DIY Rabbit Hutch: How We Built It Without Plans - A Step by Step Guide

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  • DIY Rabbit Hutch: How We Built It Without Plans - A Step by Step Guide
    In this video, we show you how we built a sturdy and functional rabbit hutch without any plans. From gathering materials to the finished product, we take you on a step-by-step journey of our DIY project. Whether you're an experienced carpenter or just starting out, this video is a great resource for anyone looking to build their own rabbit hutch without breaking the bank. With our tips and tricks, you'll be able to construct a hutch that is both functional and stylish, providing a comfortable home for your furry friends.
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  • @TheNakidGardeners
    @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому +16

    We had to build this hutch faster than we wanted to. Click the video to see why: ua-cam.com/video/W5phIBOrp_8/v-deo.html

    • @Celestes_Nest
      @Celestes_Nest Рік тому +1

      I almost never use plans. Glad to see I'm in good company! lol

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому +1

      @Celeste's _Nest I wish I was able to make these plans available to folks who were interested in building this

    • @Celestes_Nest
      @Celestes_Nest Рік тому

      @@TheNakidGardeners ikr?

    • @ivonnet9154
      @ivonnet9154 Рік тому +1

      You give rabbit poop to the chicken??

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому

      @ivonne t yes especially in the summer when it's full of fly larva. It's just like having them follow a herd of cows a few days

  • @TheDboardman
    @TheDboardman Рік тому +2

    I love your build! Great work, just watch your hand with that nailer. Those nails bend very easily even in pine (around knots), took a 15 gauge nail through my finger that was positioned at a 90 degree angle to the nail, it hit a knot, turned and came out of the wood. Talk about a surprise, that woke me up for the day!

  • @meruertmeyer8017
    @meruertmeyer8017 Рік тому +1

    Glad to see you using a real stapler to attach the wire. I have seen some people use a stapler that was meant for paper

  • @pawrandy6147
    @pawrandy6147 8 місяців тому +1

    Awesome build. I have the wire cages and have been thinking about changing them out (for various reasons). I learned a couple of tricks from your build out that I will definitely use when I change mine out. Great commentary too.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  8 місяців тому

      Glad I could help. What breed of rabbits are you raising? How long have you been raising meat rabbits?

  • @Felinemusiclaser
    @Felinemusiclaser Рік тому +2

    The hutch is awesome.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому

      Thank you. A few viewers were asking about this hutch. I'm glad I was able to share with our viewers.

  • @EssayonsFG
    @EssayonsFG Рік тому +3

    Great review and history of the rabbit hutch build, Brother Sid. That came out great for not having plans in hand.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому +2

      Appreciate it, Big Rob. I think if I did have a set of plans it probably would have gone a little smoother. Hopefully, the grow-out hutch for the rabbits will go smoother.

  • @shellnixon8160
    @shellnixon8160 7 місяців тому

    Great cage and ideals.
    Thank you!

  • @Primal-Rage
    @Primal-Rage 4 місяці тому +2

    great looking rabbit hutch. if I may, I'd like to give you some friendly advice.. always put your wire on the inside because the rabbits will chew that wood and eventually get out. putting the wire on the inside stops them from being able to chew the wood. on your partitions, put the wire on both sides. rabbits do extremely well in cold temps.. they're built for it.. it's the hot weather you need to worry about. I know this is a year old now.. and by now I'm sure you've learned all the "tricks of the trade"...

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  4 місяці тому +1

      Thanks. Yes, we have learned. They dont chew on the wood as much anymore now since we give them pine cones once or twice a week.

  • @DoneSlidOffGrid
    @DoneSlidOffGrid 5 місяців тому +3

    Awesome video, I love the idea of the concrete trays. You did a good job of planning everything out. I also love the "what I would have done different " part.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  5 місяців тому

      Thank you! Hindsight is definitely something we want to pay forward for anyone else to get a leg up. We' did our homework and still learn from educated mistakes 😅.....
      Are you planning a build?

  • @chaser1817
    @chaser1817 3 місяці тому

    Thanks for the inspiration! Just finished building mine over the weekend. Just need to slap a roof on and it'll be done.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  3 місяці тому

      That's awesome. If you have instagram, please tag us

  • @parsonsmark
    @parsonsmark 2 місяці тому

    I liked the storage area you have above the cage and below the roof. That works out great for storing pans as you have.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  2 місяці тому +1

      Yes it does! I wanted to have places to store those instead of putting in a different location and have to go and get it or lose it when I needed it. What breed of rabbits do you raise?

