That's great news! Once thing I noticed is that anything with wood doesn't have great longevity with regard to sanitary and cleanliness. A newer version (though more work and more expensive) is to build an all-wire cage that's 8' long and then suspend it from a wooden frame. Everything stays cleaner, but it's definitely more effort.
Really hard to believe how no one has mentioned that many predators do not even slow down for chicken wire. Everything considers rabbits prey and chicken wire only stops birds and small cats.
I've been really lucky or I'm just trigger happy with the staples to attach it. Some neighborhood pitbulls got into my back yard and tried like crazy to get to my rabbits. They couldn't get through the chicken wire, though they did topple one of the 100lb growout cages and got to them that way.
Do not use 1/2" hardwire cloth for meat rabbit flooring--it's cruel. Instead use 14Ga GAW 1/2" x 1" floors. This is a great example of a cage that will get nasty in a hurry. Wood holds in smells, parasites, disease, is hard to clean and does not last long. The best way to build a cage is all metal with 14 gauge GAW wire. A metal 14ga cage can last for decades if cleaned every few months.
Agreed, all wire is the way to go no question. This was more meant to be a quick and low cost way to build a growout cage if you’ve got bunnies taking over. The hardware cloth is tougher to clean, but I wouldn’t go so far as to say it’s cruel over the half inch by 1” flooring. As long as they have a pad to rest their hocks on, I haven’t had any issues. Also depending on your area, that flooring can be hard to find or expensive to get. 14ga flooring comes in 100’ rolls around me and it’s about $350/roll.
Thanks man. I didn't want to run a rabbit tractor and this happened to be exactly what I was looking for!
That's great news! Once thing I noticed is that anything with wood doesn't have great longevity with regard to sanitary and cleanliness. A newer version (though more work and more expensive) is to build an all-wire cage that's 8' long and then suspend it from a wooden frame. Everything stays cleaner, but it's definitely more effort.
@@rusticrabbit2502 I think I may do just that!
New subscriber here! Great video. Looking to get rabbits soon. The Carolina Kind Family Homestead recommended this video. Be well.
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Grandpa used to call em weaning cages
Really hard to believe how no one has mentioned that many predators do not even slow down for chicken wire. Everything considers rabbits prey and chicken wire only stops birds and small cats.
Just replace the chicken wire with welded wire or hardware cloth and it's perfectly fine.
I've been really lucky or I'm just trigger happy with the staples to attach it. Some neighborhood pitbulls got into my back yard and tried like crazy to get to my rabbits. They couldn't get through the chicken wire, though they did topple one of the 100lb growout cages and got to them that way.
Do not use 1/2" hardwire cloth for meat rabbit flooring--it's cruel. Instead use 14Ga GAW 1/2" x 1" floors. This is a great example of a cage that will get nasty in a hurry. Wood holds in smells, parasites, disease, is hard to clean and does not last long. The best way to build a cage is all metal with 14 gauge GAW wire. A metal 14ga cage can last for decades if cleaned every few months.
Agreed, all wire is the way to go no question. This was more meant to be a quick and low cost way to build a growout cage if you’ve got bunnies taking over. The hardware cloth is tougher to clean, but I wouldn’t go so far as to say it’s cruel over the half inch by 1” flooring. As long as they have a pad to rest their hocks on, I haven’t had any issues. Also depending on your area, that flooring can be hard to find or expensive to get. 14ga flooring comes in 100’ rolls around me and it’s about $350/roll.