Fancy-pants rabbits deserve a fancy-pants rabbitry
Finally, it’s time to post about our new rabbitry. We had been keeping the rabbits in a section of our out-building, by the chicken coop. We had cut a big window into the wall to let in more light and air, but we still felt like they deserved something more snazzy. Well, snazzy days are here. Our new rabbitry is a wide open structure — just a roof to keep out the rain, and shade to keep out the direct sunlight. Rabbits don’t get cold. They’ve got great fur, and the only real danger to them is heat. So open is good.
The building is mostly constructed of black locust from our hill. I did use dimensional lumber for the roof, just so I’d have a flat surface for the metal roofing to attach to. We’ve got a short awning on the front, and we’ve got shade-cloth on the south and west sides. We’ve also got hop plants (Cascades and Brewer’s Gold if you must know) planted along the south and west sides. Eventually we’re hoping to have those sides pretty well covered with vines. We also intend to fill some more sticks into the network at some point, but with the vines in place we may not need to. Anyway, we think it’s pretty special, and the rabbits seem to approve (in their understated rabbit-y way). Here it is:
Q: What's brown and sticky? A: Our new rabbitry!