

Thanks. Do you raise meat rabbits?

I'm going to have to remember that screwdriver trick. That was clever. Having a powered stapler sure is nice too, isn't it! I know I wouldn't give mine up. Overall I'm pretty darn impressed. I like the mortar tubs under there to collect the manure, that's a nice trick, and fairly affordable. The challenge with rabbits, that I hear from everybody, is that they chew up everything. So anything in the cage is going to need to be periodically replaced. I researched them a couple years ago, about 4?, and then we ending up moving temporarily into a place where we couldn't keep *any* livestock. Blegh. But if we get out onto our desert property around the end of this year, we might add rabbits next year. They are a fairly high meat output for effort put in, easy to clean as I recall, and then there's always the pelts for personal use as a bonus. And manure for the garden! I don't see us being able to raise meat chickens on the ten acres for... possibly quite a few years. There's a lot of work needs doing to have any amount of pasture out there, and my focus is on getting a dairy animal sooner rather than later. We regularly go through a gallon of milk a day, and our intake is only increasing as our kids get old enough to consume more. So that sounds like goats are in our future.

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

Yea, we tried the manual stapler and still have it, but the automatic stapler is by far a game changer on the homestead. The screwdriver or flathead was beneficial when trying to make sure the hardware cloth was taunt and stayed taunt throughout the process. These are TAMUKs rabbits and bred for the Texas heat. Hopefully, within 30 days, we can have three litters of rabbits.

I built my hay feeders out of of scraps of the wire i used for the bottom of my tractors, which is 2'x'4' rectangles. I rolled it in a cylender shape, and its a pretty good size

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

That's a great idea!

Looks great. Not criticizing, I just got a chuckle out of "after everything was put together I standed up the structure"

@TheNakidGardeners

Ай бұрын

Lol appreciate it kinfolk

Those are good looking pens

@TheNakidGardeners

4 ай бұрын

Thanks. Do you raise rabbits?

We have about 90 Flemish giants my grandfather is one of the top breeders/showers in the country and I’ve been looking how to improve our current hutches and these are great! Many thanks for the video

@TheNakidGardeners

11 ай бұрын

Oh wow! 90! That's amazing. How often do you breed them?

@LikelyLagging

11 ай бұрын

@@TheNakidGardeners 3 maybe 4 times a year, they can be bread up to 6 times but we rarely do it unless they produce super nice kits. But yeah it’s ALOT lol we go through a 50lb bag of feed every other day.

@TheNakidGardeners

11 ай бұрын

@@LikelyLagging I can only imagine. We go thru 50lbs of feed every three to four weeks

@coloradodogsled

5 ай бұрын

I need a FG buck!

Really enjoy your content ❤

@TheNakidGardeners

2 ай бұрын

Appreciate the kind words. Do you raise rabbits?

@ManiacNation06

2 ай бұрын

@@TheNakidGardeners yes New Zealand whites

Very nice!

@TheNakidGardeners

2 ай бұрын

Appreciate it. Do you raise rabbits?

@StanRobak

5 күн бұрын

@@TheNakidGardeners No but my father in law raised them his whole life-, big stock. He always tried to get me interested in it. Maybe some day!

Such an inspiration! Thank you. Please explain the functions of the objects attached to each door. Thank you.

@TheNakidGardeners

9 күн бұрын

Thank you. The plastic bottle their waterer. The metal object is a j feeder. We put their food in there.

@donomondiolang5318

9 күн бұрын

@@TheNakidGardeners Much appreciated! Subscribed 💯.

@TheNakidGardeners

8 күн бұрын

@@donomondiolang5318 appreciate it. What type of meat rabbits do you raise?

Love the shirt

@TheNakidGardeners

2 ай бұрын

Thank you

Looks good. I’ve heard on people putting pieces of 4x4 in with them as chew blocks to defer them from chewing on the cage.

@TheNakidGardeners

6 ай бұрын

Yea, they will need something to chew on to keep their teeth filed down

You just gave me the idea to built my daughter a rabbit hutch for suburban area 😊; Awesome job man

@TheNakidGardeners

6 ай бұрын

That is awesome!

@teecount1

4 ай бұрын

His concept is totally wrong. You need to keep them together as a group and keep their needs in mind, everything else is just slavery.

@TheNakidGardeners

4 ай бұрын

@@teecount1 *Mr Brown's vouce* what the what? Lol

Cut a soup can open at both ends and stuff it with Hay . Keeps all the Hay together until they Munch it up . Let it hang out both sides. Keeps it from falling through the cage floor .

@TheNakidGardeners

8 ай бұрын

Great tip, thanks!!

👉 By far best vid on the net, also the music ! 🎵🎵🎵 👍

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

Awww thank you. Do you raise rabbits?

@lostmoose7352

Жыл бұрын

I am a novice (*retired) after a break of 50 some years with no rabbits...). Dealing with bears, wolves, dogs, racoons and cougars up here in Canada....I am gonna build a rabbit-prison 🤓 Basically your design but with massive reinforcements ... Thanks man, I enjoyed your vid big time 👍

Sir your feeder box nice

@TheNakidGardeners

8 ай бұрын

Awww thank you. Do you raise rabbits?

