It is always good to be self-sufficient! God, family, and country first! God Bless you!

I've loved this idea for a cage setup for a long time. I've recently discovered they work great for quail too! Just put a smaller gauge wire mesh on the bottom so they can walk better and I have a nice setup for them now too.

I’ve made these cages!! Thanks! For the idea! I love all your videos. Miss you making more!! Hope you are well!!

Thanks big daddy I had a bunch of that shelving and was wondering how I could use it for my cages then saw your video thank you so much and may God bless you your the man

I've seen a lot of different styles for building rabbit cages, but this is my favorite so far. Thanks for sharing. I like to only build things once. not over and over again.

What a great idea. I went to the store today to try my hand at building your rabbit hutch. Took me only 90 minutes to finish it, including redoing a wall and top twice. Used hog clips on the ceiling for the hinge. Worked great. Only change I would make is to make the width 36" using one 20" and one 16" instead of 40". Just because I can't quite reach the far wall at 40" but I can at 36"

You look like a professional cageologist to me. Love it! Lots of great info here on your channel. God bless y'all

It was a very useful video for us that want to make Rabbit cage for less cause some people that don't have much money we can get by what we got around the yard or find scrap material

That cage would work awesome for Quail as well. Even Stacked 2 x 2

Wow, how awesome is this! I wish I had watched this video before ordering some cages. Thanks very much for the awesome information.

very creative idea, great video. all those cages need is some rabbit ears to make the bunnies feel at home.

Thank you for all the info, including disclaimer. 😊

I love these cages! Best cages I've ever had. Very clean looking and the rabbits have plenty of room. The seem to like them too! When I bought all the shelving and tools my boyfriend just watched. As I started putting it together and he understood the idea he chipped right it. We had a good time putting it together and he even built a second one for me. We both love them! Thank you for your expertise and an excellent video!

I REALLY like this idea! I don't have the energy to keep re-doing things either. They look like they will last FOREVER. Now that's my kind of cage :-)

Love it! As Boss of the Swamp might say "That's just good backwoods logic!"

Looks very good and easy to put together. $200 for 4 large cages is not expensive. A person would be spending almost that much for regular wire and it would not look half as nice. Very good job. Think I'll do that myself. God Bless

John, hands down the best cages I've ever seen. Durable and easy to make. Spot on Man. Way to go.

Excellent. Thanks for the tutorial. Planning on raising meat rabbits with my backyard chickens.

Love your video and bought the shelving. I'm never in a hurry so it took me a few months to put it all together, a little at a time. My husband had no clue what I was doing and refused to help. Till I was almost done. LOL Once I had the bottom and all four sides done then started putting in the dividers I got help from him. They came out fantastic and my bunnies have a lot more room. I bought enough extra that my husband went ahead and put together another 6ft one all by himself before I woke up for breakfast the next morning. I watched your video several times in my several months of building my cages. He on the other hand never watched anything. As a result his are not as perfect as I was trying to do. LOL But he did a great job and as you said perfection isn't necessary. He then built beautiful wooden houses for each bunny. Thank you! It was a lot of fun you gave us doing something together. Bless you!

Wow that's so nice! Thanks for sharing! Can't wait to get started! God Bless You!

Brilliant! I've been wanting to raise some meat rabbits for family meals but didn't care for the plans of most cages. I can do this myself. You have worked out the details so I don't have to. Thank you for sharing this method.

Duuude this is BRILLIANT. We breed meat rabbits in Uruguay for food for us and our rescue dogs, and everything rusts through, bends, breaks - this is terrific. Subscribed and so amazed by your ingenuity! Thanks!

Excellent!!! I visit several salvage yards and find the most amazing things and just pay about double what they paid for scrap. What some people consider nearly worthless just blows my mind. Thanks for the video

I just saw an ad for rabbit cages. One cage, water bottle and food dish. $125. But last Christmas it was on sale for $99. John you paid $200 so in my book you saved at least $200 and got a better looking cage. God Bless

Wow! Thats y I luv this guy, he thinks out of the box. GOD Bless you.

What a brilliant idea! Thanks for sharing.

Your local Habitat “Restore” has plenty of these shelving options to purchase used! Great option for $$$ saving!

I have made these, they are great! Re-watching this to get my materials list and fixin' to go to Lowe's and get more materials to make more! John you are so smart thanks for all you do for all of us out here!

