Hello all,
There are two sweet, six-month-old female rabbits at my local shelter that are to be euthanized soon if no one adopts them. I am considering trying to integrate them into my chicken coop, at least until I can get a better set up for them. I have read several posts about the fact that this is not ideal, but it sounds like a few people have houses rabbits and chickens together successfully. My friend who told me about the rabbits seems to think it would be "better than dead". I have nine hens in a large coop (4 nest boxes) attached to a very large run.
Thoughts? My hens don't eat corn btw, and I could probably build a small box to fit inside the coop for the rabbits to sleep in that would be too small for the hens.
There are two sweet, six-month-old female rabbits at my local shelter that are to be euthanized soon if no one adopts them. I am considering trying to integrate them into my chicken coop, at least until I can get a better set up for them. I have read several posts about the fact that this is not ideal, but it sounds like a few people have houses rabbits and chickens together successfully. My friend who told me about the rabbits seems to think it would be "better than dead". I have nine hens in a large coop (4 nest boxes) attached to a very large run.
Thoughts? My hens don't eat corn btw, and I could probably build a small box to fit inside the coop for the rabbits to sleep in that would be too small for the hens.