No matter how much complaining I do about Vince dragging me to town too often, or Vince’s shopping, he’s a darned good man! His ideal place to live would be on a lake somewhere, or on a pretty beach. Can you even imagine what it must be like for someone who isn’t real keen on farm animals and gardening . . and all my crazy farm ideas . . to be living out here? He’s definitely a good sport.
Rabbit Barn
And, he’s very smart! He’s figured out that it’s much easier and more economical to go muck out someone else’s bunny barn than it is to raise our own rabbits just to get manure for the garden. I would still like to have meat rabbits but I haven’t gotten that plan approved yet.
Cleaned Barn
We got it pretty clean. I should have taken a before picture. It wasn’t bad . . but it does look better now and . .
Buckets of Manure
We got 8 buckets of rabbit manure. We came home, I showed Vince where I want to plant the fall garden, he dumped the poop in that area, he rinsed the buckets, I cut the okra. We stripped down at the back door (too much information?), took showers and now, I seriously need a nap.
I love this bunny!
Bunny
He’s a little shy but he looks so snuggly. His name tag is missing so I don’t know his name . . I’ll have to ask the bunny mama or papa next time I see them. I’ve had rabbit duty for the past week or so and will continue this week. I’m not sure, after feeding them every day and talking to them, if I would ever be able to butcher my own rabbits. They bunnies are not for butchering. They’re definitely pets and I suppose that makes a difference but . . you can bet that if I did get rabbits that were supposed to be meat rabbits, and they all became pets, Vince would not be very happy with me.
Judy D in WA says
My first thought was how did I miss Judy getting rabbits!! This is a really great way to get the rabbit poop that you need and not fall in love with the bunnies that you would never be able to butcher, let alone eat. Good job Vince, you have become quite the farmer.
Sherry V. says
Isn’t it hard on their feet to be on wire all day?
Laurie says
The wire probably makes clean up easier, but it is probably very painful to them be on wire all day.
JudyL says
A lot can be learned on Google:
http://shinysatins.weebly.com/wire-floors.html
http://www.backyardherds.com/threads/does-the-wire-floor-hurt-rabbits-feet.11102/
These people raise show rabbits and they’re in an air conditioned barn. They take excellent care of their animals and they know exactly what’s best for their babies.
sharkiecat says
You could get a “house rabbit”. They are easy to train to use a litter box, which would make it easier to collect the fertilizer.
Theresa says
When I was a kid, I used to shovel chicken and rabbit manure for my uncle’s nightcrawlers (he had a bait business.) It paid well.
My friend Janis keeps lops as pets, she uses the manure for her garden. She shovels it out once or twice a year and lets it compost, then uses it on her fruit trees and raised beds. The bunnies are super friendly. They also live in wire cages.