Rabbit tractor

inside small moveable pen

Ryan built a lawn tractor for us last year after we got our first rabbits. We‘d had our first litter, and knew they couldn’t stay with their mom much longer. They get so big so fast, and accumulate…

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We’ve owned our rabbit, Elwood, for a few years now. Up until recently, he lived inside as a pet in a small cage. We would let him out as much as possible, but I always felt sorry for him i…

Cages seem to come with some controversy when it comes to raising meat rabbits in cages. There is no reason that it should. Cages are the safest and the

Skyview Acres' rabbits are raised on the ground, on fresh pasture daily. We studied a lot of chicken tractors, checked out Polyface's and Nature's Harmony's rabbit tractors, and started brainstorming for a design we liked. Considerations: Hutch for kindling and protection from weather and predators Enough grass area for a doe plus her litter Keeping pellet feed dry during the rain Easily movable Seasonally friendly - not too hot in the summer, protection from snow and cold in the winter…

So as some of you may or may not know. My goal at FogCity Rabbitry is to raise rabbits on pasture. I want to grow my own certified organic crops and let the rabbits eat the forage and feel them pellets that I mill myself. We started out making the first tractor out of angle iron which proved to be way to heavy for us to move. The problem with these was that while they were sturdy and would prevent predators from getting into them, we could not move them ourselves. In fact we needed a fork…

My 8-year-old DD is loving her flock of bantam chickens, but now her younger brother wants to join 4-H too and is interested in a rabbit. We have a...

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