This Quick Build Could Change Everything!| We Needed This For Our Cabin Homestead Rabbitry

This Quick Build Could Change Everything! | We Needed This For Our Cabin Homestead Rabbitry
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[@geraldstoddard8215]

I can't believe I heard this phrase come out of Gary's mouth: "It doesn't need to be perfect." I thought Gary's OCD wouldn't allow anything he did to be anything other than perfect.😁

[@maureenhobbs4163]

Nothing in life is perfect Nothing in World is perfect so Gary get over being perfect.

[@johnevans2574]

Wow I heard that to

[@johnevans2574]

Lol

[@lindamaskus5142]

​@maureenhobbs4163 he knows that and they've stated that many many times on these videos.,

[@geraldstoddard8215]

@@lindamaskus5142No kidding. Where do you think I got it from?

[@msgwen2u]

Last board will be hard for mama hopping in and out.

[@FireFly64]

Nesting box looks good, but I would definitely remove the last piece (2x4).

[@Thumper-vc5jg]

Gary I am so proud of you. Y’all are raising up a beautiful family and a beautiful place for them to be great job guys!!

[@ardenehanson2840]

You can!t use treaded lumber for nesting.boxes it willkill them! If they chew on it it will poison them. And they will chew because the treated chemicals are sweet!😊

[@SimpleLifeReclaimed]

I understand your concern, this good read might relieve some of your fears though. Sure did ours www.gardenwoodcraft.co.uk/is-rabbit-hutch-pressure-treatment-safe/

[@PegAMurphy]

🐇🤞hoping for some bunnies 🤞🐇 great video y'all love seeing the kids running around , enjoying their ebikes & going to the lake great family times and lasting memories

[@marieparks5674]

I can see by the comments, everybody got a chuckle out of Gary saying, it doesn’t have to be perfect, lol

[@loriwolfe422]

The box looks great! Praying everything goes well next time!

[@specialladyleemedlin142]

Good Thursday evening Mel and Gary.uour home coming alone do nicely .Good luck with the rabbits .Sending my love to you all .Wanda In Ok .

[@mablemullen5190]

I think your garden area is fantastic!! Great job.

[@shadow19701000]

I hope you're not using pressure treated lumber for the nesting box,Pressure-treated wood has been imbued with a combination of pesticide and fungicide, and therefore, should be avoided as a nest box material; instead, you can extend the life of your nest box by gluing all the joints before nailing them.

[@brendamoody1309]

Box looked great. Great job.👍👍👍👍👍

[@waderue]

you guys made nice boxes for the rabbits

[@patmontgomery7304]

The box looks great! Only one thing , please remove the yellow tag off the back so that the bunnies don't eat it. Take care.

[@jeanielipskey1272]

Nice strong box! Good job.

[@grateful5881]

THAT INTRO KILLED! LOVED EVERYTHING!

[@simoneconsciousobserver3105]

How kewl to be able to ride a bike to the nice lake. Those are some lucky children. I love the attitude of all things to make working life easier. I am working out a quandary of my own.

[@charlenegrady8781]

Good job Gary and you got to use up some scraps👍. Take care❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🇺🇸

[@NovaBill6264]

Awesome video God Bless you and your family Amen

[@studleespudly]

You should Google info on using treated wood for rabbits. It is dangerous because of the chemicals in the wood. You will lose your next batch of babies using treated wood.

[@jeremiahstraub2676]

That was with the olden days pressure treatment chemicals.

[@karenspeer7378]

Good Afternoon Mel and Gary!! 🌞✨️

[@beverlyroberts8243]

Kevin and Sara from living traditions homestead..have been breeding and raiseing rabbits for many years...good christian folks...they have an actual video on it

[@lydiamitchell6814]

Living traditions…They do have really good rabbit info. I agree with everything they did for their rabbits! Great information!

[@stephenkennedy7931]

Your great-grandkids will be able to use that nesting box lol. God Bless from your Canadian Friend.

[@karenbrest187]

HELLO 🤗 glad you had nice Family time over Easter 🐇 pray your rabbit has babies & will be alright 🙏

[@deestanley9836]

Great job on the nesting box Gary!!❤😊

[@williamzihrul1620]

Gary you need to put the Stairs in from downstairs to upstairs Good Luck Gary and Mel keep up the Great work. Right On Guys Love you all.