  • @DahBear
    @DahBear 10 місяців тому +2

    This was extremely helpful thank you so much!

  • @toddblackwell2034
    @toddblackwell2034 Рік тому +1

    Great job! I am in the planning stages for my new hutch... got a lot of good ideas!

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому +1

      That is great new. Do you already have rabbits? if so, what breed?

  • @TOMMYBITESTVANDLIFE
    @TOMMYBITESTVANDLIFE Рік тому +1

    I enjoyed the build out. This is exactly what I asked my husband to do at the end of the month

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому +1

      I believe if I had had plans, I could have built this in a weekend. Yall raise rabbits?

  • @johncoates8757
    @johncoates8757 4 місяці тому

    Looks really good. Your attention to detail is apparent in the work you did.
    You can add a tile piece in each hutch to allow the rabbit to get off of the wire.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  4 місяці тому +1

      I appreciate the kind words. I just had to throw it together real quick since we kept having the dogs try and get them. We tried that that would rather get up on the platform.

  • @jamesscroggins3486
    @jamesscroggins3486 Рік тому +15

    For not having plans, that rabbit house came out awesome. As a 1st generation design , looks like you already have improvements for gen 2, that is great.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому +2

      Thank you for the kind words. I'm going to carry some of the improvements to the grow out hutch. Do you raise rabbits?

    • @jamesscroggins3486
      @jamesscroggins3486 Рік тому +2

      @@TheNakidGardeners no I do not, but I have seen a lot of rabbit cage setup. You did a awesome job

    • @berniefisher9472
      @berniefisher9472 9 місяців тому +2

      Good morning awesome job. Do you have dimensions to share please.

    • @conniepitts8392
      @conniepitts8392 9 місяців тому +2

      ​​@@berniefisher9472my question too and a list of lumber....I went in half with a first time homesteader...when it came time to "take there britches off"" they couldn't do it....I've just got a male and female back now I need three breeding slots and one Grow out ....

    • @conniepitts8392
      @conniepitts8392 9 місяців тому

      ​@@berniefisher9472I'm in SE. Louisiana,,more like most males will go sterile during very hot weather..we have averaged around a 100 + during this summer....so we are starting to cool down....so now it's breeding season...

  • @thomasreto2997
    @thomasreto2997 2 місяці тому

    Inspiration for us. Thank you.

  • @Monkchip
    @Monkchip Рік тому +2

    Really nice video putting together your rabbit abode. I noticed, after my comment, that you built your rabbit house without plans. That's great. I liked seeing Junior again.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому +2

      You are right! I enjoy the chances I get to have him come out and enjoy his time.

  • @davidrogers3076
    @davidrogers3076 Рік тому +1

    Getting ready to build a new hutch. Really like your set up . looks awesome.
    Enjoyed your video.

  • @conradsenior5843
    @conradsenior5843 5 місяців тому

    Good job for a first attempt. Your lessons learned were super helpful. Thanks.

  • @martihetrick609
    @martihetrick609 5 місяців тому

    I love this one you barely did cutting your materials and the tray system is awesome job

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  5 місяців тому

      Thank you. The tray system is something I wanted to implement to use for gardens and possibly use it to sell. Do you raise rabbits?

  • @SarahPerine
    @SarahPerine Рік тому +1

    Very talented builder!!!

  • @primoservices5636
    @primoservices5636 21 день тому +1

    Nice job exactly how I would build . Functional strong fair for the rabbit and safe. Good work

  • @TheAudioDabbler
    @TheAudioDabbler 3 місяці тому

    I love how she was like...I did ask for that. Your chuckle reminds me of me when my wife is like, "I told you"

  • @Brummettstrailhorses
    @Brummettstrailhorses Рік тому +1

    Amazing job! Now I’m going to have to build one!

  • @TigerLilyGzzTLRoars
    @TigerLilyGzzTLRoars 3 місяці тому

    Great vid. Thanks for sharing all your notes.

