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go to a rabbit show,and you will find all kinds of dutch.rabbitman said:
Your rabbit setups??
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Ours looks like this pretty much, except the top stands at about 6.5 feet. And we have grates underneath the cages (predators).rabbitgeek said:
We need more heavy duty metal grate, anyone have an idea where to get it?
ChickenPotPie
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I love hanging cages. I really do. 
I just don't have an appropriate shelter that is big enough other wise, I'd use them.
I really don't like hutches (pee soaked wood, cleanliness, and longevity issues as mentioned before). I do like that cage cover you posted, Franco. It looks like a perfect solution to fixing those problems with hutches. Nice.
Rabbitman, looks like you've already got this figured out but, the kind of set up you use should be based around the breed requirements and the space you're working with. Local weather and other factors need to be included in your decision, too. All rabbits need shelter from sun, drafts, rain, heat, and sometimes, depending on where you live, cold. Good air circulation or air exchange is a must for all rabbits.
My family has dwarf breeds. Unlike the very large breeds, they take to wire grid bottomed cages very well and a 24"x24" hole is a good size for them but I keep larger ones for does with larger litters. Because I need to make the most of the space I have, I use stacking cages with drop pans. I bought them from KW and Carnahan's (now West Coast Cages). Cleaning consists of dumping, rinsing, and spaying cages with disinfectant twice a week or more. I dump trays into a sturdy garden cart that I drilled holes into the bottom of to separate pee from poo. I wind up with a cart full of valuable bunny berries that I can easily move to any part of my garden.
Here are pics of one of our first rabbitries. It has roof vents, two small windows, skylights, a shop light for evenings, and doors. It was a corrugated pastic shed (holds heat!) so I opened up all three doors during the day. Placement under a large pine helped keep it cool as did planting a fast growing, broad leafed, sturdy vineon it's west side. A portable AC unit was used on the hottest days. What I loved about it is that I could roll out the stacking cages and hose down the entire inside of the rabbitry for periodical deep cleaning.
Here is my current rabbitry (it's full now). It's a 12'x32' mini barn, has a loft, a ridge vent the length of the roof, three windows, one garage roll up door, and one double, Dutch door. I still use the same stackers so it's really the same set up. I just have room for more of them, plus, a grooming table, chairs, gorilla back shelves, and all our animal "stuff" like bowls, j-feeders, nest boxes, blower, travel cages, and all the feed (in rodent proof metal cans) and hay for all our animals + some leg room. I added flooring that comes in big rolls from a large, hardware store.
I placed the mini barn so that the natural breeze would go right through the roll up doors and out the Dutch and windows. Even so, I'm thinking of adding some kind of additional roof vents before summer.
I usually shut the roll up at night and the bottom half of the double Dutch to keep out wild pigs. My Great Dane sleeps in there at night and keeps out all the other wildlife.
Front of rabbitry.
Roll up door on side. I added pvc pipe with misters above the door for cooling the air as it enters the rabbitry in summertime.
Looking through roll up door. Loft is in the far back.
Looking out of the double, Dutch doors.
I just don't have an appropriate shelter that is big enough other wise, I'd use them.I really don't like hutches (pee soaked wood, cleanliness, and longevity issues as mentioned before). I do like that cage cover you posted, Franco. It looks like a perfect solution to fixing those problems with hutches.
Nice.Rabbitman, looks like you've already got this figured out but, the kind of set up you use should be based around the breed requirements and the space you're working with. Local weather and other factors need to be included in your decision, too. All rabbits need shelter from sun, drafts, rain, heat, and sometimes, depending on where you live, cold. Good air circulation or air exchange is a must for all rabbits.
My family has dwarf breeds. Unlike the very large breeds, they take to wire grid bottomed cages very well and a 24"x24" hole is a good size for them but I keep larger ones for does with larger litters. Because I need to make the most of the space I have, I use stacking cages with drop pans. I bought them from KW and Carnahan's (now West Coast Cages). Cleaning consists of dumping, rinsing, and spaying cages with disinfectant twice a week or more. I dump trays into a sturdy garden cart that I drilled holes into the bottom of to separate pee from poo. I wind up with a cart full of valuable bunny berries that I can easily move to any part of my garden.
Here are pics of one of our first rabbitries. It has roof vents, two small windows, skylights, a shop light for evenings, and doors. It was a corrugated pastic shed (holds heat!) so I opened up all three doors during the day. Placement under a large pine helped keep it cool as did planting a fast growing, broad leafed, sturdy vineon it's west side. A portable AC unit was used on the hottest days. What I loved about it is that I could roll out the stacking cages and hose down the entire inside of the rabbitry for periodical deep cleaning.
Here is my current rabbitry (it's full now). It's a 12'x32' mini barn, has a loft, a ridge vent the length of the roof, three windows, one garage roll up door, and one double, Dutch door. I still use the same stackers so it's really the same set up. I just have room for more of them, plus, a grooming table, chairs, gorilla back shelves, and all our animal "stuff" like bowls, j-feeders, nest boxes, blower, travel cages, and all the feed (in rodent proof metal cans) and hay for all our animals + some leg room. I added flooring that comes in big rolls from a large, hardware store.
I placed the mini barn so that the natural breeze would go right through the roll up doors and out the Dutch and windows. Even so, I'm thinking of adding some kind of additional roof vents before summer.
I usually shut the roll up at night and the bottom half of the double Dutch to keep out wild pigs. My Great Dane sleeps in there at night and keeps out all the other wildlife.
Front of rabbitry.
Roll up door on side. I added pvc pipe with misters above the door for cooling the air as it enters the rabbitry in summertime.
Looking through roll up door. Loft is in the far back.
Looking out of the double, Dutch doors.
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WOW 
that is a huge setup, I have a 8x8 shed that I have 4 30x36 cages in but I dont much like having them in a shed unless it is winter time. When it warms up I am gonna build some sort of hutch that has 8 stalls I am planning on having each cage be 2'x3' which would be plenty big enough for does with litters. Great setup that looks like a barn
that is a huge setup, I have a 8x8 shed that I have 4 30x36 cages in but I dont much like having them in a shed unless it is winter time. When it warms up I am gonna build some sort of hutch that has 8 stalls I am planning on having each cage be 2'x3' which would be plenty big enough for does with litters. Great setup that looks like a barn rabbitlady4433
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So jealous of chickenpotpie! That is one amazing barn! My wheels are turning, how can I convince my hubby to buy me one of those lol
Roll farms
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My hubby got his cages set up today, and was so proud of himself. He never touches my camera, but asked, "If I take pictures of my rabbit cages, will you put them on that website you go to?"
So...here is The Rabbit Hilton, as he calls it.
So...here is The Rabbit Hilton, as he calls it.
savingdogs
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Wow! Very nice!
terri9630
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We never have either. Ours are in a 3 sided barn and the only problem we have had was one summer when 2 of our 4-H rabbits over heated. They could have used more of a draft.norcal said:
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I have started colony raising mine in one big pen. I love the idea of it, it works well too. I am going start my new peacock avairy and plan on having my rabbits run with them in a 20'x30' outdoor pen. I am so stoked Ill post pics once I get it all setup. You guys have lovely setup!!!
