Welcome to the preview of our rabbit breeding stock pen on the left and on the right will be for the chickens to roost the nest box's will be on the front wall in the center walkway. And a water tank mounted on the front with a downspout connected off the roof to collect rain water for the animals. It is built on a old truck bed trailer which was donated by my friend Larry Ritchie. The two sides are wire meshed floors so the manure will drop thru to the ground. The pen then moved as necessary to spread out the manure and avoid poop overload. It will hold only the rabbit breeding stock one buck and two doe's, the breeds California's which we should have next week sometime. The fourth cage will be for the young after they are weaned and then moved out on the grass in a pen similar to the movable pens used for the meat chickens. The chickens are in the brooder now, 26 New Hampshire's another dual purpose heritage breed chicken, excellent eating and great brown egg layer.
They will be moved to the mobile coop and turned out on pasture in a couple of weeks. Where they can get all the bugs and grass they want, which is a recipe for the out of this world eggs. We will have fresh meat rabbits by late fall, the New Hampshire's will not be slaying until next spring. Which as been my goal for the farm to be in full production spring 2014.