  • @GeorgeSmith-pe9vy
    @GeorgeSmith-pe9vy 6 місяців тому

    You showed me some good ideas for when I get ready to build my own hutch. Glad I found your video. 👍👍

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  6 місяців тому

      Appreciate it. Hope you're able to share your build

  • @estyria777
    @estyria777 Рік тому +3

    I'm going to have to remember that screwdriver trick. That was clever. Having a powered stapler sure is nice too, isn't it! I know I wouldn't give mine up. Overall I'm pretty darn impressed. I like the mortar tubs under there to collect the manure, that's a nice trick, and fairly affordable. The challenge with rabbits, that I hear from everybody, is that they chew up everything. So anything in the cage is going to need to be periodically replaced. I researched them a couple years ago, about 4?, and then we ending up moving temporarily into a place where we couldn't keep *any* livestock. Blegh.
    But if we get out onto our desert property around the end of this year, we might add rabbits next year. They are a fairly high meat output for effort put in, easy to clean as I recall, and then there's always the pelts for personal use as a bonus. And manure for the garden! I don't see us being able to raise meat chickens on the ten acres for... possibly quite a few years. There's a lot of work needs doing to have any amount of pasture out there, and my focus is on getting a dairy animal sooner rather than later. We regularly go through a gallon of milk a day, and our intake is only increasing as our kids get old enough to consume more. So that sounds like goats are in our future.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому +2

      Yea, we tried the manual stapler and still have it, but the automatic stapler is by far a game changer on the homestead.
      The screwdriver or flathead was beneficial when trying to make sure the hardware cloth was taunt and stayed taunt throughout the process.
      These are TAMUKs rabbits and bred for the Texas heat. Hopefully, within 30 days, we can have three litters of rabbits.

  • @tennesseemattoutdoors5405
    @tennesseemattoutdoors5405 Рік тому +2

    Awesome design and cool idea. We have coyote around and need to only ad a extra electric fence our GSD keeps most of them away but the fence keeps him away from them even though he knows they are part of his pack! Seriously but lol you never know. Thanks for the good idea. Like your quick cleaning dropping collectors. And touches like pocket holes. PS.good for you for not editing mishaps so we all can benefit and not make it ourself. Awesome job!

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому +1

      Thank you. We try to be as transparent as possible since we are very new to this lifestyle

  • @WildPlumHomesteadMama
    @WildPlumHomesteadMama Рік тому +1

    This is beautiful and brilliant. I'm going to have to show my husband, we need to do some re-arranging of our rabbits.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому +2

      That's great! What type of rabbits do you raise, and how long have you been raising them?

    • @WildPlumHomesteadMama
      @WildPlumHomesteadMama Рік тому +2

      @@TheNakidGardeners We are starting our second year with the rabbits. They are supposed to be Chinchilla, but there's got to be another breed in them because some of the first two litters have patches of white and blue eyes.

  • @jolly_roger_jarhead
    @jolly_roger_jarhead 4 місяці тому +1

    Great video. I love that you left in the mistakes. Cuz we all mess it up. Great ideas.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  4 місяці тому

      Didn't want people who built something like this run into the same mistake.

  • @jennbolen9989
    @jennbolen9989 2 місяці тому

    This is awesome. I’m going to be making this with my boys. Thanks for the video.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  2 місяці тому

      You're welcome. What type of rabbits do you raise?

  • @glenwhite4443
    @glenwhite4443 Рік тому

    Wow, your a 1st-Class craftsman! 👍

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому

      Wow, thanks! Don't know about 1st-class. But I will take it lol

  • @GmamaGrowz
    @GmamaGrowz Рік тому +1

    Nice build 😎 Thanks for sharing!

  • @danielgriff2659
    @danielgriff2659 5 місяців тому

    Good design.. I like the tubs.

  • @dougtaylor3021
    @dougtaylor3021 Рік тому +1

    Excellent build, looks beautiful!!!

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому +1

      Appreciate it. Thanks so much. Do you raise rabbits?

    • @dougtaylor3021
      @dougtaylor3021 Рік тому +2

      @@TheNakidGardeners I used to during y2k for meat. NOW, I'm just building a hutch for my grndtrs bunny. They are cute critters.

  • @VetAquatics
    @VetAquatics 4 місяці тому

    I really want to say i appreciate his video a lot. Thank you for making this, inspired the hutch i'll be building!

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  4 місяці тому

      You're welcome. What breed of rabbits are you raising?

    • @VetAquatics
      @VetAquatics 4 місяці тому +1

      @@TheNakidGardeners Have a few rexes and a lop, working on getting harlequin pairs :)

  • @robertallen3133
    @robertallen3133 9 місяців тому

    Fantastic Channel and video ! Thank you.

