RABBIT HUTCH - PREDATOR PROOF - How To Build
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2020
- Let's build this beautiful Rabbit Hutch from scratch. Detailed measurements are in the video. This took about a weekend to build. I would suggest using treated wood. Yes, the bunnies might nibble on it a little. It won't make them sick. We have a small twig and a 4 inch piece of 1"x1" untreated in each cage for them to nibble on. Treated wood will last longer outside.
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The intro to this got you a new subscriber 😂
“kinda like leaving a party at R-Kelly’s house “ lol
Hello, I'm from Indian occupied KASHMIR. People in my Kashmir Valley usually don't have much intrest in Rabbitry but I bought a pair of Newzeland white Rabbits of just 1 month old and got 6 healthy new bunnies after 7 months in her first litter. All survived and they are of 1 month old now as well.
I was planning to give them to my relatives as a gift😀but after watching this video couple of days ago, I decided to keep all my rabbits and bulid a hutch like this and I built it now for them. It costed me Rs 8000/= and m happy to have hutch like this ....A new home for my Rabbits. ❤❤❤❤
Thanks for this wonderful video😍❤😀😗
That's awesome! I'm glad to hear that the video helped. I've recently built a rabbit run that's fully covered. I still use the hutches but really like the run because the rabbits can freely run around. No video on it yet, but I'll make one, one day.
@@HalfAHandyman Make the video!!
Excellent video. I appreciate the inclusion of all the cut lengths, good craftsmanship, clear explanations, and an honest assessments of things you'd change in version 2.0. Keep the videos coming.
Thank you very much!
Thank you for sharing rabbit hutch..new fren here from philippines
No problem. Thank you for watching
Very Informative, thank! My children will love this rabbit hutch.
Awesome! Glad you liked it.
Awesome video with great information. I love your humor and the way you explain how to do certain cuts. This is the video I needed to see to help me build a hutch for our new rabbit adventure. Your building/construction content is much appreciated and needed. I can't learn from just anyone but you do it in a way that makes it compute. Thank you. Make more videos.
Thank you. Glad you liked it.
You just won a ticket to awesome town!
😆 🤣 😂
Hilarious!
And talented!
Thanks! Glad you liked it.
Great job, thanks for having great audio.
No problem and thank you
@@HalfAHandyman I have been watching a ton of rabbit hutch construction videos, I think you might regret not putting hanging all wire 14 gauge cages under that nice structure you built. I would bet the manure is going build up over the wood. I had rabbits 40 years ago and that was one of my problems in the cages I built at the time.
@@VideoconferencingUSA The 16 gauge wire seems to be working ok. On my 2nd hutch, I made the cross members vertical and used 4ft wide wire. Luckily I haven't had much problems with poop buildup.
So impressed with your skills and thoroughness with making precise measurements and angles! You are funny too! Thank you!!
Thank you and thanks for watching
Very well done video. And liked the comical relief also. Thanks for making it.
No problem! Thanks for the thanks. Lol
This is a really well done video - Thank you for posting! Hope to see more content from you.
Thank you very much. I just posted a video about the second hutch I built.
Well done hope to get more skills.
Thank for the knowledge.
No problem. Thanks for watching
Amazing hutch, amazing workmanship, amazing vid !! I will be incorporating all your tips in my hutch, which coincidentally is about the size of yours. And i just got a new blade. Gonna take the old one out of the trash. Thanks a mil !!
Loved it. Great craftsmanship.
Thank you so much for this video! So informative and helpful. I will be using this as inspiration to build a rabbit hutch! Thank you!
Awesome! I'm happy to hear it. I have a watering setup video that might interest you. It has been working great for months.
Very well built. Nice job!!!
Thank you! I appreciate it!
Glad I find this way too late. Lol. Subbed. Great sense of humor
I appreciate it. Thank you!
@@HalfAHandyman I appreciate your skills and humor. Thank you!
This is great video! The best I've seen actually. I will definitely be using this video as a guide. Thanks for sharing 👍🏽
No problem. Thank you
Well done sir. You are a true craftsman.
