grumpy
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Once a day is all I usually feed my herd. However, when a doe has a group of little ones this size, they'll empty the feeder before the next feeding. I used to make an extra trip in the early mornings just to fill these feeders up. The young are Cal/crosses.
Then, I came up with this idea. Build some removable extenders that can be switched from pen to pen where they are needed. It doubles the capacity of the feeder and the youngsters are never without feed. I just use the card-clip to clip the extender to the wire to stablize it.
When the youngsters begin coming out of the nest, I offer them a lower water source than I used to. I always felt they could find the water on their own. I've changed my mind. But, filling all of those water bottles is a pain in the backside. I made some changes in my water lines to allow me to fill up the bottles a lot easier. I've got six of these located in different places throughout my rabbitry.
I've got one on the end of each aisle between the rows in my grow out room. I don't have to take more than a few steps to reach a handy water valve to fill up the water bottles. The exposed end is champhered to easily slide into the neck of the water bottle. The other end is just "slip-fitted" into the valve. It is easily removed with a slight twist and downward pull.
I've got one of these on each end of my outside rows in my grow out room.
Knock on wood, I've not had any problems with these valves freezing in the winters.
Here's a pic of my water cabinet. It holds both barrels for the two different rooms. The small heater on the floor will keep the cabinet around 95-100 degrees during the winter. The yellow water hose is strung up through the rafters of the barn and over to my water source. It's set at an angle that automatically empties itself so it won't freeze.
Of course Boots had to check it all out.
Storage rack for my nestboxes above. It holds twenty boxes up and out of the way.
Below are my carriers and you can see the tattoo box behind the white bucket. Each barrel holds 100#'s of feed.
The grow-out room has another two barrels 200#'s in it. (saves steps that way)
Here's my work bench. Do all of my records and such right here.
Yeah, I know. That's a grungie old coffee cup!! Ain't it! I've had that old mug for close to twenty years.
It's cracked, beat-up, and abused. But, I'd be lost without it.
Grumpy.
Then, I came up with this idea. Build some removable extenders that can be switched from pen to pen where they are needed. It doubles the capacity of the feeder and the youngsters are never without feed. I just use the card-clip to clip the extender to the wire to stablize it.
When the youngsters begin coming out of the nest, I offer them a lower water source than I used to. I always felt they could find the water on their own. I've changed my mind. But, filling all of those water bottles is a pain in the backside. I made some changes in my water lines to allow me to fill up the bottles a lot easier. I've got six of these located in different places throughout my rabbitry.
I've got one on the end of each aisle between the rows in my grow out room. I don't have to take more than a few steps to reach a handy water valve to fill up the water bottles. The exposed end is champhered to easily slide into the neck of the water bottle. The other end is just "slip-fitted" into the valve. It is easily removed with a slight twist and downward pull.
I've got one of these on each end of my outside rows in my grow out room.
Knock on wood, I've not had any problems with these valves freezing in the winters.
Here's a pic of my water cabinet. It holds both barrels for the two different rooms. The small heater on the floor will keep the cabinet around 95-100 degrees during the winter. The yellow water hose is strung up through the rafters of the barn and over to my water source. It's set at an angle that automatically empties itself so it won't freeze.
Of course Boots had to check it all out.
Storage rack for my nestboxes above. It holds twenty boxes up and out of the way.
Below are my carriers and you can see the tattoo box behind the white bucket. Each barrel holds 100#'s of feed.
The grow-out room has another two barrels 200#'s in it. (saves steps that way)
Here's my work bench. Do all of my records and such right here.
Yeah, I know. That's a grungie old coffee cup!! Ain't it! I've had that old mug for close to twenty years.
It's cracked, beat-up, and abused. But, I'd be lost without it.
Grumpy.
