Please help me design outdoor rabbit hutch for angoras!

[Honeybun]

OK, so I think I have decided on Satin Angoras.
I'd like to design a single hutch that will house a buck and a doe separately.
It would be nice to have an enclosed wooden "house" for them to hide in during the winter and when they have been newly sheared, and also a completely open wire part for the summer.
I might also do a built in nest box for the doe.
Thoughts? Especially on keeping out rain and dealing with weather extremes?

 

[zee]

Maybe you could get some ideas from the post called, "SHOW OFF YOUR SET-UP."

 

[Honeybun]

Thanks! I'll look that up right now!

 

[jessie15273]

I like this style of multi-hutch you can do 2-3 with this sort of design. PJBridges94 on youtube has this style hutch for her meat rabbits, and she shows it a lot.

Double

Quadra-Hutch

This is what I was gonna do, before i decided I needed more like 14 holes, not 4

 

[MamaSheepdog]

To keep Angoras as clean as possible, an all wire hutch is your best option.

I would make a simple framed shelter with a roof and hang the cages from the supports so you have nothing directly underneath the floor wire. You could have removable sides and a back panel so you can adjust their protection level according to the seasons.

If you do use a wooden shelter in the hutch, I would highly recommend that it not have a bottom so if the rabbits pee or poop while in there they will not sit in their own waste.

Rabbits suffer more from heat than cold, so having an area that is protected from wind and precipitation is all they really need. I use plant pots that I hang from the top and back wire as a simple shelter for my rabbits.

 

[Honeybun]

Rabbits suffer more from heat than cold

Okay. But I am concerned about newly sheared/plucked Angoras, especially the Satins, some of which molt down to the skin.
If the wooden part does not have a bottom, will they get the sides dirty?