Well, this is about 3/4 finished, I just need to finish the roof and put on a door. The bottom is concrete slabs and between the cracks between the slabs and the cracked slabs themselves it should allow any water or urine to drain away. It is 5'x10' right now but I will add another 5'x10' section on beside it when I can. I'm hoping to put two does and a buck in here with a couple of hidey hole nesting rooms in there and maybe a couple of clay pipes or stacked blocks for them to play on and hide under. I'm planning to get some hay, cover the floor with it and change it out as necessary. The open side is facing east so it is protected from the prevailing North and West winds. It's also sheltered by the feed shed beside it and the bushes behind it
The open side will have welded wire 1"x1" 14 gauge on both side to prevent varmints from reaching in and grabbing the rabbits. The roof will be an opaque corrugated roof to let more light in. I'm taking some of my cages apart for the welded wire and it pains me to take my good cages apart but I won't have rabbits in cages for the next while so I won't need them for now. Everything is screwed together with deck screws so I can take it apart and replace things if necessary. I"m using materials scrounged from around here from other projects and all this has cost me so far is one sheet of chipboard and the deck screws.
I've had to make some difficult decisions regarding the rabbits and all but three of them will go in the freezer including my buddy Adam who was my very first buck. I just don't have the facilities for the rabbits at the moment as they all have to come out of the garage to get my pickup truck in before the snow flies. Someday, if I ever get my homestead acreage with a barn I will build up the herd again but until then I'll have to work with what I have.
Any suggestions would be welcome. I've had rabbits for 4 1/2 years but I'm new to housing them outside. The feed shed is right beside them and the chicken coops are on the other side of that so feeding them shouldn't be a problem. They'll have to get used to drinking from bowls instead of the bottles. If this doesn't work out I'll put the remaining three rabbits in the freezer and start again at another time.
The open side will have welded wire 1"x1" 14 gauge on both side to prevent varmints from reaching in and grabbing the rabbits. The roof will be an opaque corrugated roof to let more light in. I'm taking some of my cages apart for the welded wire and it pains me to take my good cages apart but I won't have rabbits in cages for the next while so I won't need them for now. Everything is screwed together with deck screws so I can take it apart and replace things if necessary. I"m using materials scrounged from around here from other projects and all this has cost me so far is one sheet of chipboard and the deck screws.
I've had to make some difficult decisions regarding the rabbits and all but three of them will go in the freezer including my buddy Adam who was my very first buck. I just don't have the facilities for the rabbits at the moment as they all have to come out of the garage to get my pickup truck in before the snow flies. Someday, if I ever get my homestead acreage with a barn I will build up the herd again but until then I'll have to work with what I have.
Any suggestions would be welcome. I've had rabbits for 4 1/2 years but I'm new to housing them outside. The feed shed is right beside them and the chicken coops are on the other side of that so feeding them shouldn't be a problem. They'll have to get used to drinking from bowls instead of the bottles. If this doesn't work out I'll put the remaining three rabbits in the freezer and start again at another time.