What does your Junior set up look like?

[Smith's Rabbits]

This is a cage question but I am mainly interested in what others who show do. I am at the point in my herd where I am trying to grow out the best and make my own line. The problem I am finding is that with two of my breeds ( mini lops and Satins) it is taking 4-6 months before I am really able to tell who is the best. Some of the ones I wanted to sell early on are looking better then those that looked great at 12 weeks. I am needing cages that can comfortable contain a young junior from the age of 8 weeks to 4 months minimum. I need these cages to stack or some how take up a small area of space.

I have found some ideas online, but really just want to see some working junior areas in action. What do you like and dislike about your setup. I am basically looking for a way to contain 8-12 juniors that will fit into a 5'by 4' area in the back of the bunnies side of the garage. Without breaking my pocketbook or increasing my cleaning 10 fold ( would prefer to not have to empty 12 extra trays a day, but if that is the only option thats what I will do)

Thanks in advance
Melissa

 

[skysthelimit]

Right now I have 9 30x30 stacking cages, three units. I love the stackers because they give me space, but the 30x 30 is hard for my short arms to reach in. From 6-12 weeks I can get about 6 kits in, after that, it cuts down to four. And I have a total of 25 trays to empty. I do five a day, sometimes more.

I actually took down my chicken coop and put a simple shed in the backyard to contain the other kits. I split them into groups, marked cull, keep or wait. Depending on how many does are bred, there is room in the breeder cages for waits, if not, they go outside with the culls. The poop just falls. Sometime soon, I'll put a poop chute so I can get more than one tier.

 

[Smith's Rabbits]

My problem is I need individual cages for each kit. I have mini lops and when I did two to a cage this time I ended up with fights and two of my best show quality does now have rips in their ears preventing me from showing them. Its not even like they get in huge quarrels just maybe the ears get in the way sometimes? So I am wanting a set up that allows me to cage each one seperatly from at least 10 weeks on.

 

[tm_bunnyloft]

I saw a stacking system online earlier today that was 18 wide and 24 deep.

 

[skysthelimit]

My problem is I need individual cages for each kit. I have mini lops and when I did two to a cage this time I ended up with fights and two of my best show quality does now have rips in their ears preventing me from showing them. Its not even like they get in huge quarrels just maybe the ears get in the way sometimes? So I am wanting a set up that allows me to cage each one seperatly from at least 10 weeks on.

I thought mine were bad. They don't get individual cages until 16 weeks. I haven't had anyone become sexually mature before that, so no fighting problems with does.

I have sets of 24x24 double tiered hanging cages. They can stay in those until they reach senior weight and need to go into a bigger cage. Then they get transferred into an available 30 x30 breeder stacker.

I've begun the process of splitting up the outside grow out pens.