These are the best, these are clean and solid. The old way with wood and mesh is not recommended, rabbit Choo the wood and the urine is really harsh on it too. that's Buzz Buzz

I'm new to the rabbit world. Your videos are so helpful with so much needed information. Thank you! I love your videos.

I love your 💡ideas! Keep them coming...

Thank you! I’ve been searching for other options for making rabbit cages from repurposed materials. Love it

This is my new favorite rabbit cage! That has to be simple and easy to clean plus the rabbits have plenty of room! Way to go!!!

you just a dude man smart with good ideals learning a lot you make a good fix it teacher nice cages we have a chicken cage for baby chicks made out of shelving works great.had to put board in bottom to keep them from getting hung

Thank you. Great idea. I'm going to expand on your idea and use those shelves around the garden for rabbit fenceing. Lots of ideas for that stuff. Thanks again. Enjoy your day 😎

What great timing this video is! We just got our first rabbit, and I've been looking for easy, yet durable, cage ideas! Thanks!

Been a builder for near 30 yrs now and I had my doubts about this at first. But ol'boy you pulled that together like peas in a pod. Great video man. I was watching a man and women the other day on things not to do when raising rabbits and they mentioned a fellow that built such a hutch as this, and said how wonderful a job you did with it and they was correct. 🇺🇸✌🙏👍🇺🇸 FOREVERMORE !!!

Best cages ever. Love it John. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you so much for this idea. I have made three of these cages now and I absolutely love them. I made one without dividers for all of my grow out bunnies and they love bouncing from one end to the other. I love your videos and respect the lifestyle that you are trying to live. I am also in the beginning stages of raising a rabbit colony and we have the first nest of bunnies underground.

you may not be a rabbitologist or a cageman extrordinare. just a regular dude. but you're one smart dude. love the vids and your an inspiration. just keep up the great work.

This is awesome. We are getting ready to start raising rabbits and these cages are brilliant!

when the kids were still home we started out with 3 rabbits. When we moved from the country our rabbitry had grown to 50 rabbits not counting kits. Rabbits are great on so many levels. Thanks for the video.

that is one fancy rabbit cage but do truly like the idea of building things once. kind of like buying tools that will last a lifetime buy once and cry once.

I have made my rabbit cages from shelving and it is working really great. I watched your video from 2015. I had to buy the shelving, but think it was worth the expense because I have a very durable cage and have been able to adapt to many different changes. Thanks for sharing.

Really nice cages, thank you for sharing.

Used to build a lot of cages when I was breeding birds. The one you built looks great!!! Good Job.

DUDE!! This idea is FIRE!! Instantly subbed in under 10 seconds. (the common man has the most common sense) Rock on...

This is genius! Thanks so much for sharing!

I love this idea. I moved from our 4 acre homestead a few years ago to a 1/3 acre suburban lot. (very sad, I know) After a couple of years of doing very little, we finally decided to set up a new, suburban homestead (and our first KZfaq channel). For the time being I am using some welded wire cages that belong to my parents, with the intention of building my own before long, but after seeing these wire shelf cages, this is definitely my goal. Thank you for sharing this wonderful idea.

Thank you! I finally started the build on one today! I've been collecting the items needed for a few months now.

I love your common sense videos!

Wow! That's a terrific idea, I love it! Thank you.

New Subscriber! I love your Real world attitude that things aren't always perfect but don't let that stop you from trying!

Great rabbit cages. They should last 10years minimum.

Outstanding! Love it! I can think of a million things to do with that! Your bunnies are going to love it. Bless, Sheila

Terrific looking cages! Ingenious use of shelving material!

I really like this idea. Thank you for sharing.

What a nice resourceful idea. Thanks for sharing.

That is a really good use for strong and sturdy material. I will definitely be using this method in the future for my own meat rabbits. Thank you for the video and idea J! 4 large and spacious cages for about the price of 1 pre-made, store bought hutch. Thank You!

Look at it a different way. About 50 bucks a cage per rabbit. That's very economical for a good easy to clean rabbit cages. Looks good and makes your raising rabbits much easier. Thanks for the video.

Insanely awesome video brother!!! Thank you and God Bless

Great idea for cages. I was trying to figure out how to make new cages that will last. I think this is the best idea that I was seen.

I just purchased 4 long pieces of the stuff at goodwill, It was about $12.00 total. at the time I didn't have a plan, but I felt that it was a good price . Thanks to you I now have A plan. Thanks

Cages seem to be a Great value. I love the look of the cages and I agree that they seem low maintenance. I will have to try this cage.