Very niceeee

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Do you raising any rabbits

@ericataylor9063

Жыл бұрын

@@TheNakidGardeners no I don't wish I could 😊

OMG THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL!!! Please come build me one!!!❤❤❤❤

@TheNakidGardeners

11 ай бұрын

Hahaha I have to build another one for our girl when they have their kits. Video on that to come

Hay cubes in a bag are great less waste and helps with their teeth, also giving them branches and things to chew on helps their teeth and the do less damage to cage and giving them toys for bordum busters

@TheNakidGardeners

2 ай бұрын

Yea we were giving them Timothy hay cubes. Now we mostly give them pine cones and branches from the pine and pear trees

Hi! Also in TX, what do you do for them with all the heat? Do you suggest little fans?

@TheNakidGardeners

9 ай бұрын

Little fans help from what we hear, but we haven't needed them in our shaded area that we keep ours. Our tamuks have been incredibly resistant to heat issues.

I think the roof material is good for a rain catchment water system. Awesome design guys. Also I have a two story design where the rabbits can get away from animals that may come attack. It has helped tremendously. I am thinking of combining the hutch and colony Design. I have not done that yet but it’s something I am entertaining.

@TheNakidGardeners

3 ай бұрын

Thank you. We get comments about doing a water catchment system for the rabbits. But for days like today, it would help. We are below double-digit temps for a few days.

Nice job, I like that build, it was a simple design. Can you put a piece of metal aluminum angle iron on the divider bottom to keep em from chewing the wood.

@TheNakidGardeners

5 ай бұрын

Yes! We are considering that. Thank you for coming through 😊

I love the video! Thanks for sharing. I saw in many other videos about sore hocks on hardware cloth though. Did you have any issues with that after using the 1/2 inch by 1 inch cloth?

@TheNakidGardeners

7 күн бұрын

We had one new buck that had an issue with sore hocks, but we forgot to add a resting box and pads for him. Other than that, he healed up fine once we put those in. No others had an issue

@daltonwright533

7 күн бұрын

@@TheNakidGardeners that is awesome man, thank you very much for the info. I think i am going to build something very similar!! 🙂

It turned out great! Appreciate the tips, as we're in the planning process of building our hutch. Can you share what type of latches are on the doors?

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

Sure thing! It is a gate latch I got from the orange box store

@Plant-Kat

Жыл бұрын

@@TheNakidGardeners Thanks so much!

Very nice, Mr Nakid Gardeners! You are quite talented with building things. How many bunnies do you have now? (not including the ones in the 🥶 freezer~~~). I'm pretty sure I could have a rabbit 🐇 or two, but my dogs would not love me. Your bunnies live in a posh penthouse! Did you follow a kit or make the bunny house from your imagination? I like it!

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

Right now, we have five rabbits. Two bucks and three does. We just bred them a few weeks ago again since the Arctic Blast kind of frozen the last set of baby rabbits.

@Monkchip

Жыл бұрын

@@TheNakidGardeners I'm thinking you'll have so many baby bunnies by Spring!

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

@@Monkchip *crossing fingers*

What size staples did you use have the been effective enough?

@TheNakidGardeners

8 ай бұрын

I believe they were an inch or longer.

Impressive layout table you have there.

@TheNakidGardeners

3 ай бұрын

Thank you. I love that table. sturdy and durable.

For the chewing problem you can apply Tabasco diluted in a little water rub it on. It will stop the chewing for a little while

@TheNakidGardeners

9 ай бұрын

Oh I wouldn't waste sauce on that. I think what I would wind up doing is just covering it with some aluminum angle

@danielgriff2659

4 ай бұрын

chewing is not a problem.. you want them to chew. Prepare and plan for the chewing... its free dental work.

Really like the manure catch system - What did you say those are ? Something for cement?

@TheNakidGardeners

2 ай бұрын

Look at Home Depot/Lowes in the concrete area. XL concrete mixer

FEED OUR PEOPLE POWER / KNOWLEDGE ❤ GOD BLESS YOU.

@TheNakidGardeners

5 ай бұрын

We try. Thanks for stopping by and watching

where the rabbits are chewing at wood between cages, could you put some aluminum trim over the wood? That is a really nice rabbit condo

@TheNakidGardeners

9 ай бұрын

Sometimes, they do chew on it. It's only pine. We try to give them much chew branches and pine cones as possible to keep their teeth low and overgrown

@missyrabbit5250

9 ай бұрын

@@TheNakidGardeners I love it. Is one of the nicest ones I have seen. Have you considered changing out the black bins, and putting wheelbarrows with composting worms under pens? Then, you can wheel it all to your big compost bin, and add your kitchen scraps

Awesome looking! What the internal dims of those bunny bays? I am trying to work out what size to make mine but 30”sq is what I keep seeing, these looks smaller but who knows! Space is very valuable here 😂

@TheNakidGardeners

Ай бұрын

Thsnks. The internal size i believe is about 25x30x30. However, you can make them 30x30x30

Hey! Do you have a list of everything you used or names & quantities of what u remember. We love this hutch.