  • @alanfitzgerald9026
    @alanfitzgerald9026 Рік тому +2

    I built my hay feeders out of of scraps of the wire i used for the bottom of my tractors, which is 2'x'4' rectangles. I rolled it in a cylender shape, and its a pretty good size

  • @Imrepenting
    @Imrepenting 6 місяців тому

    Nicely done!

  • @sazisosah877
    @sazisosah877 7 місяців тому

    Enjoyed the video, beautiful stuff

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  7 місяців тому

      Thank you so much. I'm thinking of building a grow out pen for the kit if the ground gets too wet. What do you think the size should be.

  • @leonardomendes736
    @leonardomendes736 4 місяці тому

    Very nice Hutch !!!

  • @frankieroberson3398
    @frankieroberson3398 Рік тому

    I don't know about Peter but Playboy is going to enjoy his new enclosure, thanks a million.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому

      Haha is that your rabbits name? How long have you been raising rabbits?

  • @kattaborart5104
    @kattaborart5104 8 місяців тому

    Looks good. I’ve heard on people putting pieces of 4x4 in with them as chew blocks to defer them from chewing on the cage.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  8 місяців тому

      Yea, they will need something to chew on to keep their teeth filed down

  • @smarbry1
    @smarbry1 Рік тому

    Looks great, thanks for sharing

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому

      Thanks. Do you raise meat rabbits? If so, which breed?

    • @smarbry1
      @smarbry1 Рік тому +1

      @@TheNakidGardeners I’m just now getting up and running but I’m getting New Zealand whites for meat.

  • @LikelyLagging
    @LikelyLagging Рік тому +2

    We have about 90 Flemish giants my grandfather is one of the top breeders/showers in the country and I’ve been looking how to improve our current hutches and these are great! Many thanks for the video

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому +1

      Oh wow! 90! That's amazing. How often do you breed them?

    • @LikelyLagging
      @LikelyLagging Рік тому +2

      @@TheNakidGardeners 3 maybe 4 times a year, they can be bread up to 6 times but we rarely do it unless they produce super nice kits. But yeah it’s ALOT lol we go through a 50lb bag of feed every other day.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому +1

      @@LikelyLagging I can only imagine. We go thru 50lbs of feed every three to four weeks

    • @coloradodogsled
      @coloradodogsled 6 місяців тому

      I need a FG buck!

  • @GGNaturals
    @GGNaturals Рік тому +2

    Sydney, you and Jr did a fantastic job on this! For the record, listen to Tori next time😂. Thanks for sharing!

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому +2

      Thank you, GG. Yea, I was trying to be frugal and not spend a lot of money and waste materials on this.

  • @Nautilus1972
    @Nautilus1972 14 днів тому

    I like Salatin’s idea of keeping chickens under the rabbits and wood shavings/sawdust. Nothing smells bad. The rabbit poop gets mixed up in the shavings by the chickens scratching it out. Collect your high quality compost off the floor twice a year! No cleaning!

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  13 днів тому

      Yea he has a great system in place. But for a small farm it isn't feasible for us. We keep our rabbits in a shaded area and rotational graze our chickens weekly. So far we have not had a bad smell. The Top Gun crew comes by and eat some of the rabbit food they drop and their poop. Besides the mud (due to rainy season) we don't get much smell.

  • @bradgodin4446
    @bradgodin4446 5 місяців тому

    Love this

  • @danielomalley1505
    @danielomalley1505 2 місяці тому

    i like the catch for the poop. great idea

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  2 місяці тому

      Thanks! We are going to start collect more this year

  • @backtoourroots9052
    @backtoourroots9052 Рік тому +1

    Nice design!! Great craftsmanship!! You must be from Houston 😂😂.We have to spend as much time with our boys as possible. This was great to watch. Thanks for sharing. Enjoy your evening

  • @michaelsargent6874
    @michaelsargent6874 2 місяці тому

    I liked your idea and used it. One thing i did was put the dividers on a hinge so they can be opened and closed to allow for the combining of cages.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  2 місяці тому

      Ahhh smart idea. Was thinking of possibly doing something like that. Awesome

  • @indepchic
    @indepchic Рік тому +2

    You built a mansion for those rabbits. Great job!

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому +2

      Haha, thanks. The grow out pen is going to be a revision of that

  • @daydreamer77w46
    @daydreamer77w46 9 місяців тому

    GREAT JOB SND YOU DOD BY YOURSELF

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  9 місяців тому

      Tha k you. It was a lot of work, and I wish there were plans to go by to follow to make it quicker. Do you raise rabbits?