Good idea, looks like you could make some extra money building them for people.

This is a great idea, I remember seeing the one;s you made before when you added on to your little barn!

very nice i am sure your bunnies are going to love then

Best rabbit cage ever seen. U the best brother

Brilliant use of common sense and practicality, thanks!

Fantastic concept. Considering raising meat rabbits and by far this appears to be the easiest cage build I've seen. Thanks for sharing .

Love the video! It really helped me. So glad to see a real world video! Great cage

Awesome cage! Love the idea, will def look into this!

Nicely done! Great idea and even better execution. I had almost two dozen chicken back on the old homestead and kept one large bunny for the hell of it, but I'm just starting to realize many other ways they would be beneficial to my garden since I've read that their pellets can be put directly onto the soil to feed the microbial life without worry of "burning" the crops due to high nitrogen levels like fresh chicken manure. I'll be watching your channel closely! Good luck this year!

Nicely done, You like myself seem to have the knack of looking at something and not being limited by its original function....shelving into rabbit cages inspired sir. Plumber replaced the expansion tank on my boiler yesterday and today my little generator has an extended fuel supply built from the discarded tank the plumber was going to throw out.

I see these shelving units at our local reuse center (the dump) all the time! I will definitely be grabbing them the next time I go there!

I can't believe that I haven't thought of this myself, so when I'm building my next rabbitry, I'll use this idea. Thank you very much for the idea. It must also be very use ful for chicks as well.

Dudeness goes a long,long way. Good info - Thanks

I was able to get a hold of a whole bunch of store display shelves awhile back.I utilized them for my veggie starts in my green house.Great idea using them for rabbit cages,almost like a farmers Lego Land.

love your channel!! made this today myself in about an hour! works fantastic!

Brilliant! Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for sharing this idea! I have built many all wire cages but I don't think any of them will last anywhere near as long as these! I love all your videos but especially the rabbit ones since we make videos or raising and showing rabbits as well!!! God bless!!

wow great idea, hi five ....

This is great. I'm probably going to use this to make European style maternity cages. All you'd have to do is add a drop nest or even a nest box in the front with a divider to lock the doe in and out and it'd be good to go.

That’s a smart man right their! Why hasn’t anyone done this sooner? Lol

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. In future videos, could you please list the materials (sizes, lengths, number of cut pieces, tools, etc) for the project because it is difficult to take clear notes while watching the video. Awesome info!

nice to have stronger and coated wire seems easier on feet too , thanks for sharing

That's absolutely the best idea I've seen in awhile! Nice job J, enjoy the videos.

One suggestion! Get Lowes to cut them before you take them home ;) Unless you just like cutting them yourself lol Get them to cut 3 of the 12ft'ers in half (6ft) That will give you 2 for the top, 2 for the bottom and 1 for front and 1 for back, Then have them cut another one into 3 40in sections (each side needs 1 40in section) You'll have 1 extra 40in piece (for a future cage?) and 1 24in scrap piece (use it in your barn/home/or whatever). If you are low on money, buy 1 at a time, just have them cut at the store as you buy them. You'll need to buy 4 total for 1 cage (but remember, you'll have an extra 40in piece each time you build a cage so on your 3rd cage, you'll only need to buy the 3 cut in half cause you'll already have the side pieces) I couldnt find any political signs to use as dividers so I just used hardware cloth to divide the cage. (It was the cheapest option I could think of at the time) I've made 2 of these and now have enough for a 3rd (just havent made it yet) These are definitely wonderful cages!

Now that is one heck of a good cage! Great job!!!

Awesome!!!1 I am definitely making these for when I get my rabbits this year. Thanks for the brilliant idea!!

Wow that’s pretty amazing looking, can’t wait to try it and God bless you brother

Wow those look great John! Can't wait to see what they look like mounted..

That’s fantastic!! Wonderful idea! Turned out great!

That's awesome I recently got free mink cages which are the size of a hay bale and can hold rabbits. 10 of them!

wowzer! You are the perfect dude!! Great video and cages are fantastic!!

So glad you came up on my recommended page! OMG this is fantastic and what I need to build! Thank you so much for this!

Just found your channel a week ago. Have watched almost all of your vids now. Love it dude! Keep em coming. It's good to watch a guy doing stuff in reality!

man this is such a great idea when we get started with rabbits this is the way we will go with our cages thanks for the great video god bless

I really like those cages. Thanks for the video.

Those work really good... I used it for a lid with a hinge on a feeding trough where I keep my baby chickens.