[@joecloud8884]

Idk if it matters but that presure treated wood has chemicals in it and i. Kno rabbits chew the hell out of everything...might make her sick or maybe even..u kno..lol

[@shadow19701000]

They checked a site that says it's OK to use 🤣 there are more sites saying not to use it because of the chemicals in it and there's even sites that said it's against the law in all 50 states to burn treated lumber, got to be a reason why . Oh well it's their rabbits let the chips fall where they may.

[@maryjemisonMaryjay1936]

As Always Mel and Gary and Family Beautiful Video ❤❤

[@liviarivera9451]

I looked like you had I nice Easter and the rabbit box looks really nice and you made it so fast wow

[@AuntieAnn]

The box looks perfect 👍.... Fingers crossed 🤞❤️❤️

[@rnm6947]

Actually them feeders go on the out side like your water bottles

[@helenhibbart4702]

Well done you always do things so perfectly!! Just a little concerned how will Mummy Rabbit going to get in her box to lay the babies?? Surely you don't need the bit of wood saying front?? Sending lots of love from the UK xx

[@brendasutterfield9834]

Great job on the build of the cabin guys ❤. Love you guys so much ❤. Love your t. ❤

[@paulotts]

You guys and CRC should trade small projects for a video. Gary, is that horizontal handle on your circular saw better than the vertical handle?

[@Raggy73]

howdy, greetings from England. Great work as usual. May I suggest making some kind of trough to fit under the hutches, so that the droppings fall through the wire and into the trough. Then it could be easier to scoop it up for spreading on the garden beds.

[@his4evr2c]

That's a awesome idea @Simple Life Reclaimed MeL and Gary @Ragster771 I think above anyway

[@his4evr2c]

@Ragster71 Great idea at MeL and Gary @Simple Life Reclaimed look above

[@brendahaire8824]

“It doesn’t need to be perfect”. Who are you kidding? 😂😂😂😂

[@mariezafonte6473]

The kids are getting so tall. Julia needs an adult bike. They must have loved biking to the lake. The nesting box looks nice, but is it a bit tall in the front for mama to get in to.

[@jfreynolds]

The birthing chamber looks really good. Also, you might want to check your video section. Somehow, their are no videos listed or the link is missing at least from my vantage point. Just an fyi.

[@his4evr2c]

Yum French Toast

[@ggrey01]

I love your videos… but seeing the rabbits caged like this upsets me. Could you not consider a run and some enrichment for them?

[@seskalarafey9285]

Very nice long Intro, well done :)

[@liammcgothigan2094]

Hi gary an mel yous are doing a wonderful job 👍

[@virgotigerhendrix6688]

WHAT!!!...did Gary say "It doesn't have to be perfect", does he feel ok?

[@CarolMains-dy7zh]

RABBIT BOX: If you find it's too heavy for your cage, or the treated wood, may not be the best, it's a good box to use as a stool around the campfire, you'll be able to easily find other options for it's use

[@outdoorstudios2022]

Howdy Howdy!

[@anibor99]

4:04 how many eggs did the Easter bunny put in the hen house? 😅

[@SilverBack.]

*Gary do not use treated wood for Rabbit feeders as they will chew it and it is not good for them*

[@karenspeer7378]

What if the rabbits chew on the wood? Will it be Toxic to them?

[@tst1200]

So where's the new rabbit from crc going? Are you keeping 2 males and 2 females then?

[@compio]

Hey! what kind bread you use on your french toast. They look yummy!

[@SimpleLifeReclaimed]

Homemade French bread 🍞💚🤤

[@RichardDavenport-z8u]

For future reference, a Sawzall with no blade makes a great vibrator for concrete to remove air bubbles. A 5 gal bucket can be used to make water measurements. Just fill with 1 gallon and make a sharpie mark and repeat for the other 4 gallons for correct water filling.

