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Chickens and Rabbits?
edgecam
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If I build a rabbit hutch for our new interloper Can chickens and rabbits live in the same pen in peace and harmony? Do you think I can train the rabbit to free range like the chickens and go back to his hutch at night?
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I think that you can have perfect harmony in your hen yard. They are both relatively peaceful creatures.
Regards,
Chris
Our chicken yard is fenced off, mostly to keep out predators. But the wild bunnies can squeeze under the gate, and come in to eat the chicken scratch. The chickens ignore the bunnies.
I think that you can have perfect harmony in your hen yard. They are both relatively peaceful creatures.
Regards,
Chris
Bull crap. go into my chicken penn. fricken rooster HATES me with a passion, and one of the hens has a bald spot on her head from when he grabs feathers when he mounts her.
quote:Originally posted by chris8X57
Our chicken yard is fenced off, mostly to keep out predators. But the wild bunnies can squeeze under the gate, and come in to eat the chicken scratch. The chickens ignore the bunnies.
I think that you can have perfect harmony in your hen yard. They are both relatively peaceful creatures.
Regards,
Chris
Bull crap. go into my chicken penn. fricken rooster HATES me with a passion, and one of the hens has a bald spot on her head from when he grabs feathers when he mounts her.
No roosters they go in the soup pot. Damn things get ornery when people are around. Last one we had would chase my boys around the yard, He tasted good.
I dont have any kids so im not concerned. when he comes after me I just punt him across the yard. figure ill keep him around just because of the predictors. that dumb sob aint skeered of anything.
We had an old rooster back when we still had the farm. He would go after the bull and pigs. He thought he ruled the barnyard. We had to put a trash can over him when we wanted to clean the coop out. He got wise to that fast and would come after us when he saw the trash can. He got after my Dad one day and a shovel to the head was the end of him.
I wouldn't do it without a unicorn and a sliver of windowpane acid.
Though, to be fair, that's what you said about half of your college classes, too.
Generally if you don't want them around you can't get shut of them. If you want them to stay in the yard, you can't find them. I've had the kids scouring the neighborhood trying to find an escaped Rabbit and fail to find it. I've also had them show back up again, from a few days to a month or so later.
You also have to be a little watchful about what they eat. I've had them eat poison plants and die.
Heard of them being house broken. Just like a cat.
My Mother did that with a Dutch Rabbit, it was newspaper trained and followed her around the house like a dog.
If your goal is to get rid of your rabbit(s), free range will get the job done for you. We all know there are exceptions to every rule but in most cases a tame bunny free ranging in your back yard wont make it very long. If the preditors don't get them coccsideosus will.
quote:Originally posted by chris8X57
Our chicken yard is fenced off, mostly to keep out predators. But the wild bunnies can squeeze under the gate, and come in to eat the chicken scratch. The chickens ignore the bunnies.
I think that you can have perfect harmony in your hen yard. They are both relatively peaceful creatures.
Regards,
Chris
Bull crap. go into my chicken penn. fricken rooster HATES me with a passion, and one of the hens has a bald spot on her head from when he grabs feathers when he mounts her.
Why does anyone tolerate an aggressive rooster ???
I've raised chickens for 25 years and had some of the nicest, gentlest roosters that ever lived.
Start off with two roosters, establish which one is the dominant aggressive one-- then get rid of him. Usually the one left will be a good rooster.
As far as the pulled feathers, that's part of mating. That big bird has to have something to hold onto when he mounts the littler hen. It's not done out of aggression. They grab feathers and combs on the hen, it's part of the deal.
If the hen isn't in the mood, she won't stick around. Kinda like humans... [;)]
~Chris
I wouldn't do it without a unicorn and a sliver of windowpane acid.
LOL [:D]