Applecrisp Acres
Songster
- May 15, 2021
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Rabbits are great pets and helping in fertilizing the yard. There friendly, cuddle, and just plain cute. Also either get a doe(female)rabbit or a buck(male)rabbit but don't get a pair cause you'll have rabbits upon rabbits lol also if you do get a pair put them into separate hutches so you won't have poof baby bunnies everywhere unless you gonna raise them for meat. Also a doe can get prego again after she gives birth. Also I do recommend in desexing the bucks so they be a friendlier bunny. With them hanging out with the chickens ya they'll be totally fine I've got 3 hanging with my bunny right now and they get along fine. As for during the winter I would put a heat lamp in there or alot of straw bedding so they can nest in it during the winter. The food I would recommend food that is made for rabbits (Purina)and alfalfa hay and green grass especially clover they love that. You can feed them also certain fruits like apples, strawberries, bananas. As for the weeds you can look it up on Google to see which weeds are rabbit safe and which ant.About a month ago, I thought a rabbit was the laziest pet ever. I imagined a rabbit sitting inside the house, in a hutch, eating, pooping, sleeping, repeating.
I then read a thread on outdoor rabbits, and my vision of them changed completely.
I'm now actually interested in having pastured rabbits. They would be outdoor in a mobile tractor so we could move them around to eat the dandelions/weeds, and use the manure in the litter box for the garden. Then, I would love to get valuable breeds so I could breed them, and sell them to people who show them. We have lots of people who show there rabbits in the fair near me, so selling them probably wouldn't be to hard.
So what do I need to know. My mom is pretty convinced, my dad on the other hand, will probably turn it down instantly. I'll have to work on wording it correctly.
My questions are-
Everything else I need to know! Haha! I know they need lots of toys to shave down their teeth, and enrichment, but beyond that I don't know very much.
- For winter, could I put them in with the chickens so they could sleep in the warm coop? I would have to warm them up to each other of course, but could it work?
- What does the pen need to be like? What are the requirements for a safe outdoor hutch? Is it kinda like the same setup as a chicken run/coop?
- I've heard that feed consists of hay, pellets, and one more thing, though I can't remember exactly what is was. Alfalfa is a big part of the diet right?
- What can they not eat? I know that carrots, vegetables, fruit, aren't good, but any weeds I should be aware of?
Thanks guys for any advice, ideas on how to convince my dad are welcome to!
