I'm starting to get sick, but I managed to help start building the rabbit hutch today. We did get it about half done. It's going to be really cool. It's a portable double hutch with 2 run area's and 2 nest box's. It will have 4 doors, 2 per side. The nest box's will have doors so we can put bedding in and pull the old out. The run area's will have doors to access the feed and water. We will be putting a tin roof on also. Of course we will be keeping them seperate until we figure out the sex's of them. Don't want any surprise bunnies for Easter.
We used some lumber I got yesterday and some other pieces we had laying aroung from the chicken coop. I had to run out today and pick up a small box of 16 penny nails and 4 sets of hinges for the doors. Total yesterday was $28 and todays total is $22. I had some 1/2" hardwire cloth left over from the run and that's what we are using for the rabbits too. The total size of the hutch is 4ft high (2ft off the ground for the bottom of the living area), 6ft long by 4ft wide. Each rabbit will have 2ft X 6ft of space to live in, which is pretty large as compared to some that I've seen.
Well, here's a couple pics. Let me know if you think this is will be suitable for our rabbits to thrive in.
This is the newest baby bunny. The kids named him Midnight. We were told he was a he, but not what breed he is. Any suggestions? Here's a pic of the front with the holes into the nest box's. We should have made the holes up a little higher and not down on the bottom, but that was an after thought. To late then.
And here is a picture of the sides. We used some of the left over camo'd (wood from the coop) to make the nest box's. The orange is left over from another project also. That's my son down there painting.
And finally the nest box's. There will be 2 doors on this side to allow access to change the bedding. I also found a nice picture of our large white rabbit. He's been living with the chickens for the last 5 months. Now that we have this new bunny, We decided they both need their own homes.
Please feel free to let me know if you think this double hutch will be suitable for the two rabbits we now have. Not sure of the sex or breed of the white rabbit, so breeding may be out of the question if they are both males. Actually, we're not sure what breed the little black bunny is either. Any info would be helpful. This is my first experience with rabbits and really want to make sure we are doing it right so we can teach the kids right.
