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and ultra-violet rays for reducing infection in the hutch. However the hutch should not be exposed to so much sun heat, because heat stress is one of the conditions that cause mortality in rabbits. Therefore rabbits must be in a place which protects them from the mid afte :moon heat. - .J - . Place the outdoor hutches next to the house in oraer . ro provide enough security against thieves and predators. '3utches must be constructed such that there is no excessive noise and make which may seriously affect confort of the rabbits. Rabbits need a luiet environment during feeding and farmers must locate the hutch in a place that limits disturbance. Rabbits must be placed as far as possible fiom the Kitchen to avoid smoke and heat stress. 4.6 Indoor Hutches In commercial rabbit production on a large scale, it is advisable that the farmer puts hutches indoors. This is done by construction of a large building with suficient ventilation and security provisions. Hutches within the house can be simple and can be made as boxes suspended from the roof, Sometimes hutches are constructed on the floor in a house. When the hutches are constructed on the floor, the rabbits can be kept on concrete floor, which can be kept dry, or they can be kept on marram floor where they can be allowed to burrow in the underground. Rabbits can rear their young ones in the bumw. Bucks should be kept separate fiom does and young ones to prevent unnecessary mating and eating of the young ones. Cleanliness must be observed strictly and over-crowding must be avoided. 4.7 Outlay and equipments needed in a rabbit house The equipment in a rabbit house include the water trough, feed trough, roughage rack and kindling box. A piece of wood can be placed in the hutch for chewing because rabbits like to gnaw and chew and can easily eat their way out of the hutch. This habbit is increased if the rabbits are not fed properly. e Water troughs These can easily be made from a tin and a bottle. The Waterers should be fixed to the hutch wall or floor to prevent tipping over. Regular
cleaning is a must as the rabbits tend to foul the containers. Figure 11 (a) and (b) shows how the water troughs can be fixed to the wall. * Feeders Figure 11: Showing how to fix home made Wat6:rers in a hutch Adopted fiom Tropical Agriculturist All hutches must have feed troughs in them which are used for feeding of concentrated feeds. Concentrated food is very expensive and if used must not be wasted. Feeders must be fixed on the wall or floor and should have good depth. Heavy clay containers can be used as they will not tip over easily (see Figures 12 (a), (b) and (c). (a): Feed trough fixed on the wall (b): Feed trough fixed on the floor (c) Clay homemade feed trough Figure 12 a,b,c: Showing the different types of feed troughs: 10
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