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Pature Raised Rabbits

I would like to start with rabbits this year, Is there anyone out there who can give me ideas? I would like to keep my rabbits on pasture. Could it work simular like the chickentractors?

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Permalink Reply by sue woods on January 26, 2013 at 10:51pm

The only way I know of keeping rabbits on pasture is by building a rabbit tractor with wire on all sides and the top and bottom also. Other wise you are going to have rabbits digging out of whatever you have fenced in. Last year I had 3 rabbits that I put into an unused chain link dog run because there was so much grass growing in there. By the way I had chicken wire buried at the bottom so they couldn't dig out. They ate up the grass in 1-1/2 weeks and I would say it had it had at least 500 square feet of ground. I have thought about this myself and it seems that it is not feasible without the multiple tractors that you can move around the yard. Don't forget to have a shaded top so they aren't in the sun to much. Rabbits get hot to easy.

Sue

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Permalink Reply by Kurt Hick on January 28, 2013 at 12:01am

Thanks a lot Sue for the advice, I did some brainstorming about it, and probatlly got the idea set right thanks to a video I found here about chicken tunnels, I might just try and keep the wire all the way arround and doing rabbit tunnels.Great meeting you.

sue woods said:

The only way I know of keeping rabbits on pasture is by building a rabbit tractor with wire on all sides and the top and bottom also. Other wise you are going to have rabbits digging out of whatever you have fenced in. Last year I had 3 rabbits that I put into an unused chain link dog run because there was so much grass growing in there. By the way I had chicken wire buried at the bottom so they couldn't dig out. They ate up the grass in 1-1/2 weeks and I would say it had it had at least 500 square feet of ground. I have thought about this myself and it seems that it is not feasible without the multiple tractors that you can move around the yard. Don't forget to have a shaded top so they aren't in the sun to much. Rabbits get hot to easy.

Sue

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Permalink Reply by sue woods on January 28, 2013 at 3:57pm

Tunnels.... hmm. Great idea. just sew the wire together long way. Is that the idea? Simple genius, gotta love it. They would be able to roll themselves around. hehehe