Super deluxe hutches. I build mine somewhat similar but those hinges and latches are a little expensive here being well over 10 cents each. I use quarter inch diameter metal rod for hinges using a short piece top bottom at one side for the door to pivot on. I use a couple of old washers or similar material to hold the door up a little for clearance on the bottom. My door frames I use 2x4 ripped in half and drill a hole at a downward angle through the door frame and into the door jamb and use thin piece of steel rod in this hole as a latch. For easier closing I open up the hole in the jamb to a larger diameter so you don't need to have everything lined up exactly perfect to close it.
Impressive!
That's pretty pimp of a hutch, thanks for the measurements
Thanks. No problem
thanks, he's looking good
Beautiful job
Thank you
Great video, very detailed my friend! Thank you!
No problem. Thanks for watching.
That intro made me click subscribe immediately!
Loved this! You had me cracking up don’t change😂
Thank you. Glad you liked it.
I enjoy your intro, lol . :-) Thanks for sharing how to make a cool rabbit hutch. Gonna try, but I don't think anyone will be jealous of mine.
Thank you. You got this!
Wow 😲 l liked it
Ok. It is a good video, surprisingly. I was losing hope at the beginning, but I’m glad I watched it.
Glad to hear it. Thanks
LOVE it. A bit above my handy level, but . . . it's awesome.
Thank you very much!
It’s easier than it looks. Go slow, measure twice cut once, rewatch the video several times to be sure, you’ll easily get it done right….
Lol
The R Kelly joke has aged well LOL
Great video man!
Thank you!
Love the video
I made this hutch. The only thing I did differently was I put in a tray that slid along the bottom above the wire, so that the rabbits wont get sore hocks.
Awesome glad to hear that! If it's a solid tray, it might start collecting droppings
I am so glad I found your video, I live in the middle of the woods and I've always had problems with predators and my chickens. I did not want to go through all that with my rabbits that I'm planning on getting 😆
Awesome! Good luck. Im working on a pen to try colony raising. I have predators here too, so I'm building it fully covered.
Nice work broski. New sub. Keep up the good quality work
Thanks man
New subscriber.. very informative and well executed.
Thank you very much!
Thanks for the good lesson
Thanks for watching
I subscribed by the way👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks
@@HalfAHandyman yessir
Nice hutch sir... I do have my rabbit in a cage and a recycle hutch... Keep it up... Already parked here... God bless
Thanks for commenting. Ill have a 3rd grow out hutch as soon as the price of lumber goes back down.
@@HalfAHandyman welcome sir
Leaving a party at R-Kelly house 😂😂😂😂
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dude where did you go?!?! I just found your channel subscribed but it looks like you havn't posted in a year :( I think you should start back up! you're funny and you do a great job. Love how you show the measurements, very helpful.
Its probably been 2 years. Thank you very much. It's a pain holding the camera, get all the shots for the video, and build what ever im doing at the same time. I tried getting my lady to hold the camera, but shes not interested. I did read her your comment hoping she would change her mind, but nope.
@@HalfAHandyman Dang lol, I just ask my lady to come out and hold boards for me while I build the hutch (I don't have as many clamps as you). She said nope.
Harbor freight has clamps for fairly cheap. Glad to see im not the only one. Lol
Tbh i won't make this but it was very interesting to watch new subscriber!
Thank you. Lumber is too expensive right now anyway. A rabbit run is a better way to go.
The cage looks amazing
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Thank you
I'm getting some major Bob Ross vibes here. Lol
You think galvanized staples would be fine in the treated wood instead of stainless? Awesome job man! I’m building this today!
it would probably be fine
I wonder how many 2x4s you used...? Nice build!
I dont remember. Its been a while since I built it.
hi awsome video im doing one on saturday. Was woundering how many 2 bye 4 did u need to build this ?
I was going to ask why you didn't frame your studs on edge but its not really holding much weight and then you answered at 9:20. Good sense of humor, keep making videos.
Yes, thank you for watching. I did make a slight design change on the 2nd hutch I built. I used 2x6's on the length of it. Ill be building a 3rd 3 bay grow out hutch the same way when the lumber prices go down. If that ever happens.
@@HalfAHandyman Awesome, I'm keeping your design in mind when I build mine
I was enjoying your vidio on treated wood for hutch build. I noticed looked like brackets , two per box on back wall . About 2x3 looks like metal. What are they? Also you painted black paint half way up walls . What's that for . Thanks. Stephen fm oklahoma city
About how many rolls of wire did you use with that particular wire you referenced?
