The device of a cage for rabbits according to the Zolotukhin method
Cages for rabbits using the Zolotukhin method are a convenient and practical option for self-production. In addition, a similar design, invented several decades ago, allows rabbits to hurt much less and grow faster. Nikolai Ivanovich conceived the cage in such a way that it can accommodate several families of rabbits or up to 6 individuals for each tier. Zolotukhin's cells are a great option for making with your own hands. The low cost of the future premises and the non-requirement of drawings are some of the most pleasant bonuses.
Rabbit cages
Distinctive characteristics of cells
Zolotukhin's cage is a structure consisting of several distinctive elements that make it functional. Zolotukhin (Nikolai Ivanovich) believes that the best choice for a cage is 3 tiers with an inclined floor and an overturning feeder. Hay tanks are installed among the living quarters. What is the advantage of each element?
- The sloped floor of the cage according to a known method should be made of slate or plywood material. It is not worth using a metal net: it is installed only for the back wall. Also a feature is the missing pallet. According to Nikolai Ivanovich himself, this is due to the fact that animals most often defecate near the back wall, where most of the feces penetrate. Only 30% is distributed throughout the cell.
- According to the well-known method, the three tiers of the rabbit cage have different sizes in order to properly distribute the animal's waste - they should not stain the individuals living below. The structure has 6 cells, each floor is shifted to the lower one. The function of the front wall is to form a slope.
- In the design for Zolotukhin's rabbits, there is no stationary queen cell, which is replaced during the winter with a special house / mink for females. In the summer, the nest is formed in the hay. The hollow mother liquor is a wooden box expanding towards the back wall. To provide it with protection, wooden doors are made, and double walls are used to insulate it.
- The presence of a tilting feeder is considered another significant advantage of the cage, drawn up according to Zolotukhin's schemes, because it simplifies feeding. A tray of such a plan easily tilts to fall asleep with food and closes without disturbing the cage itself. The feeder is inserted into the door frame and secured with hinge nails. You can save it from rabbit sharp teeth by making a tin upholstery.
To simplify the keeping of rabbits according to the Zolotukhin method, a goose wing can be used as a broom, which perfectly cleans the floor of the cage. The advantage of building with your own hands is the low cost and the ability to focus on video during manufacture. In addition, according to Zolotukhin, no blueprints and diagrams are needed to make a cage. The money saved can be used to purchase feed for the rabbits.
What is a cell structure
Zolotukhin has been raising rabbits for quite a long time, because his advice is popular with modern farmers. As already mentioned, the room is a simple structure, although there is more than one option for the manufacture of side walls. For these purposes, mesh, slate, wood, plywood, etc. can be used. To make the frame, wood is used as the door of the mother liquor. The mesh covers the rear floor and the cage doors. Slate is used to make the floor and ceiling for the tier below. Polycarbonate is needed to equip the back wall of the rabbit cage according to the method in question. Bars are upholstered with sheet metal. Planks can be a good substitute for slate.
There is nothing complicated with the dimensions of the structure itself: its width reaches 2 m, and its height is one and a half meter. The depth of the building should not exceed 85 cm.In order not to complicate breeding, it is necessary to remember the importance of an inclined floor: its dimensions are up to 8 cm.The floor back wall should be 15-20 cm wide, and the tier in height may end at 60 cm.
The tier is partitioned into 2 parts, as a result of which 2 cells are obtained, between which space is left for installing a sennik. Mostly the floor is covered with slate, but in the area of the rear wall it is performed using a mesh with certain dimensions: its width is 20 cm. Drawings of Nikolai Zolotukhin's cage for doors intended for fattening, walking and mother house doors will differ. In the first case, the cage doors are a wider mesh. In the second case, a tree is used to help darken the nest, protect it from temperature extremes and weather conditions. To prevent small pets from falling out of the house when the door opens, according to the Zolotukhin method, you need to nail a small side up to 10 cm wide.
What are the nuances
As already noted, in summer, the floor of the cage is laid with hay, which only simplifies the maintenance of rabbits. The mother plant is fenced off from the main structure using a board measuring 15-25 cm wide. As soon as the rabbits grow up, the board is removed, resulting in a large room for the little ones. In winter, the mother cell of the rabbit cage, according to the method of a famous person, is a wooden box-mink with dimensions equal to: 40 by 40/30 by 30 cm for the ceiling and floor; 15-17 cm - for the device of the main wall; about 26 cm - to equip the back wall; 15 cm high - to make an inlet. Uneven measurements can be easily explained: thus, expansion will appear in the rabbit burrow.
When installing a mother liquor with your own hands, drawings are not needed, however, you must remember the importance of touching the bottom of the hole to the floor. The female will slaughter the mother house on her own with the help of hay and for the duration of the crescent will hide the small rabbits there from others and bury them in the litter itself.
How to make a cage yourself
After examining the information, analyzing the training videos and possible ready-made drawings, you can start making the structure yourself. You need to get started by ensuring that you have enough nails, a good working hammer, future drinkers and materials such as:
- Polycarbonate. It is necessary to make many of the details of the cage, and it also covers the back wall of the structure.
- Latch bars or door hooks.
- Wooden boards. Their thickness should not be less than 1.5 cm.
- Dense slate and welded net.
- Sheet metal or cladding.
To get started and finish successfully, you need to follow these steps without changing their order.
- Knock off the wooden frame, taking into account the previously described measurements.
- Engage in sawing out doors and partitions for the mother liquor. In advance, you should pay attention to the winter boxing for rabbits.If there is no desire to make an additional box, it is necessary to provide for the presence of a solid door that does not have any gaps for the place of the room where the kids will live for 2 weeks.
- Cut the network based on the number of structures.
- Cut the floor and roof of the lower tiers using dense sheet slate.
- Engage in cutting back walls using polycarbonate, boards, chipboard, plywood.
- Start filling in the bars that protect the rabbits from falling out. In this case, care must be taken to stuff them at the junction of the leading edge.
- To partition all tiers into equal parts, you need to leave a free area for B-shaped senniks with any convenient size.
- Equip an inclined feeder (angle 35 °). Attach it to the door with the nails used for the side walls. The hole for the nail must be larger than the diameter of the nail due to the capacity of the container to be in constant free movement. The tray is supplemented with a grid in the middle, so that it does not allow excessive rains of feed and grains.
A net is used for the fattening door. This door should be wider than the one that closes the mother liquor. For the doors of the second, wood is used. If there is a separate queen cell for newborns, it must be remembered that in the summer it must be removed and the rabbits must be taught to hay. The expansion of the mother liquor back creates the feeling of being in a real burrow.
Cages for Zolotukhin rabbits are a budgetary and multifunctional design option. Such a cage can make life easier not only for rabbits, but also for their owner. To make it yourself, you do not need drawings, you will need inexpensive materials and a minimum of time. Special videos will help to simplify the task of building a cage.