Are chickens and bunnies "buddies"?

[Smiles Jr.]

Do you guys think I should allow the rabbits to roam the chicken run while the chickens are out there too? I have never tried it.

 

[hoodat]

Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. The chickens are more likely to harass the rabbits than the other way round. Remember that domestic rabbits come from a European rabbit that lives in burrows. They can dig like badgers and might dig their way out. Once they get established in burrows they're dickenses to catch.

 

[aussieheelr]

I have a friend that kept her one rabbit buck with her chickens... but he decided he was a rooster (ehem) so he found a new home.

 

[thistlebloom]

I once had a Flemish Giant buck when I was a kid that I would let stretch his legs in one of the goat pens. That ended when I saw my milk goat running with the buck leaping up to bite her shoulder. Guess he thought he was part Border Collie...

 

[Timmy]

I've heard that Coccidiosis (a common illness in chickens) is lethal to rabbits.

 

[sparks]

I check out The Hen Cam occasionally and Terri keeps a rabbit hutch in her chicken pen. It is fun, check it out

 

[chris09]

I've heard that Coccidiosis (a common illness in chickens) is lethal to rabbits.

Bingo.

Chris

 

[ontheairship]

I've heard that Coccidiosis (a common illness in chickens) is lethal to rabbits.

Does anyone ever have problems with chickens, Coccidiosis, and dogs contracting it?

 

[SweetMissDaisy]

I've never had issue w/ illnesses being passed between rabbit and chicken. I keep 1 rabbit in a 8x10 yard with 5 chickens. I do have to keep him in his hutch during the day though, because he LOVES "wink wink" the chickens. Since the chickens perch at night, and he's a nightowl, he gets to run 'round the area at night while the chickens are snoozing....when I remember to let him out of his hutch.

 

[wifezilla]

So you have a time share