Creative thinking results in a great portable chicken or rabbit-hutch

@JudyEv (325594)
Rockingham, Australia
October 4, 2017 4:59am CST
I love ‘creative thinking’ in terms of coming up with clever ideas and particularly in making something out of almost nothing – or at least making something out of materials which would normally be delegated to the rubbish tip. While at a caravan park in France we saw this innovative rabbit-hutch. I’ve seen similar ideas used before. The wheels at one end enable the whole unit to be lifted by the handles at the other and wheeled to a new location. There is a netting floor which allows grass to penetrate. I think it is an ideal hutch for a bunny or two. What do you think?
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@sallypup (57824)
• Centralia, Washington
4 Oct 17
Just so long as there was wiggle room for the bunnies.
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@sallypup (57824)
• Centralia, Washington
5 Oct 17
@JudyEv Its hardly tall enough for a decent sized hen.
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Oct 17
@sallypup It was the 'portableness' of it that I liked.
@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Oct 17
It is smaller than I'd like but I've seen worse unfortunately.
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• Eugene, Oregon
5 Oct 17
I never had rabbits, but it sounds like a good idea.
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• Eugene, Oregon
5 Oct 17
@JudyEv What a sense of humor the man has!
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Oct 17
Every time I say I love rabbits, Vince adds 'especially with bacon'.
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• Preston, England
5 Oct 17
A terrific idea - nice
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• Preston, England
5 Oct 17
@JudyEv basically a wheelbarrow with a cage on top - really practical
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Oct 17
These hutches can be heavy to move but with the wheels it would be a breeze.
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Oct 17
@arthurchappell Yes, that's all it is really. So much easier to move the cage with the wheels and handles.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
8 Oct 17
yes it's good to be able to think creatively ... I like this idea... very clever ...
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
8 Oct 17
@JudyEv it is... I sometimes manage to have a good problem solving idea... but not often ... lol
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Oct 17
It's amazing how a little bit of lateral thinking can solve many problems.
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Oct 17
@sueznewz2 You don't want to over-use the skill. People might expect more from you!
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@xFiacre (12593)
• Ireland
4 Oct 17
@judyev A useful addition for the kitchen garden so that you don't have to go too far for fresh meat for bunny pie .
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 17
True - and if you sat it on the vegie patch, the inmates could fertilise the area as they went along.
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@xFiacre (12593)
• Ireland
4 Oct 17
@JudyEv My Parisian brother grows snails on a bucket beside his outside tap and dips into the bucket as required.
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 17
@xFiacre We had a buffet lunch for topffer in Bordeaux and I had a snail or two. They aren't as nice as oysters.
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
4 Oct 17
It certainly makes for mobile rabbits but the last thing you need Down Under is mobile rabbits!
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 17
That's very true. Our rabbits are mobile enough without needing any help!
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
4 Oct 17
That seems like a great idea and it is very green!! I like repurposing things.
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Oct 17
It's surprising what you can make from scrap.
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@LadyDuck (457918)
• Switzerland
4 Oct 17
Surely is a creative idea, the netting floor should prevent the bunny to dig a hole and escape... may be.
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@LadyDuck (457918)
• Switzerland
5 Oct 17
@JudyEv You are right, some predators can dig.
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 17
And if it were a cage for chickens, predators couldn't dig their way in.
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@just4him (305960)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
4 Oct 17
That's a great idea!
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@just4him (305960)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
4 Oct 17
@JudyEv Yes, it could.
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 17
It could easily be made from scrap too.
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
4 Oct 17
That is great. I love it when people are creative like that. turning trash to treasure.
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 17
We don't need one but we could easily make one just from stuff lying around the place.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
4 Oct 17
That's a clever idea for a chicken or rabbit hutch!
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Oct 17
It's good that it can be easily moved onto fresh grass from time to time.
@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
5 Oct 17
Very clever. Good use of used materials.
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Oct 17
I love knocking up things like this just from scraps around the place.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
4 Oct 17
That looks really cool. Great idea
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 17
I like it when people come up with cool ideas.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
5 Oct 17
@JudyEv It inspires me! Though I usually don't come up with anything cool
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@WriterAI (5373)
• Bulgaria
30 Dec 17
So cute! And so useful!
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Dec 17
It would be easy to move to a new patch of grass.
@amnabas (13742)
• Karachi, Pakistan
4 Oct 17
That's interesting...
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 17
@amnabas @thislittlepennyearnsI like the way you could pick it up and wheel it along.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
4 Oct 17
I plan to make a chicken pen/coop like this but taller and portable so I can move it, the garden loves chicken poop.
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Oct 17
The chickens would do the fertilising for you.
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
4 Oct 17
And its cute and portable, so maybe can i copy this clever idea.
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• Defuniak Springs, Florida
4 Oct 17
That's actually very clever.
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