Harbisgirl
Loving the herd life
Hello,
How many of you raise pastured rabbits in tractors? If so, do you only have grow outs on pasture or do you have your breeding stock in tractors as well (seperate tractors of course)? I'm interested in adding rabbits to our farm and would like to include them in our rotational grazing program (goats, pigs, chickens, ducks). But I'm not a fan of cages so I'd really like to raise them all in tractors, if possible. I spoke to a local breeder who advised against it, saying that a pregnant doe would likely get spooked and either abort the pregnancy or eat the babies after birth, so that worries me. Note that we do have hot electric fence (the premier 1 netting fence) that goes around each group of tractors so predators can't get in, but we do have predators in the area so I don't know if smelling them could be enough to scare her? Have any of you tried this and had success? If so, how/why? Have any of you tried this and failed? If so, how/why?
Thanks!
How many of you raise pastured rabbits in tractors? If so, do you only have grow outs on pasture or do you have your breeding stock in tractors as well (seperate tractors of course)? I'm interested in adding rabbits to our farm and would like to include them in our rotational grazing program (goats, pigs, chickens, ducks). But I'm not a fan of cages so I'd really like to raise them all in tractors, if possible. I spoke to a local breeder who advised against it, saying that a pregnant doe would likely get spooked and either abort the pregnancy or eat the babies after birth, so that worries me. Note that we do have hot electric fence (the premier 1 netting fence) that goes around each group of tractors so predators can't get in, but we do have predators in the area so I don't know if smelling them could be enough to scare her? Have any of you tried this and had success? If so, how/why? Have any of you tried this and failed? If so, how/why?
Thanks!