Guest Countryboyo Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 I have built a small rabbit pen and im just looking for advice on stocking it and managing it etc. any advice greatly appreciated. Quote Link to post
butcherboy 68 Posted May 29, 2009 Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 I have built a small rabbit pen and im just looking for advice on stocking it and managing it etc. any advice greatly appreciated. How big is it? What is the cover like? How well is fenced ? The one I use (not mine sadly) is about 2 acres & has white grass & some bushes (not to many as it's about getting contact flushes). This pen contains ONLY wild rabbits. The owner says they act & smell different to pet rabbits & at the end of the day that's what we are going to hunt. He has no great problem with them digging out as he has tucked fence under & buried it. He also has a narrow drainpipe or two semi- buried so the rabbits can escape if a fox should get in. This drainpipe has an access hole that he can kick the rabbits out of & block up the pipe ends while using the pen. Hope that helps? Quote Link to post
Guest Countryboyo Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 Thanks for the reply lad. My pen is only a very small one 1/4 acre maybe and it is acting as a chichen pen at the moment. I have the pen turned in a couple of feet at the bottom to stop rabbits digging out. it is only 5 foot in height so it wont keep foxes out but I will put down plenty pipes for escapes . also if the rabbits wish to burrow I wont stop them once its not too close to the boundary fence. I wont be using this pen to train gundogs. I was wondering will the wild rabbits breed in this size of a pen? The cover is a few branch piles and plenty long grass Il try upload photos of the pen shortly. Any advice greatly appreciated. CB Quote Link to post
lewismac1 1 Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Hello Countryboyo, Why do you want to keep wild rabbit's in the pen if you are not going to be using them for training? Quote Link to post
butcherboy 68 Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 Was digging around some articles / books I have on setting up a pen & the following was included "for wild rabbits I recommend a density of 6 rabbits per 1/2 acre" Quote Link to post
Guest Countryboyo Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 just to show greyhounds before track and maybe breed to release. cheers for the replys lads Quote Link to post
Guest Countryboyo Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 Any more advice on keeping rabbits in the pen? Il try post photos soon Quote Link to post
Guest Countryboyo Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 Just few pictures for more look at my topic in the conservation section. CB Quote Link to post
Guest Countryboyo Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 cheers . what diamater pipes should i give them as escapes/artifical burrows? 6 inch? Quote Link to post
Guest Countryboyo Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Went with 6 inch pipes 6foot long. putting food in them at the moment to get the rabbits using them. Its all taking shape. any advice greatly appreciated lads! Quote Link to post
coneycatcher17 3 Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 my bucks will b soon there with the help of god Quote Link to post
Guest Countryboyo Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 my bucks will b soon there with the help of god The Galway bucks will have great crack with the posh domestics I have in the pen. Quote Link to post
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