My brother had a dog kennel (chain link, 6X6X10 with a door) left behind from renters that he gave me. I put a roof on it, added small chicken wire to the bottom 2 feet to prevent babies from escaping and set it all on a cement floor for easy cleanout, I put in 1 buck and 1 doe. They have produced babies like clockwork ever since. I remove the buck at times so she can have a break. I have lost very few babies and have enough meat to share with my aging parents. I added plenty of boxes for the buck, doe, and babies to hide in. Also lots of straw that they hide in and poo on that goes straight to the garden.

Those are the happiest rabbits I have ever seen. lol. . Thanks for the video. I thought I was insane , for wanting happier rabbits. lol.

I like your colony. I would love to see the expansion

LOL the first thing I thought when it started to play was, yeah he's gonna love that when the new wears off and they begin to tunnel out. I'm in the process of building a big outside pen like that so mine aren't always in pens, but I picked up a bunch of junk chain link fence for free off Craigslist and am laying it down on the ground, and hooking the sides of the pens to it. We'll shovel dirt on top of that and sod it, then they can't dig out.

They look very happy--good job

Please tell me how you keep them from digging out and what you used for fence posts and fencing! It looks sooo great!

I hope those buns lived good lives

After the novelty wore off of the new enclosure they started to chew and burrow out. I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did. But I got their air conditioned enclosure built so they're happy now!

I'm sure we would all love a update video

if i were to try doing this again i would put it inside of a greenhouse and get a large supply of mulch to constantly cover up the old stuff.

Love it. Cant wait to use some of your ideas! Thanks.

That's actually a great idea. We'll be doing the same here ourselves shortly so they can escape the heat come summer time. We're in the middle of a storm shelter build so for us it's one project at a time!

Thank you for the replay. Good luck to you.

My taste buds are in heaven looking at these bunnies

those are some happy bunnies !

They look like their having fun.

The cool things about rabbits is that they CAN inbreed without feer of a fifth leg growing out of thier forehead. If you're concerned about show quality then there is a small diference. In Californians, if a bro. and sis. mate then they can have a slight silvery tinge to their fur and that's not show quality. Other than that it's no biggie. We breed them for meat so we don't worry about it.

The visual is great but the black type is impossible to read. I wish you had just told us what you've done and how you did it. It looks great! What did you do to stop them from tunneling out?

i hear people saying you dont want to raise rabbits too close to chickens because they share a lot of the same disease. i havent had that issue(my birds free range and like to hang around the bunny hutches(they scratch around under them to eat the bugs living in the poo) still, something to keep in mind. Some people put wire on the ground to prevent digging. worked for me at one time when i had a colony set up.

Nice setup up I have a rabbit colony myself have couple vids posted

Bunny heaven. Even if they're killed later, it sure beats the life of an average pet rabbit.

do you have a new post with the new bunny barn. Would love to see it. Just built a pen for my rabbits too. Love the idea of them living more naturally. They certainly look happy.

They are obviously very happy in there doing binkies and all that but even though you have a great space, 15 might be a bit too much...

I love cali rabbits they so cute

So I'm a vegan and I'm highly against eating meat in any way and I am a hardcore rabbit lover too but I want to say even though you are raising them to be eaten your doing way better than most others. Many people will keep half of those rabbit in not much more than a 2x2 and call the people who keep rabbits as pets dumb when we say things like they need more space, wire bottoms are bad, they should be kept inside (this is true I want to say but your doing a better job than most people so if you don't have a room you can just straight up give to the rabbits as they aren't spayed or neutered and may spray or make other messes if kept in a "human room), and also when we say things about their diet. I saw someone who just threw in vegetables and no hay (I wasn't able to see any hay in yours, grass can work partially as an alternative but grass hay is really what's essential, as your probably not attached enough to pay 20-30 dollars weekly on Oxbow or small pet select hay I would say go to a feed store if you have a choice. It's about 2-4 dollars more for a large bale and is much better quality than like cattle hay) I'll give you a 5%, much better than everyone else but at the same time, your still killing them.

My chickens and rabbits tend to get along fine. I have a small door opening the coop into the chicken run but I never close it. The chix go in to roost and come out when they're ready. They practically take care of themselves. The bunnies on the other hand need to be closely monitored in this TX heat.

