Ok, so this spring I'm moving the rabbits outside. Love having the colony, love the weather free worries and year round breeding, but I'm producing much too much bedding waste for my comfort.
I know what size the rex need and what floors will work for them. No worries there.
My issue is my Flemmish doe. I've always heard they need solid floors, and larger spaces. In the colony I didn't really have to worry about that. I dont want to make my hutches deeper then 24 inches, so how long should I make it (doe and kits)? Also, solid floor? Can I get away with wire? I'd like to do slant boards for collecting poop for the garden, but if it's just the one doe I have to worry about bedding it's not a big deal, and I figure once her kits go to grow-out it wont matter with them too much because they'll be processed out before they get big enough for me to have to worry about them being on wire.
I thought I read somewhere that breeders were using expanded metal sheet for floors for flemmish. Thoughts?
I know what size the rex need and what floors will work for them. No worries there.
My issue is my Flemmish doe. I've always heard they need solid floors, and larger spaces. In the colony I didn't really have to worry about that. I dont want to make my hutches deeper then 24 inches, so how long should I make it (doe and kits)? Also, solid floor? Can I get away with wire? I'd like to do slant boards for collecting poop for the garden, but if it's just the one doe I have to worry about bedding it's not a big deal, and I figure once her kits go to grow-out it wont matter with them too much because they'll be processed out before they get big enough for me to have to worry about them being on wire.
I thought I read somewhere that breeders were using expanded metal sheet for floors for flemmish. Thoughts?