  • @angelaford4148
    @angelaford4148 5 місяців тому

    I think the roof material is good for a rain catchment water system. Awesome design guys. Also I have a two story design where the rabbits can get away from animals that may come attack. It has helped tremendously. I am thinking of combining the hutch and colony Design. I have not done that yet but it’s something I am entertaining.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  5 місяців тому

      Thank you. We get comments about doing a water catchment system for the rabbits. But for days like today, it would help. We are below double-digit temps for a few days.

  • @Stumpman2021
    @Stumpman2021 Місяць тому

    Great video, definitely following

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Місяць тому

      Going to be doing more farming and homesteading content on my other channel since we notice our gardener viewers don't tend to like this type of stuff

  • @Harnetthomestead2024
    @Harnetthomestead2024 5 місяців тому

    Looks great and love the tray idea for poop gathering for a garden

  • @DDD-qt8bw
    @DDD-qt8bw 2 місяці тому

    Nice job!

  • @dougwilson7519
    @dougwilson7519 4 місяці тому +1

    Great job 👍🏽. I watched the dog attack video, you do what you have to do, protect your investment.❤

  • @reneesfoxynews6652
    @reneesfoxynews6652 Рік тому

    OMG THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL!!! Please come build me one!!!❤❤❤❤

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому

      Hahaha I have to build another one for our girl when they have their kits. Video on that to come

  • @Celestes_Nest
    @Celestes_Nest Рік тому

    Awesome workmanship guys!

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому

      Thank you so much. Are you thinking about raising rabbits?

    • @Celestes_Nest
      @Celestes_Nest Рік тому +1

      @The Nakid Gardeners I'd love to raise some. But I hear they are best raised locked in cages. If I could successfully colony raise them, I would.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому

      @Celeste's _Nest depending on your property and your security, you could do colony. It would be more than this setup, probably

  • @simmonds6063
    @simmonds6063 5 місяців тому

    Cool design!

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  5 місяців тому

      Thanks. Do you raise rabbits?

    • @simmonds6063
      @simmonds6063 5 місяців тому +1

      @@TheNakidGardeners Yes, I do American chinchillas. I am going to do something similar to your setup in a new rabbitry/chicken coop where the chickens can process the rabbit waste in situ.

  • @randyrichardson8516
    @randyrichardson8516 Рік тому

    Nice Thanks for the info

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому

      You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed it. Do you raise rabbits?

  • @ericataylor9063
    @ericataylor9063 Рік тому

    Awesome job quys

  • @lostmoose7352
    @lostmoose7352 Рік тому

    👉 By far best vid on the net, also the music ! 🎵🎵🎵 👍

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому

      Awww thank you. Do you raise rabbits?

    • @lostmoose7352
      @lostmoose7352 Рік тому +1

      I am a novice (*retired) after a break of 50 some years with no rabbits...). Dealing with bears, wolves, dogs, racoons and cougars up here in Canada....I am gonna build a rabbit-prison 🤓
      Basically your design but with massive reinforcements ...
      Thanks man, I enjoyed your vid big time 👍

  • @eddiemoney1093
    @eddiemoney1093 29 днів тому

    I built mine (from scratch with no plans) somewhat based on yours (definitely my favorite one on UA-cam, thanks) but with some differences. First it's not on legs, the lower box sits on the ground and I built a ramp into the side with hinges so that it can be opened to let the rabbits into a chicken wire yard in the mornings and evenings. I'm not so worried about predators because our cattle dog patrols the area frequently. Also I built a lot of latches into the doors and lifting roof. Anything that wants to get in there is going to have to work really hard while also being torn to pieces by dogs.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  29 днів тому

      Oh wow sounds interesting. If you have pics on IG please tag us so we can see it.

  • @justforfun4623
    @justforfun4623 Рік тому +1

    Glad I found this video I want to build some rabbit hutches. One thing I am going to do different is just let the poop fall to the ground, will attract composting worms and over the year the worms would add some castings from eating on the poop making it a even better fertilizer than it already is.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому

      Oh we collect our poop to feed the fly larva to the chickens. Now that summer heat is here the flies are too

    • @justforfun4623
      @justforfun4623 Рік тому +1

      @@TheNakidGardeners that works.

  • @StanRobak
    @StanRobak 3 місяці тому

    Very nice!