This is the best idea sense Microwavable pizza!!!

Very nice bro

Great video. How do they do in the heat? I'm thinking of raising NZ/Cali crosses in central Texas.

Are these meat rabbits? If so, finally someone who has a bit of respect for the rabbits!! Finally someone who keeps them in conditions that are not fucking atrocious and unethical!! I applaud you.

how to prevent them from digging and escaping ?

Have any problems with predators like owls or hawks? And how much money was put into the fencing? Great video!

Very nice very very nice.

wow that is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a california bunn, she is like a third child to me but she's a inside bunny.

i tried this, and while its neat in the short term, it doesn't work in the long term. the rabbit will soon eat all of the grass and cover the entire floor with poop,which you will have to continuously add mulch to cover up, which will collect water like a sponge when it rains. Then because of the ground being continuously wet the rabbit will start to develop fungal and bacterial problems and start to die off.

Yup, yup...very true. My chix (RI Reds and Golden Stars) chase the smaller rabbits. (But they don't hurt them.) It's pretty entertaining actually!

Son bellos los amo ...yo tuve un tiempo pero tuve k regalarlos me hicieron muchos destroso y no tenia un lugar a propiados para ellos ...pero los recuerdo mucho

lol hobbit holes! now if i ever get a rabbit, I'll name name him bilbo! X3

This is awesome. What type of logs are they do the rabbits chew on them at all?

Video very good 👍🔔

This is such a great pen! I love to see the rabbits in a more natural setting. Do you leave all the rabbits in the pen over night? How do you deal with predators? I'm sure a wire top would help with hawks and such but what about raccoons and fishers digging under or through the fence? Also do you let your does kindle in the pen? Once again great video!!!!

very nice

I am a new SE TX breeder, Hollow Kingdom Rabbitry and Reds. I wish we could get our rabbits off the wire for some playtime once in awhile, but we are afraid of them getting parasites. Also, they need to keep clean for shows, and I've heard baths aren't good for them. I will ask the Premier One company which electric fence net they make that could work for rabbits. We could set it up only on nice days for the rabbits to play, and think of some portable "hobbit holes" to make.

If you want to you can se my pen/cage. It's still under construction but thanks for lots of ideas you gave me! :) I can't make mine too big since we have too many predators that will kill them (and I'm not rich enough to buy tons of net and materials) but I hope it will work for 3 does + kits when it's done :)

Best video,I've had 80 in one time you will need more space

Thanks for the tip. We've since built a climate controlled "bunny barn" with an extended "play yard" and doggy door. So they can come and go as they please. =)

How is the cleanup in this setting? Simply rake up?

Will they give birth to their kits in the buckets as well? Or do you have to put in nesting boxes?

Can they dig out and escape? I have one of these and want to make this in my yard but not if she escapes!

How do you prevent fights between them? As far as I know rabbit is a territorial animal and tends to fight with other rabbits when it feels that its territory is threatened. Really need your answer. Thanks in advance......

Yeah it's just plastic netting. I have dirt piled on both sides of the net about 3-4 inches high now. They don't seem to interested in digging out. They burrow around the little yard but thats it. I don't water the colony's ground much. Only if we go too long with no water. I usually just go with the rain cycle.

If you could tell me which part of Texas I'd be happy to give you some more info.

well done

Does the male live with them the whole time?

Super.

Very good. I am from Uzbekistan but in my counrty we have not Californian.

Anybody interested in building an enclosed "Bunny Barn" let me share a hard earned lesson with you. Unless you want to be chasing rabbits at 2AM because they burrowed out of the barn do this: scoop out 2-3 inches of dirt from inside the enclosure, lay down welded wire fencing (real cheap at Lowes..$36 - 50' long 4' high (2x3" squares)) flat on ground then cover back up. NO ESCAPES!! I should rename it Alcatraz! =)

LOVE IT :-)

I luv it and the rabbits are so happy...but what about the baby bunnies ?? Safe ??

Colony style is the only way to go....

