Rabbit Cage Build

[Texas Grown]

Those look great Bobby~!

[Backwoods101]

Those look great Bobby~!

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[doug]

Dang now your a paid carpenter! I'm impressed!

[Chew]

Thanks. Beautiful day outside yesterday. Enjoyed building by them.

[Radar]

Chew, you are doing pretty good work, impressive for sure.

[RascalArms]

Chew, you are doing pretty good work, impressive for sure.

All that while squeezing in a little crime fighting along the way.

https://twitter.com/HCSOTexas/status/1250717539988013056?s=19

The man is talented!!

[Chew]

Those look great Bobby~!

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Dang now your a paid carpenter! I'm impressed!

Thanks guys! Got 4 more customers lined up now. Gonna be busy.

Chew, you are doing pretty good work, impressive for sure.

The wife won't quit talking about meeting up with Radar to learn about moonshine. =)

All that while squeezing in a little crime fighting along the way.

https://twitter.com/HCSOTexas/status/1250717539988013056?s=19

The man is talented!!

Been a long morning...or short night. Can't remember.

[tps7742]

Looking good Mr Chew, great idea. Rabbits have been mentioned for years as the ultimate self sufficiency meat that doesn’t take up allot of room. Start you a worm bed under the cage, you have fish bait and worm casting etc for the garden.

[Stick'n'String]

Just seeing this thread so I’ll have to check out the videos later when I get a chance.
I built all my cages out of schedule 80 pvc. They are really light and easy to move. I move my cages twice a day to keep them on fresh grass and cut down on feed costs. The pvc pens work so good, I’m going to build a big one for my broiler chickens.

[gburk]

just noticed this thread as well. Fun project!
i was in the rabbit biz for awhile when my kids did FFA, i think i was up to maybe 12 Californian does. I ran into three problems: 1) air conditioning is generally needed to get them to breed in time for show season- not an issue for you. 2) my kids and wife never really loved the meat that much. they didn't object to the flavor but the sharp bones are different from chicken and they never really got on board. 3) the cost of feed.. i was on the hook for lots of bags of fairly expensive pellets. If you have a good source of alfalfa and maybe a wholesale hookup for pellets you can keep costs down. Otherwise i found it not nearly as economical as pigs or chickens.

Bottom line, if your wife thinks it's a good thing, keep it up!
Good luck!

[gburk]

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[Chew]

just noticed this thread as well. Fun project!
i was in the rabbit biz for awhile when my kids did FFA, i think i was up to maybe 12 Californian does. I ran into three problems: 1) air conditioning is generally needed to get them to breed in time for show season- not an issue for you. 2) my kids and wife never really loved the meat that much. they didn't object to the flavor but the sharp bones are different from chicken and they never really got on board. 3) the cost of feed.. i was on the hook for lots of bags of fairly expensive pellets. If you have a good source of alfalfa and maybe a wholesale hookup for pellets you can keep costs down. Otherwise i found it not nearly as economical as pigs or chickens.

Bottom line, if your wife thinks it's a good thing, keep it up!
Good luck!

The TAMUK Composite Rabbits we are breeding are designed to be heat tolerant. We will see how it goes. We only have 3 now. I butchered 3 meat rabbits a few weeks ago. Just got a buck and 2 doe. Not ready to breed yet. Maybe end of May.

[gburk]

cool - the big ears should help.

[Stick'n'String]

Where did you get a hold of your rabbits? I’d be interested in some TAMUK breeding stock. Mine just came from a local feed store one year around Easter. I’m not sure of the breed, but I’m pretty sure I got Rex Rabbits

[Chew]

Where did you get a hold of your rabbits? I’d be interested in some TAMUK breeding stock. Mine just came from a local feed store one year around Easter. I’m not sure of the breed, but I’m pretty sure I got Rex Rabbits

There's not a lot of places. But I'm on a Tamuk Facebook page and I've seen a few. I went to royse city. But I see your south. There is a guy in Freeport that I remember seeing. Let me know when you're ready and I'll help you. We should be having 2 litters around the 1st of July if the breeding goes well at the end of may