That’s gonna be the way I make my car most definitely like if you Sol do it this way
What size does each rabbit’s space come out to be?
If you build it with these dimensions you will have to lean in and have parts of your torso in the cage if the rabbit doesn’t want to come out and goes to the back of this cage, that can be daunting to certain people especially when talking about the one rabbit that is “feisty.” If you change the measurements so that cages are only 24 inches front to back (and 36 inches wide) you won’t have that problem. Most professionally built/commercially sold cages sold for battery growing are 24 inches by 24 inches or 24 inches deep by 36 inches wide (larger cages than that almost always are top opening). If you stick with 24 inches front to back even smaller persons with shorter arms should be fine.
Also, you can stack the cages as long as there is sheet metal on angle to drop the pee & poo from top cage behind the bottom cage (instead of on their downstairs neighbor’s head) and still easily reach in as long as they are only 24 inches deep and set at the right height….
I have been researching rabbits off and on for a long time (have helped friends with their rabbits but haven’t owned any yet; I move around a lot due to military service), my barn plan for my off grid property in Alaska (will retire to there late next year) will include cage space for at least 20 rabbits but I plan on keeping no more than 16 breeders at a time. I will have them in a barn, stacked two high ten cages wide on one wall of the barn with all the droppings going down into a trough so I can set the hose in one end of the trough and clean everything out the other end in a few minutes…. I didn’t invent that style, saw several pictures of commercial rabbit farmers (ranchers? Neither sounds right) doing similar but they went three or four cages high for minimum space waste. I also saw cages stacked similarly but with pans requiring individual clean out in several books, including IIRC in The Have More Plan (which everyone should read, even city people), and the Encyclopedia of Country Living.
I hope you all have good luck raising bunnies and keeping out badgers and foxes (I will have to contend with bears as well, meaning my dog run has to have a couple big protection/herding dogs and surround the barn completely. My property has a 900 pound grizzly currently residing there, I felt no need to try and chase him off as he is in a back corner and I’m not yet there full time. Even if I chase him off the area has very little in the way of humans and more bear waiting to move into his den)…
If it wasent 10 bucks a 2x4 this would be awesome
No kidding. I'd build a 3rd one, but not for what it would cost now.
Great video seems though rabbits would overheat. Have you used it during warm 80+ degree days?
Thanks. In 100 degree days, it still works.
Great build. I’m considering building one of my own. How much would you estimate this cost to build
Probably around $600-800. Thanks
😂😂this is great thank you!!
Thanks for watching
I don't know what they treat the pt lumber with here in CA, the lumber is very dry to the point of 'crispy' and easily cracked and splintered. It has tiny slits all over. It also gets brown/reddish coating, not greenish like yours.
I like your instruction video but I may have to use regular KD lumber with mine and put a water sealant on it.
Do you have any way we can donate to you? We made a hutch that we are very happy with all thanks to you!
That's awesome! I'm glad the video helped. No i don't unfortunately. Thank you very much though.
This hutch is awesome...I would love to get the same type build is that something you would do for a price...???
No, I just did it for me. You could probably find a local handyman that would make one for you.
I like your video style. It is very easy to understand. I like the strength and safety of your design. BUT I don't think you gave them enough room...especially if using them as brooder pens.
Thank you. You would have to see the size in person. They each get alot of room. If you're referring to a grow out pen then your right, they can't be used for that. Ill be building one with one small bay and two large bays for growouts hopefully soon.
@@HalfAHandyman Nice answer. Thank you! I look forward to the next video.
BRAZIL here
Hi! thanks for stopping by
3 years later, how does it hold up? Still using it?
still working great
did you use treated wood for the base that touches the ground?
Yes, it's all made from treated lumber.
Off hand do you know how much lumber you purchased? I want to pick up the lumber and start building this, this weekend. 🙂
It's was so long ago that i don't remember. I'll look around to see if i have it written down somewhere. Im in process of building a colony pen. If you have the space and are able too, maybe take a look at that. Building materials are over priced right now. It might save you a few dollars.
@@HalfAHandyman still love it. i am building it and am 90% done. wish we could post progress photos.
You didn't put wire mesh in the ceiling to keep the mice out.the corrugated roof doesn't prevent critters from getting in.
nothing gets in
I love the video so if you don't mind can you tell me how much wood you needed altogether
Its been awhile, but I think it was around 20 2x4s at 8ft, (6) at 12. I built my 2nd hutch a little differently.