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  3 місяці тому

      Appreciate it. Do you raise rabbits?

    • @StanRobak
      @StanRobak Місяць тому +1

      @@TheNakidGardeners No but my father in law raised them his whole life-, big stock. He always tried to get me interested in it. Maybe some day!

  • @alexpage7292
    @alexpage7292 9 місяців тому

    That’s a great hutch and you’ve given me inspiration. Thank you and hi from the UK

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  9 місяців тому +1

      Cheers. What breed of rabbits are you raising?

    • @alexpage7292
      @alexpage7292 9 місяців тому +1

      @@TheNakidGardeners We’ve got two male Dutch Rabbits which we rescued

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  9 місяців тому +1

      @@alexpage7292 awesome. Congratulations

    • @alexpage7292
      @alexpage7292 9 місяців тому +1

      @@TheNakidGardeners 😊👍🏻

  • @saddamkhalifa2601
    @saddamkhalifa2601 7 місяців тому

    You just gave me the idea to built my daughter a rabbit hutch for suburban area 😊; Awesome job man

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  7 місяців тому

      That is awesome!

    • @teecount1
      @teecount1 5 місяців тому

      His concept is totally wrong. You need to keep them together as a group and keep their needs in mind, everything else is just slavery.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  5 місяців тому

      @@teecount1 *Mr Brown's vouce* what the what? Lol

  • @swanhill772
    @swanhill772 Рік тому

    So glad I found this, and y’all. Great content.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому +1

      We are glad too! Do you raise meat rabbits?

    • @swanhill772
      @swanhill772 Рік тому +1

      @@TheNakidGardeners we are getting our first pair soon. The lady said they would be ready in about two weeks. We have a small farmstead, and we raise a bit of everything to fill the pantry. The better half has been wanting them since we got the property. I’ve held out for a couple years, anyway, lol.

    • @swanhill772
      @swanhill772 Рік тому +1

      @@TheNakidGardeners any favorite recipes or tips for newbies?

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому +1

      @@swanhill772 These were the first things I wanted on the property but the Mrs wasn't on board with it. So, it took me to find a dish online to prepare the rabbit for her and she feel in love with it. I just forgot what the dish was lol

    • @swanhill772
      @swanhill772 Рік тому +1

      @@TheNakidGardeners well, I guess I’ll be experimenting!! You should do a cooking video featuring rabbit!
      I’m definitely excited for the cold manure! We have hoses, too, but they go down in the pasture and it’s hard to get any gathered from them, lol.

  • @geraldblair5084
    @geraldblair5084 6 місяців тому

    Those are good looking pens

  • @joijoi617
    @joijoi617 7 місяців тому

    THANK YOU BROTHA

  • @tjdillon9827
    @tjdillon9827 3 місяці тому

    Love the shirt

  • @ManiacNation06
    @ManiacNation06 3 місяці тому

    Really enjoy your content ❤

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  3 місяці тому +1

      Appreciate the kind words. Do you raise rabbits?

    • @ManiacNation06
      @ManiacNation06 3 місяці тому +1

      @@TheNakidGardeners yes New Zealand whites

  • @ericataylor9063
    @ericataylor9063 Рік тому

    Very niceeee

  • @user-ob5qy8hm4m
    @user-ob5qy8hm4m 9 місяців тому

    Sir your feeder box nice

  • @donomondiolang5318
    @donomondiolang5318 Місяць тому

    Such an inspiration! Thank you.
    Please explain the functions of the objects attached to each door.
    Thank you.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Місяць тому +1

      Thank you. The plastic bottle their waterer. The metal object is a j feeder. We put their food in there.

    • @donomondiolang5318
      @donomondiolang5318 Місяць тому +1

      @@TheNakidGardeners Much appreciated! Subscribed 💯.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Місяць тому

      @@donomondiolang5318 appreciate it. What type of meat rabbits do you raise?

  • @Plant-Kat
    @Plant-Kat Рік тому +1

    It turned out great! Appreciate the tips, as we're in the planning process of building our hutch. Can you share what type of latches are on the doors?

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому +2

      Sure thing! It is a gate latch I got from the orange box store

    • @Plant-Kat
      @Plant-Kat Рік тому +2

      @@TheNakidGardeners Thanks so much!

