Rabbits and Chickens

[FLORIDA JEFF]

Hi I am new to BYC and was looking for other Rabbit breeders who raise chickens. I don't know much about chickens but want to start raising them. Over on Rabbit Talk blog I came across the term Raken House. Raising chickens under your rabbit cages which saves on real estate and suppose to help keep the rabbit droppings and urine from going anaerobic. Has anyone had experience with this method of raising chickens.

Thanks all.

 

[cavemanrich]

If you are consider raising chickens in cages,, maybe reconsider the idea altogether.
I am familiar with the anaerobic process in manufacturing compost in closed vessels.
Rabbit droppings falling on the ground will not turn anaerobic. They will just dry up. They can be freely used in garden as fertilizer without a long wait period, like other natural fertilizers, such as Chicken droppings.
The rabbit urine will just soak into the ground, and dissipate.
Unless you are considering large numbers of rabbits in small area.
Probably not a good idea.
Anyways,, start with small numbers, and watch your experience develop.
As for chickens,, if you don't have the space for comfortable chicken keeping. Overcrowding leads to more problems than it is worth.


WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and

 

[FLORIDA JEFF]

Cavemanrich: Thanks for the come back. I have been raising meat rabbits for four years now. I have 2 Bucks and 4 Does for breeders. they are in 30X30 cages which is considered comfortable by some standards. I have some 24x24 cages for the grow outs until ready to harvest. I just added on to my barn to facilitate those. My barn is 22' long and L shaped with 16' wide on the new end and 8'wide on the other end. I wouldn't like to raise rabbits in colonies.
The chickens would not be in cages, I would never do that I know that much. I know some people who raise chickens who have elaborate coops. I would close in one end of the new addition with a coop and put wire around the whole barn so the chickens could use the whole barn as a run under the rabbit cages. I'm only talking 5 or 6 chickens for personal egg consumption.
I had just heard of some people who have huge Barns with 100 plus chickens and 100 rabbits that let the chickens run under the rabbits and they keep the bedding fluffed up and fly larvae down.
Like I said I am new to the chickens and I appreciate all advice I can get. here are a few pictures of the barn edition. l will have to get others off my phone.
I was thinking of putting the hutch on the end of the cages you are looking at,. the end you can't see.