I didn't want to post this until I had been doing it for a week or more to make sure no ill effects were noted. I have had chickens way longer then rabbits and always have given them fermented grains, but never had given the grains to the rabbits. Well two weeks ago I had to put my naked chicken...
Since getting the rabbits we have been working on an idea I had for housing them in our insane summer heat, it is now finished to the point they can use the dens. Still have a lot of planting and finishing to do for the yard area though. I thought I'd share the idea here. The temps have been...
I don't usually grow sprouts in the growing season for the chickens, figure they can pick their own grass and weeds. But I just got some meat rabbits and so I've been trying to figure a way to grow just a few sprouts for them, that lead me to the old sock idea. I do not have a video, but here...
At times when I have the time to stand and watch the buns eat the forage I give them, I have been trying to give it to them in several small piles w/ each different leaf/plant to see what they like best. Today's selection in order of best to worst was: plantain, sunflower leaves, sweet potato...
Is it like a cat just give it to them and they will use it???
What substrate? Kitty litter??? It is outside, so would sand work??
Where to put it, does it matter, how tall or big a container???
If 90% (or more) of my rabbits diet is collected forage or grown grain sprouts (corn, wheat, oats) and they live on the ground, do I need to add minerals?
I have lurked some on this site, but didn't make an account b/c I didn't have any "herd" animals. I have been planning on rabbits for a while, and did a lot of research here. Life kept getting in the way and the rabbits kept getting put on the back burner, well this week I went to a chicken...