Rabbit Housing: Middle Cages

This is the front part of the middle cages with the steel frame. There are four all-wire suspended cages in this steel frame which will serve as my breeding cages. These four cages are all of the same size at 2 1/2 feet wide x 3 feet long x 18 inches high. Based on my Internet research, this is the recommended size for a medium sized pregnant doe until kindling time as it is sufficient in space to accommodate a nest box. The litters can stay with their mom in this same cage until weaning time of which I intend to do when they reach 6 weeks of age. At the moment, I have two does in the lower cages and the buck that I used to mate with the two does at the upper cage although I will be moving him out of there eventually. We only put them there temporarily while my brother was finishing all the rest of the all-wire cages.

This is the back part of the steel frame with the four suspended cages that is at the middle of the rabbitry. The side where the bright light is coming is the wall from across the doorway. We covered the wall with green plastic material to admit more light into the rabbitry. That side is where most of the wind an rain come from which is why we had to cover it but it still allows the afternoon sun to shine through the plastic material. The yellow plastic materials that are rolled up at the back of the cages are actually feed sacks. We ripped open the feed sacks and used these to cover the back part of the cages at night and roll them up again in the morning. This is to protect the rabbits from the downdraft that may come in from the windows at night. We did not put any glass panes on the windows, just screen materials to allow fresh air to come in continously even at night and this also keeps out the birds during the daytime. There is 6 inches of space at the back between the all-wire cages and the floor under the cages. This allows us to reach out at the back during cleaning time.