@TheNakidGardeners

4 ай бұрын

I do not. Sorry. I wish I did. Everyone keeps asking me about it. Lol.

Just nail down some metal flashing over the bottoms of your dividers will prevent then chewing on the wood. I had to do it because some of my dividers were made from pressure treated lumber.

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

Yea I was thinking of doing something like that.

This is AMAZING!!! Im totally going to use this for my polish and silver fox! How much would you say this cost you to make? They are currently living inside but Im deciding to move them outside. Also if you still hevent found a hay holder kw cages has some good ones for 8 dollars a piece

@TheNakidGardeners

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the feedback. I wish I had kept track of the cost back then. I would say this setup was about $700 with the roofing and cement totes. KW cages have a website or is it a brick and mortar place?

@skyedapoodle

10 ай бұрын

@@TheNakidGardeners its a website

@TheNakidGardeners

10 ай бұрын

@@skyedapoodle thanks. Will check on that

This is awesome! Thank you! What kind of hardware cloth did you is? Sorry if that’s a dumb question. New to all this. I see there is different gauge sizes and galvanized or not.

@TheNakidGardeners

4 ай бұрын

No question is a dumb question. The floor hardware cloth is 1/2 x 1. This hardware cloth is hard to find at the big box stores near me. I don't trust ordering it online. So when I see the box store has them I try to get it when I can, regardless if I need it or not at the moment. The rest of the hardware cloth is 1/2 x 1/2. I believe both are either 14 ga or 19 ga. I do not recall. I wanted coated hardware cloth but was only able to find the pvc coated and was limited on that so I used the galvanized on the exterior walls and the pvc coated around the feeders and waters. Hope that answered your questions. What type of rabbits are your going to be raising?

@simplymisti932

4 ай бұрын

@@TheNakidGardeners thank you so much this is very helpful. We have rex/ New Zealand mix they are currently in a chicken coop we transitioned into a rabbit cage. I want to get them off the ground and into something easier for us to clean.

@TheNakidGardeners

4 ай бұрын

@simplymisti932 anytime. Im about to build a grow out pen simce sometimes our fields get saturated from the heavy rain we get dueing the fall and winter. Plus, when we dont have any litter in there, it can act as a breeding pen. Good luck. Let me know how it works out.

@simplymisti932

4 ай бұрын

@@TheNakidGardeners that’s awesome! Are you going to record a video? You definitely have a new subscriber here 🙏🏻 I will definitely update you on how it goes 😀

@TheNakidGardeners

4 ай бұрын

@simplymisti932 I want to. It is so time-consuming on recording DIY projects 😆

I read recently that after the rabbits are done with the hay, it can be used as bedding for chickens for a few days too. Then you get even better compost :)

@TheNakidGardeners

Ай бұрын

Possibly. Chicken will help compost any bedding

When I was a kid my dad built a rabbit hutch for my 3 4H rabbits. He added an alfalfa "bin" for them. Where your dividers are is where he (my dad) made the divider into a V shape with bigger wire so they could pull the alfalfa through but the rabbits couldn't get through. Hope that helps.

@TheNakidGardeners

9 ай бұрын

Cool idea. Do you still raise rabbits?

@juiced-fightclub-hamster

9 ай бұрын

@TheNakidGardeners as of last wknd I'm back into raising them.

@TheNakidGardeners

9 ай бұрын

@@juiced-fightclub-hamster that is awesome! what breed are you raising?

@juiced-fightclub-hamster

9 ай бұрын

@@TheNakidGardeners these are a New Zealand/Flemish mix. I got them from my daughter.

This is a fantastic hutch! We just recently got bunnies for our homestead too and I'm currently building a hutch. We have 3 bucks and 1 doe...do you suggest keeping the bunnies all separated? Or is it ok for the 3 bucks to be together, and the doe separated?

@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

That is awesome! Well we heard that it is best to keep the bucks and does separated if you are doing the cage method. But you might would need a separate cage area to bring the doe in with the buck. May I ask why you went with three bucks and one doe and not have at least two does?

@Mikesofka

Жыл бұрын

@@TheNakidGardeners Thank you so much! We plan on getting another doe (or 2), we had just gotten what the farmer had available to get started. I gotta keep that poor girl separated from them 3 bucks until I get a couple more females available. :)

1:39 Just curious, is there a reason for cutting 2 boards together like this? I see the blade doesn't fully cut through the 2nd. Would the 2nd then become the next top board?

@TheNakidGardeners

2 ай бұрын

Yes. Im not even sure why I did it that way to be honest. It was so lomg ago. Maybe the chop saw was inop

@mrfattypancakes

2 ай бұрын

Ah alright. Thanks for reply! I didn't know if it was a safety thing or something you learned from experience I don't have 👍

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@TheNakidGardeners

Жыл бұрын

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