[@kerrylynnparsons7879]

I feel it WAS the box because plastic HOLDS THE COLD!!! 🥹🥹🥹

[@sandypratt8951]

❤️👍👍👍

[@teenaf3166]

GARY!!!!!! Noooooooooooooooo! The box is treated wood…..it’s poisonous…… Also that piece of wood at the front is going to make it hard for mumma to jump out.

[@glendabendel421]

😊nice😊

[@jamesnewell120]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😎😎

[@Birdiechik]

Were been breeding bunnies for about 10 years and breed in winter also, they do not have a problem with winter breeding, and rabbits can withstand the cold weather.. we don't use breeding boxes either, but we don't keep them caged up like that...they have their pens witch leads to a large caged run so they can run around and play also, they love playing and I really don't understand why people keep them caged like yall do...

[@Youtubsucks5]

Just wait until they start eating them 😂

[@his4evr2c]

They do what Tim of RidgeLife does: @Birdiexhik Rabbits burro so perhaps that's why they are caged . Idk

[@jeanetterengel2184]

They can be in runs that have wire netting buried under the ground to provide a safe environment..Plus one needs to cover large enclosure as well to stop feathered predators do not take bunnys. It makes for a much more friendly environment to allow them to run jump do bickies and just be rabbits.!!

[@Birdiechik]

@@his4evr2c yes i know they do...

[@Birdiechik]

@@jeanetterengel2184 excatly, here in australia we deal with all kinds of predators that love rabbits but if made properly it works...when we first started out we had a big python snake eating the full grown adults, and we couldn't find it at first. But once we did we dealt with it and fixed up the area where it got in...

[@markdilley7274]

The rabbits shouldn't be cage up all the time, how about building a large rabbit run

[@vickiemounts2962]

Why didn’t you get Julia a bigger bike? That one looks so small 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@meandmybuddy964]

Something is different changed???

[@CLASSICLAT]

Wyott is not seen interacting with the kids for a while. Are things okay?

[@SimpleLifeReclaimed]

Yeah Everythings good. He had a lil cold over Easter weekend and wasnt feeling well. Theyre back to paying like normal now

[@nancyinnevada2785]

🐰🐇🐰🐇🐰

[@mistylebrun6383]

You shouldn’t use treated or painted wood boxes it’s bad for them😢

[@50spirithealer]

Seriously!? Those are meat rabbits! You are using treated wood to build nesting boxes knowing rabbits will chew on wood and be nursing babies! Geese!

[@BigJim-zh9gr]

Just a heads up, some treated wood is toxic to rabbits, you may do a search to see which is safe. Just saying.

[@CarolMains-dy7zh]

RABBIT BOX: If you find it's too heavy for your cage, or the treated wood, may not be the best, it's a good box to use as a stool around the campfire, you'll be able to easily find other options for it's use

[@katehumphries6463]

Gary, you should've used treated wood for the nesting box as rabbits love to chew. Mumma and babies will get poisoned from it 😮

[@vickiemounts2962]

Take that top board on the front off. It’s not necessary 😊

[@dalecherry4044]

It doesn't have to be perfect. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Come on Gary we all know better. 👍👍

[@bpatton3671]

Gary I am unsure on the treated lumber issue, maybe a conference call with Tim, Big Mike at MT Homestead or David at C'mon Mountain would help! Sorry, or Anthony at CRC! ❤❤

[@southernboycookin5383]

Beautiful video, guys. Garden especially looks awesome! I saw the kids out and was going: what are they doing? Yep, it's been a long time since I've seen an Easter Egg hunt 😁 Just a beautiful homestead.

[@rongray4847]

👍👍❤️❤️🇨🇦

[@bpatton3671]

Gary, I would use about 1/2" hole saw to cut holes for the baby bunnies poop to fall through in the bottom! ❤❤

[@imhere9745Elaine]

Before next winter i think you should use some wood and buld something that will block off the bottom of the rabbit hutch from the cold weather around the bottom of the hutches? And have some kind of plexe class door to close the front door ! To keep out some of the cold weather

[@louiseclovemypups9186]

I just ordered the SLR New AR Logo green tee-shirt. Been wanting one.

[@richardgreenlaw1442]

Not here in New Hampshire. We got snow on Thursday .

[@leonardblais3030]

Even though it's scrap lumber, you shouldn't use it that way only because of the chemicals that's in pressure treated lumber. You could accidently poison your animals.

