Anyone house chickens and caged rabbits in the same area?

[DianeS]

I used to keep my rabbits in a different area of the yard, but that was before someone came in and stole one! So now they're in the chicken run, behind the locked run door. Still in individual cages.

But right now they're just sitting there on the ground, and I'd like something different. Elevated, maybe attached to the chicken coop, or maybe to the side of the run, or something else.

So I thought I'd ask if anyone else does this, and what setup you chose to use. Pictures would be great to see, if you have them! Thanks!

 

[Ryu]

My sis and I used to share a building rabbits down one side and chickens down the other. If I remember correctly there was some concern about the poultry giving the rabbits coccidiosis, but the rabbits were in suspended cages, and did not come into contact with poultry fecal matter (other than wild birds). The rabbits never got sick.

 

[Teach97]

I keep rabbits in my chicken run...they are in cages off the ground

lots of experts on this one...most tell you it is the worst thing to do...guess I am bad...and lucky

 

[sawfish99]

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When I was a teenager we had rabbits and chickens in runs that shared 1 fence side of each cage. Shortly after the rabbits started breeding, we had 25 rabbits die in less than a week. A vet friend diagnosed the cause as coccidiosis. I don't know for sure that it was caused by the hens, but I definitely won't be housing rabbits next to chickens again.

 

[Liamm_1]

at the feed store the other day, I happened to meet a professional rabbit breeder. I asked if they could share the run with chickens. She told me rabbits will get disease from the fecal matter of chickens if allowed to be on the same ground. She said that rabbits in an elevated cage in the run were fine, as long as they weren't allowed to roam the same ground as the chickens

 

[dandelionheart]

My bunny is litter box trained in the house.

Poor hens have their own little house/run outside - but they are poopy things.

If they weren't... they'd probably be in here too.

 

[nica99]

In our run our chickens, rabbits, and nigerian dwarf goats all cohabitate. The rabbits are caged off the ground and my husband built them a a little "roof" like piece over the top of their cages so that the chickens wouldnt roost above them. They have all been living together for almost a year and we have had no problems.

 

[kcsunshine]

I have 2 Black Australorp hens living under rabbit cages during the day. At night I put them on the roost with the other chickens (they can't stay with the others because they're always picked on). I have another shelter with rabbits and when the other hens free range, the first place they run is the rabbits (cages hang on the wall). Not problems with chicken or rabbit illnesses but then these are older rabbits and we're not breeding them.

 

[BHep]

I have a rabbit that lives with my chickens.....he has a dog house in their coop that he sleeps in, my rooster sleep on top. He even free ranges with them and goes back in the coop at dinner time just like the chickens. He has been living with chickens his whole life he is about 7 years old. Guess I am lucky that no-one has gotten sick.

 

[Medicine Man]

Joel Salatin does:

also his practices can be shocking in spite of his elevated reputation so i don't know.