My Nestboxes

[RabbitsOfTheCreek]

I just gave my does their nest boxes, so I thought I would sharethis is the hayYoshi has a hay side of her hutchthese are the boxes(they have pine shaving, I forgot to take a picture before I put the hay in)these are the pine shavingsThis is CinderAnd this is Natzumi REALLY getting into it

 

[Rogers92]

Oh thank you for this. I've been curious on how yall do it.

 

[Albert]

Thanks for this, I'm making my own nest boxes what dimensions are the ones you're using? I'm basing my dimensions around this from Teal Stone, is it any good?

 

[RabbitsOfTheCreek]

Thanks for this, I'm making my own nest boxes what dimensions are the ones you're using? I'm basing my dimensions around this from Teal Stone, is it any good?

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I'll have to find the measurements sometime today. Those look like good measures. What breed are they for?

 

[Albert]

I'll have to find the measurements sometime today. Those look like good measures. What breed are they for?

 

[Albert]

She breeds Silver Fox and Creme D'argent so a good size medium meat breed I guess?

 

[RabbitsOfTheCreek]

She breeds Silver Fox and Creme D'argent so a good size medium meat breed I guess?

Ok. I'll have to see the measure menta I have later

 

[MuddyFarms]

Here is a breeder that discusses rabbit nest boxes and materials you can use in them. She shows different commercial boxes and tells their dimensions, as well as benefits and drawbacks of different building materials. She also has a video on making a wooden nest box, although I would want different dimensions than what she mentions as enough for my size rabbits in that video. I used wooden 1'x12's for my box construction.

 

[RabbitsOfTheCreek]

Here is a breeder that discusses rabbit nest boxes and materials you can use in them. She shows different commercial boxes and tells their dimensions, as well as benefits and drawbacks of different building materials. She also has a video on making a wooden nest box, although I would want different dimensions than what she mentions as enough for my size rabbits in that video. I used wooden 1'x12's for my box construction.

We got our nestboxes from someone who made them




thats all :]

 

[MuddyFarms]

We got our nestboxes from someone who made them




thats all :]

Your metal ones? That's neat.

 

[RabbitsOfTheCreek]

Your metal ones? That's neat.

I'm not exactly sure how he made them out of metal but I watched him cut the thing for the bottom, its like firm and stiff fabric a little bit with holes, ill have to take a picture when i get home

 

[RabbitsOfTheCreek]

I tried looking up an image for it but all I can find is wire bottoms and wood bottoms

 

[arachyd]

Those wooden boxes in the video look almost exactly like the ones we made about 20 years ago. They're still in good shape.

 

[MuddyFarms]

Those wooden boxes in the video look almost exactly like the ones we made about 20 years ago. They're still in good shape.

It's great they can last so well! I made some some wooden boxes for this winter, and I am really liking them.

 

[RabbitsOfTheCreek]

Here's the bottom:
(This one has a nice copper color)

 

[ladysown]

that's the board they use for hanging up tools with a specialized hanger. Can't recall the name of it.

 

[MuddyFarms]

that's the board they use for hanging up tools with a specialized hanger. Can't recall the name of it.

Pegboard?

 

[ladysown]

YES!

 

[MuddyFarms]

It makes wooden nests a lot lighter and already has pre-drilled holes in it, too. If you use it in wooden boxes you can also attatch it in a way that it can be easily pulled off the box for replacement. The video I linked above uses it in her boxes and mentioned that it is nice. I chose to just use all regular wood because I wanted the insulating value, but making the boxes lighter is tempting at times.

 

[RabbitsOfTheCreek]

Does wood nest boxes keep in heat more or less than metal nest boxes?