Rabbits and chickens?

[Celticdragonfly]

Can you keep rabbits and chickens together in a joint coop and run?

 

[Roo5]

A friend of mine I had rabbits and coke s together, about 50 chickens,maybe more along with ducks and had rabbits altthroughout her coop all coexisting.

 

[Bunnylady]

If you do a search, you'll find dozens of threads on the subject; lots of people have tried it. With some people, their chickens attacked the rabbits. With others, the rabbits attacked the chickens. Others have had chickens and rabbits that pretty much ignored each other, and some even appear to interact pleasantly. Beyond the apparently unpredictable interaction (which you can't be 100% sure about, even within the two species), there are two basic issues: rabbits dig tunnels and chew on wood, and the nutritional needs of chickens and rabbits are very different. Chicken feed and rabbit feed are engineered for the specific needs of chickens and rabbits, respectively, and neither should be allowed to eat the food intended for the other - there can be serious consequences if they do. So, if you can figure out how to keep the rabbits and the chickens out of each others' feed, and keep the rabbit(s) from wrecking the place and escaping, you'll be able to tell everyone else how you did it, the next time this comes up!

 

[cassie]

Can you keep rabbits and chickens together in a joint coop and run?

Can you keep rabbits and chickens together in the same coop? Yes. Should you? Probably not and for all the reasons Bunnylady said and maybe even a few more.