I have been so busy that I havent had a whole lot of time to post the last few months.
A year or so we had a descussion on the board about housing rabbits in a green house and I am finally almost there. I found a 120 x 20 greenhous eon EBAY for $800.00. It was a complet unit except for the plasic covering. Has Fans, doors, etc. This weekend hopefully it will be up.
I would appreciate input from other who have tried this or even use green houses for growing. What I see will be the biggest problem is heat/humidity in the summer months. My plan is to use a shades cloth over the plasic in the summer and also equip the sides to roll up for plenty of cross ventilation Also it does have a huge fan so this should also help with air flow. Am I missing somethin obvious?
The pluses I will be plenty of natural lighting and also we will be able to heat this in the winter months off of a taylor outdoor wood stove so I will be able to use automatic watering systems year long. Something till now I could not do in the main barn with cold PA winters.
I would like to frame in uner the cages and establish warm bins which eventually will be a seperate income source as well as the comopsted manure.
I am even thinking of growing something in hanging baskets above the cages that could be used as a supplemental food source. Rabbit pellets would still be the main diet. Any suggestions as far as what could be grown?
Tracy
A year or so we had a descussion on the board about housing rabbits in a green house and I am finally almost there. I found a 120 x 20 greenhous eon EBAY for $800.00. It was a complet unit except for the plasic covering. Has Fans, doors, etc. This weekend hopefully it will be up.
I would appreciate input from other who have tried this or even use green houses for growing. What I see will be the biggest problem is heat/humidity in the summer months. My plan is to use a shades cloth over the plasic in the summer and also equip the sides to roll up for plenty of cross ventilation Also it does have a huge fan so this should also help with air flow. Am I missing somethin obvious?
The pluses I will be plenty of natural lighting and also we will be able to heat this in the winter months off of a taylor outdoor wood stove so I will be able to use automatic watering systems year long. Something till now I could not do in the main barn with cold PA winters.
I would like to frame in uner the cages and establish warm bins which eventually will be a seperate income source as well as the comopsted manure.
I am even thinking of growing something in hanging baskets above the cages that could be used as a supplemental food source. Rabbit pellets would still be the main diet. Any suggestions as far as what could be grown?
Tracy