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I'm looking to set up 6-8 rabbit cages as humanely as possible for a little poop action.
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Worm poop is a easy alternative, six to eight bins and you could hustle the stuff!! but manure should be rather easier to source locally, the best ones that are benine are goat lama and alpaca they are almost never fed any antibiotics or de wormers. Different thought, a few chickens would give you eggs!
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I think @One drop does. I know for sure he keeps ducks and chickens, pretty sure he has some rabbits too.
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Bush Doctor
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no Rabbits as yet C just Cavie, ducks n chooks nextdoor neighbors have rabbits and we get all the bedding straw from them it gets kicked from arsehole to breakfast time by the chooks it’s to hot just to use without hot composting it down ... Od .. hey message me ...
juggernaut
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I was just going to set up a cage inside my greenhouse at the end.
Maybe compost it with some tree leaves and maybe some nutes.
Maybe compost it with some tree leaves and maybe some nutes.
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I've got a rabbit. What can I help you with?
Rabbit poo isn't the easiest thing to get. They poo wherever they eat you you'll need to sift through a lot of hay.
It's pretty hard to keep rabbits in a humane way for poop. The only thing I can think of doing is having a wire bottom cage so the poo falls through but the hay doesn't but that fucks with their feet because they don't have paws.
Rabbit poo isn't the easiest thing to get. They poo wherever they eat you you'll need to sift through a lot of hay.
It's pretty hard to keep rabbits in a humane way for poop. The only thing I can think of doing is having a wire bottom cage so the poo falls through but the hay doesn't but that fucks with their feet because they don't have paws.
gorillaglueaaron
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I guess I can't really help you because mine's just a house pet.
I know a lot about them so I can answer any questions about rabbits just not how to get their poo.
I know a lot about them so I can answer any questions about rabbits just not how to get their poo.
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Check out deep litter method. I spread a few new handfuls of bedding every couple days in our chickens coop and scatter a bit of EM1 on top. The EM1 innoculating the bedding with microbes both cuts down on smell(it helps immensely, not sure how stank rabbits are, but chickens stink in small spaces)and gives your manure a leg up on the composting process.
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Real talk though, unless you're set up quite properly, just buying compost is much cheaper and easier than rearing animals for it. My wife's almost got me talked into raising rabbits for meat. Quite the healthy protein.
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In this case, you wouldn't separate the shit from the bedding, you just compost it all together
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I can confirm, running a compost bin is a lot of work and time consuming. Adding in something as hot as manure of any type would exponentially increase the workload.
However, I've never had rabbit and I'm curious. I've heard it's greasy. Is there any credence to the reviews I've heard? Or does it come down to the cook?
However, I've never had rabbit and I'm curious. I've heard it's greasy. Is there any credence to the reviews I've heard? Or does it come down to the cook?
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I agree, either buy the poo or just keep chickens.
gorillaglueaaron
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As a pet, they're just as much work as a dog if not more and they're definitely not the brightest. I can't comment on the meat as I've never had it.
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I raise my ducks chooks n Cavie for proteins . I’m not a rabbit fan but I love there meat . Deep litter is great and yes it should be very well hot composted period I do at least 1 /2 tone each heap and do 1 every month .
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Or that's how I would do personally.
Somebody should correct me if I'm wrong but I believe rabbit is THE leanest protein we have "readily available". So if it turns out greasy, that's on the chef. So basically, you just need to know how to cook it properly
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Not sure why I quoted myself on that last post
crustycorcus
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I didn't. I'm high. Af apparently lol NVM all of this yall
crustycorcus
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And am I reading you right? A 1/2 ton a month?! That's a lot of boo boo
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Yes about 1/2 tone per month 9 chooks can turn a heap of compost over there my enginroom for my garden buddie . Regards OD.
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Yea no way rabbits are going to do that for you.