@@HalfAHandyman ok thank you
@@thedizzleenterpriseoutdoor420 no problem
Nice hutch! Fixing to build one, like your ideas and quality.
I understand they need to be kept cool, and would think about adding some operable panels on the ends and back, up high, with wire of course.
You never 'splained why the two smaller doors- buck rooms?
Also, 4 feet deep ? I'm 6'1" and have purdy long arms but your shirt is gonna get dirty leaning in, ain't it? Just sayin'..
Yes the small bays are for the bucks. You really want to make the hutchs/bays as big as possible. A full size doe with 11, 4 week old babies takes up a lot of room. Sometimes i stand on a cinder block to reach back. Its only a slight inconvenience for me , but it's better for them in the long run. The floor and doors are wire, they get plenty of ventilation. You would want to keep the sun off of them in the summer.
What happens with the poo and pee, do you have a system for that? Great video BTW!!
Thank you. I scoop it away if it gets bad.
@@HalfAHandyman I thought you may have a system like one dude on UA-cam had a gutter system. He was no where as entertaining as you though.
Thank you. I should probably build something like that, but I have half of my herd in a rabbit run I've built. So the droppings arent that bad. Haven't made a video on that yet.
Hi just want to ask. If your rabbit got a diarhea what medicine you give or what treatment you do?
I haven't had that problem yet, so I really don't know. Good luck
Can you make a video on how to mosquito proof a hutch, I have a lot of mosquitoes in Colorado
Lol! If you can find the secret to that, let me know and we'll both be rich.
@@HalfAHandyman 😉
Hey is there any way that you can send me a list of all of the materials that you used for this build!? I’m going to build one tomorrow for our new bunnies. Thank you!!
I dont have a list. I just figured out what I needed before going to the hardware store. Good luck with you build
@@HalfAHandyman thank you! Got everything needed yesterday and trying to get it done here in a couple days!
How do you reach the rabbits if they are all the way in the back of the hutch?
You need long arms lol. I stand on a cinder block to get them sometimes.
If you build it so that cages are only 24 inches deep you won’t have that problem. Most professionally built/commercially sold cages are 24 inches by 24 inches or 24 inches deep by 36 inches long. If you stick with that you should be fine. Also, you can stack the cages as long as there is sheet metal on angle to drop the pee & poo from top cage behind the bottom cage and still easily reach in as long as they are only 24 inches deep….
@@Rick_Sanchez_C137_ so putting them in criminally small areas? That's horrific. They need more space then that.
This roof is sufficient coverage to keep them dry even during winter?
Yes
Could you put a link for the roofing you used? thanks
Wondering about building a spot for the rabbit to go that's not wire, to give their feet a rest.
Resting mats! Easy to clean and removable. They sell them on Amazon pretty cheap
Just lost all four of our rabbits today to a fox. My wife and daughters are devastated. They were inside a cyclone fence run, and in individual hutches. Fox still managed to get in and got into all 4 hutches. I desperately need a hutch like this one, but it is WAY outside my capability to build. Does anyone have any idea how I could get this or something like it built? Does anything like this exist for purchase somewhere? I'm willing to pay whatever is necessary, but so far I can't find anything but crappy pre-made options like the one the fox just got through.
Im sorry to hear about your loss. You could try calling a handy man service and see if they can build you one. Just know that building materials are extremely over priced because of the price gouging right now. Good luck
Nice video, supporting each other here. Keep it up 🐇
Thank you
Do you have a blueprint available to this hutch?
No sorry. I just figured out what size I wanted and started building from there.
Okay thanks! We're just getting started and wanna build as similar to this as we can manage and I'm not even half a handyman 🤣
Why are the doors at the end smaller than the three in the middle?
they are for the males.
wire is not one of the best choices for flooring it can cause sore hocks on the rabbits feet i would use hay straw or chepa fleece blankets. this is only advice thanks.
It doesnt hurt their feet if thats what you were wondering. Thin hardware cloth most definitely would. I actually get a lot of comments and messages about the wire so I think I'm going to make a video about it. Straw or hay would cause it to become unsanitary because the rabbits would poop and pee on it and the feces would not fall underneath the hutch. I've had it happened before while feeding them hay. Thank you for commenting
@@HalfAHandyman great! Good luck!
