Well, the growers ate all their grass, moved the fence and then 3-4 days later, all that grass was gone. Used my two 50ft 60in rolls for 3 pens.
And then...I got new wire cutters, since I lost my 3rd pair of Kobalts...lol. Ones I found at the farm store are so much better and red!! No more loosing those!
Got to work cutting the 60in wire in half, well close to half. Also got 10 plastic posts and an using the cut fence into grass pens. I'll be rotating the rabbits in there to fresh grass as they mow it down, but the pens will stay.
Mowing the yard will now be mainly just the more tricky areas, like the hill, around the pool and under the trees.
Going to screw two pallets together for shade in each pen, since hanging tarps is so not going to work. They fly, tear, sag and the such. Plus they look very ugly and I want it all clean looking, neat and tidy!
My adults don't eat grass as much as the growing rabbits do. I only have two adults living together, the AmChin and the original Cali doe. The Cali digs, really annoying! The blue SF doe and the coco SF buck have their own pens in the mess in the middle of the yard, next the the growers and metal dog crate pen where the two does live with some of their kits.
Cali buck is in a tractor with 3 kits that kept escaping all the other pens. He doesn't mind them. The newer Cali doe is also in a tractor with her kits, the ones that haven't escaped yet.
I'm going to make one pen wrapped in chicken wire as well. All the escapees will be put into that pen.
This is what I'm thinking, but still questioning.
Should I put my two Cali grower does in with my other two adult Cali does?
Should I keep that one light Chin mix doe with her Chin mom? I'm keeping that kit to breed, so I guess keeping her with mom would be best, since eventually, she will be back in there.
Only have one unrelated pair of SF, each in their own pen. Cali buck will also have his own pen. These won't be moved around, they aren't digging and don't eat enough grass to move much.
Growers left in their own pen. I have some that I want to keep, should I move them in with the Chin mom and baby or wait until the kit is big?
Gawd, really need to fit in the butchering of the other rabbits tonight! None of the grower bucks are being kept, so that pen will be just the doe's I'm saving for breeding.
I believe that's all the rabbits...Pics in a few minutes of what I've got so far!
Any last minute suggestions? I have no money to spend, so may take awhile for me to add more open pens.
And then...I got new wire cutters, since I lost my 3rd pair of Kobalts...lol. Ones I found at the farm store are so much better and red!! No more loosing those!
Got to work cutting the 60in wire in half, well close to half. Also got 10 plastic posts and an using the cut fence into grass pens. I'll be rotating the rabbits in there to fresh grass as they mow it down, but the pens will stay.
Mowing the yard will now be mainly just the more tricky areas, like the hill, around the pool and under the trees.
Going to screw two pallets together for shade in each pen, since hanging tarps is so not going to work. They fly, tear, sag and the such. Plus they look very ugly and I want it all clean looking, neat and tidy!
My adults don't eat grass as much as the growing rabbits do. I only have two adults living together, the AmChin and the original Cali doe. The Cali digs, really annoying! The blue SF doe and the coco SF buck have their own pens in the mess in the middle of the yard, next the the growers and metal dog crate pen where the two does live with some of their kits.
Cali buck is in a tractor with 3 kits that kept escaping all the other pens. He doesn't mind them. The newer Cali doe is also in a tractor with her kits, the ones that haven't escaped yet.
I'm going to make one pen wrapped in chicken wire as well. All the escapees will be put into that pen.
This is what I'm thinking, but still questioning.
Should I put my two Cali grower does in with my other two adult Cali does?
Should I keep that one light Chin mix doe with her Chin mom? I'm keeping that kit to breed, so I guess keeping her with mom would be best, since eventually, she will be back in there.
Only have one unrelated pair of SF, each in their own pen. Cali buck will also have his own pen. These won't be moved around, they aren't digging and don't eat enough grass to move much.
Growers left in their own pen. I have some that I want to keep, should I move them in with the Chin mom and baby or wait until the kit is big?
Gawd, really need to fit in the butchering of the other rabbits tonight! None of the grower bucks are being kept, so that pen will be just the doe's I'm saving for breeding.
I believe that's all the rabbits...Pics in a few minutes of what I've got so far!
Any last minute suggestions? I have no money to spend, so may take awhile for me to add more open pens.
