chickens and a rabbit... no soup jokes!

[xanaxnation]

my son has a rabbit and now that the girls are in their new coop.. i was wondering if it would be safe all around to put the rabbit in there so she can enjoy the ground too? right now she is in a cage thats off the ground and i wonder if shes longing for the freedom the chickens have.. i have 3 6 weeks old hens and the run is 3x3x7 with an attached dog house where they sleep over night.

any input?

 

[d.k]

*How big is the rabbit and buck or doe???

 

[xanaxnation]

its a girl and shes about the same size body as the chickens right now.. id guess.... 4lbs? the size of a juvinile cat i guess

 

[PurpleChicken]

My rabbits will range around our chickens. They pretty much ignore each other.
A roo may attack a rabbit if he sees it as a threat. Other than that I see no problem
with it.

 

[WriterofWords]

Mine are one big happy family. I have a big New Zealand White rabbit that lives with my chickens, ducks, and quail. The rabbit was over a year old when the first birds arrived and they've done well. Introduce them with supervision and see how it goes.
This is Rabbit with Woo and Nugget:

 

[Grindlefamily]

I had our chicks at about 5/6 weeks in the rabbit run as their run was not complete and they really needed to get out of my house! LOL they made a bit of noise at first - but the rabbit stayed on one end and the girls on the other. LOL they happily lived that way for about 1.5 weeks till their home was complete.

Louella