Rabbit hutches as chicken coops?

[Painted Calls]

Also, what general area are you located in? Modern Games need heat in the winter if it gets too cold.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Don't do it. I raise bantams. Bantams love to fly around, take dust baths, and eat bugs. I only use a rabbit hutch for my bantam to hatch and raise chicks. Also the rabbit hutch your wanting to get is to small for them.

Get a coop or a dog kennel.

...and thumb rules make way for first hand experience. Thank you @Egg Snatcher

@Featherss where are you located (generally, so we have some idea as to climate. Do you have any building skills? Local predator concerns? There are plenty of inexpensive ways to build (a less attractive) but far larger and more functional coop and run.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

No, no, no. Just no. No rabbit hutches.

 

[Featherss]

Also, what general area are you located in? Modern Games need heat in the winter if it gets too cold.

New York. I would definitely bring them into the barn for the winter, with heatlamps

 

[Featherss]

...and thumb rules make way for first hand experience. Thank you @Egg Snatcher

@Featherss where are you located (generally, so we have some idea as to climate. Do you have any building skills? Local predator concerns? There are plenty of inexpensive ways to build (a less attractive) but far larger and more functional coop and run.

New York. I do have building experience, just no time. We have most predators, hawks and foxes are the biggest problems. The coop would need a way to be transported, I'm moving soon

 

[TheOddOneOut]

New York. I would definitely bring them into the barn for the winter, with heatlamps

Regardless of temps, it’s still a bad idea. Those hutches are flimsy and small.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I use prefab coops and homemade rabbit hutches for birds. BUT I don't just throw birds in there and expect to get along. I have calm birds that handle closer quarters and aren't super flighty.

With two pairs, you would almost certainly have to split the male's into two separate housing units, and either have a trio or two pairs

 

[Featherss]

I use prefab coops and homemade rabbit hutches for birds. BUT I don't just throw birds in there and expect to get along. I have calm birds that handle closer quarters and aren't super flighty.

With two pairs, you would almost certainly have to split the male's into two separate housing units, and either have a trio or two pairs

I'm currently trying to sell one, but they do get along pretty well. They've been together for about a year now, but I can split them up if I need to.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

New York. I do have building experience, just no time. We have most predators, hawks and foxes are the biggest problems. The coop would need a way to be transported, I'm moving soon

OUCH.

Have you considered setting up a Hoop coop on a temporary basis??? Inexpensive, roomy, the arc is good for snow loads - if you only need a season out of it, a tarp will do for the roof, offering a covered run. They are pretty quick to build, too.

Suppliment the sides with hardware cloth to keep your birds in, and the foxes out. Point the back wall at the prevailing winter winds, partially wall two sides (or tarp), and you are about there. Or build a pony wall inside your barn (if you have the space) to partition them off, a door to the outside thru the barn wall, and a covered (or at least netted) run.

 

[aart]

I would definitely bring them into the barn for the winter, with heatlamps

You won't need heat lamps, good way to burn down the barn.
You will want a heated waterer.