New Hutch

It's great I can imagine a nice little run attached to it

Its a wonderful hutch and at 9ft long I think its any buns dream!

It looks sturdy, safe, weatherproof and long lasting. Its fabulous.

Daniel wrote:

dizzylynn wrote:I must admit ive not known them to last past 9 years, never seen any information stating 12 years.
Can I say you seem very aggressive to our opinions. We are not being nasty or personal but you seem to be reacting like we are offending you.
Also its not only about the housing you build them its about the care you give them and the outer run is another job in itself.

I do apologize if it comes across that way but I do not see where I’ve been aggressive.

Sometimes its hard to get the right tone when typing and sometimes its difficult to get a point across without sounding like you are being off, when its not meant that way at all - Im sure no one meant to sound critical or defensive.

As a forum we pride ourselves on being supportive and helpful and positive.

Wow, what a brilliant hutch!

I love the suggestion with the lino, the industial stuff, I might go get some of this myself, at the moment I used a few stick down tiles, but only half of them stayed put, the rest were lifting so another option needs to be found. Mines hasnt chewed YET he however has chewed right through his red log thing that lasted for weeks untouched then distroyed withing a week he must have got bored. I wondered if adding shutters would work instead of covering the windows. Other wise it is a super contruction. well built just making sure the bunnys keep it that way lol

dizzylynn wrote:I love the suggestion with the lino, the industial stuff, I might go get some of this myself, at the moment I used a few stick down tiles, but only half of them stayed put, the rest were lifting so another option needs to be found. Mines hasnt chewed YET he however has chewed right through his red log thing that lasted for weeks untouched then distroyed withing a week he must have got bored. I wondered if adding shutters would work instead of covering the windows. Other wise it is a super contruction. well built just making sure the bunnys keep it that way lol

They are shutters, the first picture shows the shutters in place which slide in to the doors. The second picture shows you with out the shutters in place. Shutters will only be used when windy, raining and at night maybe, they do need some air holes in before Daisy goes in.

I felt that it’s a better option to have the shutter built in to the doors than over the whole door as that would look ugly to me so I went with the shutters inside the doors.

Genius!

See them now, I'm blind as a bat, do they just slot inplace?? in a groove sort of idea. How will you keep the groove smooth, advice cleaning regularly or something.

It looks fabulous!! I dont think anyone would have an issue with the lino as all you'd have to do is stick some newspaper/carpet cut-offs etc in there and it'd be more than fine. Most people use some kind of bedding anyway. Where abouts in the country are you? I really think you could be a fantastic asset to the welfare of rabbits

dizzylynn wrote:See them now, I'm blind as a bat, do they just slot inplace?? in a groove sort of idea. How will you keep the groove smooth, advice cleaning regularly or something.

Yes, they just slide into a slot, the grove is 12mm wide and it allows a 9mm plywood shutter to slide in. To keep clean just wipe or brush out once in a while but as long as you don't over paint it, it should be fine.

Becki wrote:It looks fabulous!! I dont think anyone would have an issue with the lino as all you'd have to do is stick some newspaper/carpet cut-offs etc in there and it'd be more than fine. Most people use some kind of bedding anyway. Where abouts in the country are you? I really think you could be a fantastic asset to the welfare of rabbits

I'm based North West England, i just aim to create reliable and long lasting products.

lovley little house for a lucky bun, By the time you get the news paper down and the hay on the top he should be fine to jump about without injury, Any time you up the NE give me a knock you can come and do one for my 18 buns hehehe

Hutch is all done now, very basic shelf in:



Daisy to go in later…

Daniel, it's brilliant, I'm so impressed with it - The buns will love it, I'm sure

Thanks for putting it up here, I've been looking at home made hutch designs recently, and this is really good

Very nice hutch Daniel! Somebunny is going to be quite cozy and happy.