Can i see your DIY chicken/rabbit/pet house? Pretty please....

lauren_1

We have our chooks in the old rabbit hutch which they are nearly big enough to go in to a coup, however the ones we have seen in the shops are over priced and a bit flimsy, same again for bunny hutches (he's a french lop).

We are thinking about having a bash at making our own, kinda akin to a childs playhouse but with a run built in. We have been looking on ebay for actual playhouses to convert but no such luck...

Is anyone willing to share their home made houses so i can get a good idea of plans and sizes.

Many thanks

Spudnik_2

Hi,

I don't have any pictures of home-made hutches, but this is what I made for my late rabbit Flash to live in:
http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y128/Spudtastic/Flash/NIC%20Condo/

It cost me about £60 in total including the litter box, bed, carpet, seagrass mat etc. and I had plenty of grids left so could have built a bigger one.

As for a chicken coop, ours isn't DIY but it was built by the father of the guy that runs the pet stall on the local market and cost about £90. As such I'm not sure that this will be helpful or not, but you can see pictures here:
http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y128/Spudtastic/Chickens/

I basically told him what I wanted and he sketched it on a scrap piece of paper before building it for us. Also, please excuse the pine woodshavings - I am aware of the dangers and no longer use them, but there was nothing else available at the time!

For the chickens - have you considered an old dog/cat kennel with run? Not sure quite how it would work, but you might be able to convert one?

BridgetJones_2

We're getting this playhouse for our mini lops when we move...
http://www.shedstore.co.uk/itemdetl.php/itemprcd/win55pop

I stole the idea from 'Wendle' on this site, I love the look of it, I think hutches are quite unsightly and a playhouse will have more protection from foxes;
http://forums.rabbitrehome.org.uk/showthread.php?t=144736

Playhouses are cheaper in the long run, esp if you put down lino or something that protects the wood. It shouldn't need replacing in the rabbits lifetime.