[@marthawright5840]

I agree, take the last piece of wood off. The 2x4. You don't need it.

[@meandmybuddy964]

How long does it take to grow a rabbit out to eating size

[@starlenekalinski5633]

The box looks good, but I think the last board might make it hard for mama rabbit to get in and out.

[@mortenmyhrmoen7592]

🇳🇴👍👍

[@annamaybeekman]

GOOD JOB GARY. LOVE YOU GUYS. ANNAMAY

[@fllady-e2y]

You may want to save a little of the 2x10 scraps to use in the walls by your windows so that you have good wood to mount rods into. Like your vlog

[@donaldthompson3219]

That's it? Haha..looks great😊. Easter Brought me back..so cool..

[@lydiamitchell6814]

Ok , I am happy you made a wood box for mama. But, it needs more roof on it to enclose it for more privacy. It needs the 2x4 piece of wood removed and lower the front piece of wood cut down to 4 to 5 inches. Babies need to jump out and yet come off mama when nursing when little without falling out. More top and less front on the box. You can find a tried and true box design probably on google or KZbin. Also, not sure pressure treated wood is good. I think they no longer use chemicals, so that’s probably ok. Mama will definitely chew on it. They need something to chew on the keep their teeth from growing too long! And the box is what rabbit will use. Just sharing my knowledge from years of rabbits … from SW Missouri Wood box is best! I don’t know why you are waiting to put her with her box. She needs to acclimate. And my mamas would start sometimes 2 weeks early pulling hair for bedding. Give her time to feel safe with her box. Holes in the bottom not needed. When done take it out and rinse it out and put it back in. It’s her bed, not just a birth bed! So do your rabbits have salt? Don’t forget… start putting some cat food in her box now. The extra protein will keep her from eating her babies. Cut a hole in wire and feeder slides through. A perfect fit to put in the cage… enough for rabbit to eat from the feeder. But it works ok as you have it too.

[@54maggiemoo]

Beautiful scenery at the beginning of the video. It's so beautiful there.

[@barbscarrow7300]

Momma will love the nesting box Good Luck 🤞❤️🇨🇦

[@BrianHansma]

Don't take this the wrong way but, you probably shouldn't use treated lumber for anything to do with animals. There are all sorts of chemicals in that lumber including arsenic that can be harmful for your pets. Great build though. Looks like you guys had a great end to your Spring Break and Easter Weekend. Take care

[@CarolMains-dy7zh]

RABBIT BOX: If you find it's too heavy for your cage, or the treated wood, may not be the best, it's a good box to use as a stool around the campfire, you'll be able to easily find other options for it's use

[@constancestine1020]

Treated wood seems risky. Good luck.

[@tubularguynine]

Maybe try building little drawers under the rabbit feeders to catch the spillage.

[@Wlachancegofordividend.]

There are some bunnies that don’t like you to touch their babies even though you have done it in the past I would recommend that you wait until their eyes are open. Resist the urge. I have raised rabbits so this does come from my experience. You can even cover the front of the cage to give her privacy. She just might be that type. Good luck.

[@CarolWhite-il7ki]

Your doing a fantastic job. Sorry I haven't sent message before. But have just found out how to do it . Take care and love to you all.

[@jeanetterengel2184]

Add straw right through all the floors of tbe hutchetc as it provides warmth and also quality hay as it should be 90% of a rabbit's diet. Also the mother rsbbit should be able to forage for her foid and also to build up het nesting mayerials to have her kittens . They even pull tbe own fur out especislly when tbey shed it after winter to help line the nests.

[@dewighthackney149]

I predict that ya'lls kid's will be ready to be on their own before the house is ready for move in and complete!! 😊❤

[@somersnsom781]

Enjoyed watching, Can't wait to see the baby bunnies!❤

[@ireneromero5326]

Looks like you all had a fantastic Easter 🐣! Your children are so beautiful and handsome 😊❤

[@lilystilo710]

C'mom baby bunnies

[@gaildavis710]

Put some boxes on the ground to catch the pooh so that you won't have to shovel it!!!!!

[@user-mv3sr8zq2t]

Outstanding !!!