LilyPatchFarm
Well-Known Member
I have a question...
Has anyone ever made hutches out of rain barrels before? a 55 gallon drums interior, on its side of course, measures almost 36'' long by 24'' wide. They could easily be attached, in rows, to a wall with screws through the bottom and a simple wooden brace. If you cut "windows" out on each side and put hardware cloth over it, and make a hardware cloth door over the front of the barrel there would be plenty of airflow. The benefit of them is that you can stack them on top of each other easily, the floors are solid, they offer plenty of room for small/medium breeds and at least in my case, I have a million of them lying around not doing anything.
Does anyone else think this would work?
Has anyone ever made hutches out of rain barrels before? a 55 gallon drums interior, on its side of course, measures almost 36'' long by 24'' wide. They could easily be attached, in rows, to a wall with screws through the bottom and a simple wooden brace. If you cut "windows" out on each side and put hardware cloth over it, and make a hardware cloth door over the front of the barrel there would be plenty of airflow. The benefit of them is that you can stack them on top of each other easily, the floors are solid, they offer plenty of room for small/medium breeds and at least in my case, I have a million of them lying around not doing anything.
Does anyone else think this would work?