What was the cost of this hutch? Very nice by the way!!!
The first one cost around $600. The second (because of lumber price increase) was around $800. I have no idea what it would cost now.
I was going to say "too much" but it's all relative. You can make them cheaper but do it once and done!
make sure they get free roam time
Im not sure what you're talking about, but I've build a large run for them to hop around. I haven't made a video yet. Both hutch and run have the own pros and cons.
@@HalfAHandyman just let them out for a few hours a day to have some free running time because their always in that hutch
I’m not sure why but you remind me of bob ross a bit 😂
Happy little trees
My rabbit says subscribe to this guy
He picks the phone when he sees this guy lol
Who's liking these comments
Your rabbit has good judgment. Keep that one. Lol
@@HalfAHandyman thx youre realy kind both my rabbits loe youre vids and when see them they do binkies lol
Can I get an estimate price to build this?
Total cost for me was around $600. That was before the price gouging on lumber. Probably double that now.
I am just getting into raising rabbits and had a few quick questions about your build. I dont have a table saw, so using 2x2s would be the same as ripping them in half? Also I am assuming the smaller areas are for the bucks?
Im not sure if they sell treated 2x2s. You could try cutting the 2x4 with a circular saw by clamping the 2 ends to a work table or something. Mark a line at 1 3/4 in and cut down it. It might not be safe or come out ok, but its an idea. You could use 2x2s, but i would probably paint them so they last a little longer. Sometimes you can get a cheap table saw on craigslist or Facebook marketplace. I have a video on using treated vs untreated wood. I wont make anything thats going outside, untreated again.
@@HalfAHandyman awesome! Thanks for the tips
No problem
what was total cost to build?
About $600. This was before the lumber price gouging.
How much did it all cost? In NZ that would cost about 20k probably lol
Its been awhile since I built it, but I think it was around $600 USD at the time.
bunny feet says .. close but no cigar
لا اله الا الله
Do you have blue prints for this ?
No sorry. I designed this in my head and built it from there.
Won't the rabbits eat the wood from inside?
They nibble on any edges alittle bit.
Some don't chew I have 9 bunnies in a 8'x5' and they chew on none of the cage, toys or bed:)
Sq lol you should see my hutch.... no maybe not. It's built thought but she's not pretty like yours.
I wil never, ever put my rabbits on a gaze metal wire floor
Are you worried about their paws getting hurt?
@@HalfAHandyman Yes, and they have nothing to do the whole day, nothing to play with
The wire is thick enough were it doesnt hurt them. Thinner hardware cloth would be a problem though. They aren't like us humans that need constant mental stimuli. Ive thought about the same thing though, thats why I made the bays larger than most people do. I would love to have them free range like chickens do, but there isn't enough space here to fence something in. As prey animals they need to be fully protected. I would love to have a communal pin though.
make sure the wire gets covered because if their feet are on wire they can get a condition called sore hocks and its not very nice
With thinner and wider wire, yes. I have not had any problems with sore hocks with this wire.
@@HalfAHandyman u could put towels or hay down for them
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must be uncomfortable)
@@audreyfowler8953 that becomes extremely unsanitary very quickly. Being raised off the ground and having the wire allows the urine and droppings not to build up.
Audrey fowler if the proper wire is used the spacing will make it feel like solid flooring
Why doesn't America change from Imperial to Metric and join the rest of the world?
Good question. No idea.
Why doesn’t the rest of the world change to imperial and be more like America? Better yet, be JUST LIKE America and use both as we see fit. In the seventies I learned both in school, it isn’t difficult. And besides, women like seeing the smallest numbers possible when looking at the scale, what can be better for a woman to switch her weight from 68 kilograms to a mere 10 stones?
For anyone who thinks that conversion would be easy for the USA, understand that the United States comprises 3,796,742 square miles of area (9,833,520 sq km), and has approximately 4,071,000 miles of roads… now consider all the signage telling everyone how far it is to the next exit, city, rest stop… those signs would just need to be converted, some would need to be moved, the cost to change the numbers on the signage alone would be astronomical, much less moving the signs where necessary…. if you want your country to pay for it than feel free to triple your taxes paid for the next decade to cover it, but we’re happy over here going back and forth between both systems and not paying hundreds of billions of dollars just to make our signage look like yours….