Houseing Rabbits and Chickens in same building

[Pheasant283]

I have an older garage I will be fixing up and moving my rabbits to. I am also thinking of making a chicken coop in part of the garage. There will be a wall seperating the chickens from the rabbits so they wont be intermingling.& the chickens will have access to an outside pen & the rabbits will be housed in cages. I plan to have plenty of ventilation in the building also. Will this be ok? Any possible disseases the two could give each other?

 

[MaggieJ]

It should be fine as long as chickens can't get on top of the rabbit cages and the ventilation in the building is really good. Chickens make a lot of dust, so if possible locate them downwind of the rabbits. Consider your prevailing winds when deciding who goes where.

 

[Legacy]

It would be good if the chickens could have access to under the rabbits. Chickens are excellent about cleaning up the waste of rabbit food and a lot of rabbit poop. It's amazing how fast my chickens clean up the mess every time I move a cage and give the access to what is under it. It makes me feel good that the food the rabbits drop isn't wasted and I don't have to feed the chickens as much. But yes chickens make a lot of dust and smell you want to protect the rabbits from.