COMMERCIAL RABBIT RAISING 



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Metal Hutches. — Several designs 

 of wire hutches are available com- 

 mercially or you can build your 

 own. Plans and specifications may 

 be obtained from commercial firms 

 who advertise in the various rabbit 

 journals. A metal hutch that saves 

 labor in caring for animals and is 

 simply designed and economical to 

 build is a combination two-compart- 

 ment all- wire hutch. 



An all-wire quonset-shaped hutch 

 (fig. 6) has several advantages. It 

 is easy to clean, neat in appearance, 

 and requires less wire than a stand- 

 ard rectangular hutch. 



The hutch features a door that 

 opens up over the top. When open, 

 the door does not occupy aisle 

 space or interfere with feeding and 

 cleaning operations. In addition, 

 when this type of hutch is single- 

 tiered at waist height, you can 

 reach all the corners without plac- 

 ing your head and shoulders inside 

 the door opening. 



Quonset-shaped hutches can be 



adapted to fit any type of rabbitry 

 where hutches are protected. They 

 are most easily constructed in 

 units — two hutches per unit. 



BILL OF MATERIAL FOR TWO QUONSET- 

 SHAPED HUTCHES IN ONE UNIT 



The following material will be 

 needed to build one unit containing 

 two hutches — each hutch will be 

 3 feet long and 21/^ feet wide: 

 Floor : 



One piece of welded, 16-gage 

 galvanized wire, 1- by l/^- 

 inch mesh, 3 feet wide by 6 

 feet long. 

 Top: 



One piece of welded, 14-gage 

 galvanized wire, 1- by 2- 

 inch mesh, 4 feet wide by 6 

 feet long. 

 Ends and partition: 



Three pieces of welded, 14- 

 gage galvanized wire, 1- by 

 2-inch mesh, IV^ feet wide 

 by 21/2 feet long. 



11527-D 



FIGURE 5. — Semienclosed hutches for use in cold climates. 