  • @carlyehooten7467
    @carlyehooten7467 2 місяці тому

    I read recently that after the rabbits are done with the hay, it can be used as bedding for chickens for a few days too. Then you get even better compost :)

  • @aeriellewis2080
    @aeriellewis2080 3 місяці тому

    Hay cubes in a bag are great less waste and helps with their teeth, also giving them branches and things to chew on helps their teeth and the do less damage to cage and giving them toys for bordum busters

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  3 місяці тому

      Yea we were giving them Timothy hay cubes. Now we mostly give them pine cones and branches from the pine and pear trees

  • @zameul35
    @zameul35 Рік тому +1

    Just nail down some metal flashing over the bottoms of your dividers will prevent then chewing on the wood. I had to do it because some of my dividers were made from pressure treated lumber.

  • @daltonwright533
    @daltonwright533 Місяць тому

    I love the video! Thanks for sharing. I saw in many other videos about sore hocks on hardware cloth though. Did you have any issues with that after using the 1/2 inch by 1 inch cloth?

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Місяць тому

      We had one new buck that had an issue with sore hocks, but we forgot to add a resting box and pads for him. Other than that, he healed up fine once we put those in. No others had an issue

    • @daltonwright533
      @daltonwright533 Місяць тому +1

      @@TheNakidGardeners that is awesome man, thank you very much for the info. I think i am going to build something very similar!! 🙂

  • @AgentJ1984
    @AgentJ1984 6 місяців тому

    Nice job, I like that build, it was a simple design. Can you put a piece of metal aluminum angle iron on the divider bottom to keep em from chewing the wood.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  6 місяців тому +1

      Yes! We are considering that. Thank you for coming through 😊

  • @joijoi617
    @joijoi617 7 місяців тому

    FEED OUR PEOPLE POWER / KNOWLEDGE ❤ GOD BLESS YOU.

  • @ericsalmela9513
    @ericsalmela9513 2 місяці тому

    Looks great. Not criticizing, I just got a chuckle out of "after everything was put together I standed up the structure"

  • @paulwoodley489
    @paulwoodley489 2 місяці тому

    Awesome looking! What the internal dims of those bunny bays? I am trying to work out what size to make mine but 30”sq is what I keep seeing, these looks smaller but who knows! Space is very valuable here 😂

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  2 місяці тому

      Thsnks. The internal size i believe is about 25x30x30. However, you can make them 30x30x30

  • @danielkrause3179
    @danielkrause3179 9 місяців тому +1

    Cut a soup can open at both ends and stuff it with Hay . Keeps all the Hay together until they Munch it up . Let it hang out both sides. Keeps it from falling through the cage floor .

  • @user-om3ls4db1c
    @user-om3ls4db1c 5 місяців тому

    Hey! Do you have a list of everything you used or names & quantities of what u remember. We love this hutch.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  5 місяців тому

      I do not. Sorry. I wish I did. Everyone keeps asking me about it. Lol.

  • @anapaolahernandez1983
    @anapaolahernandez1983 10 місяців тому

    Hi! Also in TX, what do you do for them with all the heat? Do you suggest little fans?

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  10 місяців тому

      Little fans help from what we hear, but we haven't needed them in our shaded area that we keep ours. Our tamuks have been incredibly resistant to heat issues.

  • @Monkchip
    @Monkchip Рік тому +3

    Very nice, Mr Nakid Gardeners! You are quite talented with building things. How many bunnies do you have now? (not including the ones in the 🥶 freezer~~~). I'm pretty sure I could have a rabbit 🐇 or two, but my dogs would not love me. Your bunnies live in a posh penthouse! Did you follow a kit or make the bunny house from your imagination? I like it!

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому +2

      Right now, we have five rabbits. Two bucks and three does. We just bred them a few weeks ago again since the Arctic Blast kind of frozen the last set of baby rabbits.

    • @Monkchip
      @Monkchip Рік тому +3

      @@TheNakidGardeners I'm thinking you'll have so many baby bunnies by Spring!

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому +2

      @@Monkchip *crossing fingers*

  • @user-pn2wu9lh7u
    @user-pn2wu9lh7u 4 місяці тому

    Smiles Make you proud to teach your children something they will use all there lives

  • @corbintew7831
    @corbintew7831 10 місяців тому +3

    For the chewing problem you can apply Tabasco diluted in a little water rub it on. It will stop the chewing for a little while

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  10 місяців тому +1

      Oh I wouldn't waste sauce on that. I think what I would wind up doing is just covering it with some aluminum angle

    • @danielgriff2659
      @danielgriff2659 5 місяців тому

      chewing is not a problem.. you want them to chew. Prepare and plan for the chewing... its free dental work.

