Timers? For a timed feeding?

@Colez Yeah.. they have dog and cat food feeders with timers. I didn't finish my chicken coop before winter. But once that's done I'll get rabbits. I just need a plan so they can be self sufficient for a week or so in case I ever want to go somewhere.

@@MichaelSmith-ku7ki yea expensive if you have many cages though aye, is someone house sitting not an option

Hey what about making harder to eat nuggets of food? So they need to work a little harder for it to last longer, maybe experiment

Yogurt and cheese is really good not too difficult to make. Goat milk is homogenized so u need a seperater in order to make butter which we have not done

@@truenorthhaven7676 I mean in terms of other goat breeds. Also how much is the cost to feed 2 nubian goats for a year?

@@tiernanwearen8096 our goats forage half a year . If I would have to estimate I would think 120bales of hay for 2 nubian does for the year. You would have to price it out in your area. Nubian goat milk is one of the fattest milk producers, Nigerians are probably little higher fat content. Milk tastes awesome fresh and cold, people cant tell its goat milk raw we dont pasteurized it

Its pretty good, rabbits haven't chewed anything on the feeder. I made it too high so it's hard to pour from the top. I have 3 breeder females and there litters at times, so if I were to do it again ide adjust the volume so it would hold a full bag. The food holds up in the 90 so the length of feeder is not necessary

@@truenorthhaven7676 thank you 👍

Registered purebreds is proof of certain bloodlines that date back so you know what you are buying

Registered between 500 and 1000, non registered 200 to 400

Rabbit pellets, mostly alfalfa

Thanks for the tip! She just had 2 kids 5 days ago and is a great mother this time around, so we are happy!

@@truenorthhaven7676 congrats on the great news! Sheep & goats are weird! can be a good moms then after a few days want nothing to do with 1 or more babies or other times clean the babies then as soon as its drys they want nothing to do with em. You never know but usually after a few days of forcing mom to let babies drink they get use to it.they rather do it themselves instead of human coming in every few hours. LOL

There is not one chew mark on the plastic. I guess they rather eat what's in it. We give them branches to chew on and they prefer that, thanks for watching!

The trough at the bottom does not need to be as long. The feed holds up a bit in the 90 but comes out as they eat. 2 can eat at a time, but if you keep it full, its never a rush to the feeder like if you feed them daily. If I did it again I may go one size up on the 90? Depends how many rabbits your feeding. I have 4 at the moment but had 3 does with 2 liters in a 10x10 and used this feeder and I'm happy with it. Thanks for wAtching!

@@truenorthhaven7676 thanks for the response, just curios does it hold a whole 40lb bag? how long does it last between refils with your set up. I am torn between this design or adding extension tops on traditional j feeders. I did the math and if i build 12 inch extension on a 9 inch j feeder it should about 10lbs of food or 1.6 gallons of volume. my end goal is to have a hole bag in there not sure if can do that with a pipe since my cages are off the ground . . . also i am concerned about they chewing plastic. do you ever have any issues with that?

@@mikeriverajr4447 sorry did t see this till now. It doesn't hold a full bag. We usually put a bucket full and lasts a week with 4 rabbits. I just used material I had lying around. If I were to do it different ide make the feeding part shorter, and one size up on the 90 maybe. The plastic has never been chewed in 7 months.

Did I say only 3? I cant remember, but 8 would be crazy! Poor mother, thanks for watching

thanks for watching!

We love the nubians, tons of character and milk is fantastic. They are a louder goat so in the morning and evening if they expect grain you will know! We are 25 min north east of kamloops. Nice to here from other Canadian homesteaders! Cheers

We live in the province of British Columbia Canada

True North Haven Oh! much farther than I expected. Must be super cold there, I mean, compared to the midwest U.S.A

@@sillygoose2476 We can hit up to -40F . It can get pretty cold, but nothing like the east! thanks for watching!