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Rabbit Shelters

   Posted by: MotherHen   in Homeschooling, Rabbits

Everybody stand up and give Tex a big round of applause.  He has finished building the shelters for the rabbits.

These shelters will serve to raise the cages up off of the ground and away from some of the pesky, nocturnal varmints that might bother them.  The shelters will also provide added shade to protect the rabbits from the worst of the heat and much of the rain.  We’ll be adding some plastic, roll down/tie down sheeting to further protect the rabbits from some of the more intense (stop laughing, it kinda gets cold in February, sometimes) Winter weather.

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Here’s the Cowboy who built the rabbit shelters.  His Dad and I formulated the plan, but that may have been more of a hindrance than a help.  He outshines us both in handy-man skills.  Homeschooling is amazing, isn’t it?

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And looky, looky, looky what came in today’s mail!!!

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Now we just need to make a tiny shelter for Cookie.  I’d like to use some reclaimed lumber from old pallets for that project.  That’s kinda fitting since Cookie in no way pays for her own existence.

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7 comments so far

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I like your shelters. You are lucky that it only gets kinda, sort cold in february. Where I am, I deal with frozen water bottles from December to Feburary and sometimes into March….winter is my least favorite rabbit season!

June 1st, 2009 at 10:54 pm
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Texas winter…. hahahahahaha! I know I know, it actually does get cold here and there for a day or so at a time. It snowed for us one time when we lived in the DFW area. Enough for a few snowballs. I always hated having to have a winter coat and set of shoes on hand for only a few days of the year. (Especially when the kids would outgrow theirs.) Now, every year, we have to invest in real snow gear for everyone, but we do get good use out of it.

Your rabbit hutch looks very nicely made! I would add a sales page to your blog of things you and yours make that others in your area might want to purchase. Heck some people even might spend shipping on such things. Or you could sell the plans too. Enjoy your new rabbit venture!

Enjoy!

June 2nd, 2009 at 10:20 am
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Well I am totally impressed! hooray for home school!

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June 2nd, 2009 at 4:50 pm
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I was the anonymous post above. Don’t know why it did that.

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June 3rd, 2009 at 6:23 am
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Thanks Cyndi, I was wondering. ;)

June 3rd, 2009 at 9:22 am
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Hey Mother,
As my DH sits watching a fly tying video it occurred to me that rabbit fur is very popular in said hobby. I know nothing about skinning rabbits but I was thinking you could set up a second biz selling the fur to fly fishermen. Just a thought.

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June 3rd, 2009 at 3:38 pm
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Well I had no idea. I am thinking about just what we will do with all those pelts.

June 3rd, 2009 at 3:51 pm