  • @40NPermaculture
    @40NPermaculture 3 місяці тому

    Really like the manure catch system -
    What did you say those are ? Something for cement?

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  3 місяці тому +1

      Look at Home Depot/Lowes in the concrete area. XL concrete mixer

  • @Mikesofka
    @Mikesofka Рік тому

    This is a fantastic hutch! We just recently got bunnies for our homestead too and I'm currently building a hutch. We have 3 bucks and 1 doe...do you suggest keeping the bunnies all separated? Or is it ok for the 3 bucks to be together, and the doe separated?

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому +1

      That is awesome! Well we heard that it is best to keep the bucks and does separated if you are doing the cage method. But you might would need a separate cage area to bring the doe in with the buck.
      May I ask why you went with three bucks and one doe and not have at least two does?

    • @Mikesofka
      @Mikesofka Рік тому +1

      @@TheNakidGardeners Thank you so much! We plan on getting another doe (or 2), we had just gotten what the farmer had available to get started. I gotta keep that poor girl separated from them 3 bucks until I get a couple more females available. :)

  • @nomaam-br549
    @nomaam-br549 5 місяців тому

    Impressive layout table you have there.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  5 місяців тому

      Thank you. I love that table. sturdy and durable.

  • @skyedapoodle
    @skyedapoodle 11 місяців тому +1

    This is AMAZING!!! Im totally going to use this for my polish and silver fox! How much would you say this cost you to make? They are currently living inside but Im deciding to move them outside. Also if you still hevent found a hay holder kw cages has some good ones for 8 dollars a piece

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  11 місяців тому

      Thank you so much for the feedback. I wish I had kept track of the cost back then. I would say this setup was about $700 with the roofing and cement totes. KW cages have a website or is it a brick and mortar place?

    • @skyedapoodle
      @skyedapoodle 11 місяців тому +1

      @@TheNakidGardeners its a website

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  11 місяців тому +1

      @@skyedapoodle thanks. Will check on that

  • @TheHomemadeHaven
    @TheHomemadeHaven Рік тому

    Hey!! Where did yall buy the pans from?? We're building ours now and need some poo poo pans too 😅

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  Рік тому

      These are concrete mixer pans and we drilled some holes in them to make sure the urine flows out of them.

  • @simplymisti932
    @simplymisti932 5 місяців тому

    This is awesome! Thank you! What kind of hardware cloth did you is? Sorry if that’s a dumb question. New to all this. I see there is different gauge sizes and galvanized or not.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  5 місяців тому

      No question is a dumb question. The floor hardware cloth is 1/2 x 1. This hardware cloth is hard to find at the big box stores near me. I don't trust ordering it online. So when I see the box store has them I try to get it when I can, regardless if I need it or not at the moment. The rest of the hardware cloth is 1/2 x 1/2. I believe both are either 14 ga or 19 ga. I do not recall. I wanted coated hardware cloth but was only able to find the pvc coated and was limited on that so I used the galvanized on the exterior walls and the pvc coated around the feeders and waters.
      Hope that answered your questions. What type of rabbits are your going to be raising?

    • @simplymisti932
      @simplymisti932 5 місяців тому +1

      @@TheNakidGardeners thank you so much this is very helpful. We have rex/ New Zealand mix they are currently in a chicken coop we transitioned into a rabbit cage. I want to get them off the ground and into something easier for us to clean.

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  5 місяців тому

      @simplymisti932 anytime. Im about to build a grow out pen simce sometimes our fields get saturated from the heavy rain we get dueing the fall and winter. Plus, when we dont have any litter in there, it can act as a breeding pen. Good luck. Let me know how it works out.

    • @simplymisti932
      @simplymisti932 5 місяців тому +1

      @@TheNakidGardeners that’s awesome! Are you going to record a video? You definitely have a new subscriber here 🙏🏻 I will definitely update you on how it goes 😀

    • @TheNakidGardeners
      @TheNakidGardeners  5 місяців тому

      @simplymisti932 I want to. It is so time-consuming on recording DIY projects 😆

  • @bantucaragu4376
    @bantucaragu4376 9 місяців тому

    Hi,while feeding hay its highly advised you tie up and hang the hay.reason being,you prevent diseases due to rabbits urinating or excreting on the and also helps in avoiding wastage..Good work though cheers