It's part of our daughters' responsibilities to keep the manure situation in control. It's simply raked up and put in the compost pile. As for problems? Not for me! (Ask the Twilight loving teens in my house if it's a problem for them to clean rabbit poop!) =)

how do you control the population? do you fence out males? im planning to do free range in my small yard but im afraid I'll bite off more than I can chew

Great to see someone trying this. I did as well. I had issues with long term management of waste - it becomes a time requirement to remove excess amounts with that many rabbits in a defined space. As well, it works much better raising your own colony with only your rabbits. NEVER mix someone else's rabbits in yours. Can obtain devastating results for disease control and fighting between does. How do you manage these two issues?

Do you have any fighting going on especially between males?

ever had any problems with hawks or predators of the sky?

Free chainlink beats my $40 field wire. Free is always best!

I know the video is old but do you still feed them hay and pellets or they just forage? how big was your set-up? how is the colony now? Thank you!

I want to do this but I'm afraid where I live opossums, raccons and probably the worse ones cats flood the neighbor is there anything I can do to maybe bypass that?

lol hobbit holes! now if i ever get a rabbit, i

UPDATE to this video: We've since done away with this set up due to the real killer of rabbits here in TX. The heat. These californians can't really tolerate much more than about 90 degrees. We've actually watched them seize up and die. So what I've done is built what we call "The Bunny Barn", complete with A/C. Now we have about 50 rabbits breeding all crazy like whenever and whereever they please. Some die, most survive, just like in the wild.

none of them get snatched up by birds of prey?

u wonder if you could do a tick toc pen to go along with this let them eat the grass for maybe 2 or 3 days then at night let them run around in there little pen then move them along? in the main pen? would they go back to there "home pen" on there own question questions

How do you deal with the mannure, or I should ask better, how do the rabbits deal with the mannure all over the place ? Does it create any sort of problems for them or you ?

Do you keeps your bucks in there too

I live in the "outer suburbs" if that makes any sense. (We call it our "suburban farm".) We do have coyotes that'll come up to people front doors from time to time but we don't sorry about predators. Cats are my biggest worry but the dogs aleviate those.

How do you keep animals from getting in? I want to do something like this but worried about hawks, raccoons, etc

This is exactly what i want to do. Do you have a problem with them becoming 'wild'?

What are some benefits of raising rabbits colony style? Thinking about it

i think that this awesome

Where did u get the netting??

very nice the best

how do you start one without them fighting??

hey what do you do about them digging under the fence?? i have a coop with run for egg/meat chickens and am thinking of having this next to it so i could have some meat rabbits

How do you prevent them from digging a tunnel?

WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN A STRONG RAIN COMES???AND THE WATER WILL ENTER THE HOLES ... THEY WILL BE VERY COLD AND WET... WHAT DO U THINK THE SOLUTION?

Pretty nice won't they dig out

i plan on moving to texas. i wanted to have a bunch of rabbits among other animals but wasn't sure what kind of predators you have around there.

Do you mix the males in with the females

did this workout?

Have you considered installing a "No dig Apron" so they are less prone to digging under your fence?

I'd love to do this but they poo everywhere and so we have to then move them weekly!

Im thinking about getting 2-3 rabbits. i wanna set something up like this for them and maybe 2-3 chickens. i have a chicken coop with a automatic door that i want to attach to a fenced in range. I was wondering, do you think it would be possible to get them to kinda roost inside the coop at night. And then when the doors open they will be free to the small fenced in area? I was thinking about putting cages inside the coop with nest boxes or hidey holes inside them. Thanks, Daniel

We sell ours on Craigslist. $20 for juniors and $25 for adults. (Unless we get a real pretty batch and they're $5 more)

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Suburbs? Acreage?

We don't. And...you can't. We actually selectively bred the females then removed the males. The all kindled (gave birth) then a month later there were more...then MORE!!! Either bunnies turn asexual like frogs when there is no male around (which they don't!) or missed a male and he's been having a hay day with all those girls! =)

Do you know where I can rent two dozen white rabbits for a day?

I have 3 Ca. bunnies....they are indoor bunnies but go out when its nice and not to hot outside....we have a room in our home just for them :) and they are litter trained....the first thing I thought of was how the heck are you going to keep them from tunneling out...but then i saw your answer.....having so many bunnies breeding together are you not having the males fight and kill each other? I liked your pen they seemed to like it also....do they still go outside?

here in texas are you also i might be interested in buying some