Behind the door in the rabbitry is a black plastic compost bin with a white cover. This is where we put the strained rabbit manure. Once it is half way full, we put the earthworms inside and continue to fill it up until it is 3/4th full then we take the bin out and put a new plastic bin in its place.
The manure bin in the picture above is almost full but not quite yet. Around the four sides near the top, we drilled many small holes to serve as ventilation for the earthworms. We also drilled many small holes on the white cover for additional ventilation purposes. I cut up some old newspapers and soaked these in a bucket with water for a few minutes. Then I squeezed out the excess water and spread the newspapers at the bottom of the box to serve as lining. Then everyday, we put the strained rabbit manure in the box. We used a black plastic box for composting the rabbit manure because the earthworms thrives best in darkness.
The pink strainer (not shown in picture) is just on the left side but it is near the worm bin. This is why we placed the worm bin under the window behind the doorway as it is easy for us to take the drained manure and flip over the contents into the worm bin in one smooth single flow. It simplifies the work of emptying the pink strainer with the manure.
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