Bunnie and chickens?

[jbest]

So long story short, I have 6 little chooks, about 3 weeks old, and also have an adult rabbit who spends too much time in her cage. Is there anyway that they could all live together in the coop outside? Will there be any issues with introducing them/them picking on eachother? How do I train my bunny to not run away and come in at night with the chickens, and how do I keep their food separate? Please help! thanks so much.

 

[dahlinminers]

i'm not sure about the training and the food issue, but I put my dwarf rabbit with three bantams. The birds were mostly scared of the rabbit and went out of their ways to stay out of her way. If your coop is big enough, I would say it wouldn't be a problem to keep them together, but don't take my word for it. I'd worry about the rabbit bullying your chickens.

 

[enola]

I would worry about the rabbit eating chicken food. Too much corn and calcium.

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

x2 on the food and bullying.

Could you build the bun a simple tractor to spend the day in? Then she could munch grass during the day and you could just pick her up and put her back in her cage in the evenings. We let our Netherland Dwarf roam the yard occasionally. He's not in a tractor, and he's very friendly, so he just kind of sticks close and we can just pick him up when we're ready to return him to his cage. He walks on a leash and harness as well. We don't let him mix with the chickens though, at least not in their run. I don't see the point in letting him hang out in there. Its completely void of anything green, and that's what he seems to enjoy most about his outings in the yard.