Build Rabbit Housing: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-82 [Paperback]

Bob Bennett (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 4, 1982

Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.

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From the Back Cover

Since the 1973 publication of Storey's first Country Wisdom Bulletin, our commitment to preserving the arts, crafts, and skills of country life has never wavered. We now have more than 200 titles in this series of 32-page publications, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.

Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins contain practical, hands-on instructions designed to help you master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. From traditional skills to the newest techniques, Storey's Bulletins provide a foundation of earth-friendly information for the way you want to live today.

About the Author

Bob Bennett is the author of six books on rabbit raising, including Storey's Guide to Raising Rabbits, as well as numerous magazine and newspaper articles. He has served as the editor of Rabbits magazine, has been a contributing editor to Countryside magazine, and is the founder of Domestic Rabbits and a past director of the American Rabbit Breeders Association. Bennett lives in Vermont, where he has raised rabbits for more than 50 years.

 

Product Details

• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC; First Edition edition (January 4, 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0882662961
• ISBN-13: 978-0882662961
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #302,613 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Building Rabbit Housing, July 5, 2000

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Rachel - See all my reviews

This review is from: Build Rabbit Housing: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-82 (Paperback)

I really liked this book. It was VERY helpful for building a safe rabbit house. Any one that is getting a rabbit or already has one and wants to build a new house for it, I think this is the book for them.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST publication on the subject, October 29, 2006

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MotherLodeBeth "MotherLodeBeth" (Sierras of California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Build Rabbit Housing: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-82 (Paperback)

The Storey guides are the best and informative publications I have bought. Having bought expensive books that said the same thing as the Build Rabbit Housing: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-82
by Bob Bennett does I highly recommend this publication first and foremost. The information is easy to read, illustrations etc easy to follow. Save money as well by putting the money you would have put toward an expensive book on the subject, toward other rabbit needs.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tastes like chicken, but with only half the fat!, March 22, 2009

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Michael Davey (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Build Rabbit Housing: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-82 (Paperback)

Building wire hutches for rabbits isn't rocket science. This booklet (about 27 useful pages) gives you step by step instructions on how to build wire hutches, nest boxes and carrying boxes for rabbits.

The concern here is for mostly meat/fur rabbits and breeding of meat/fur rabbits. It includes information on watering, feeding devices and hay racks. What it leaves out is the type of shed you need to build or buy to house the hutches in. And you will need something to put the hutches in to keep them out of the weather. These are NOT hutches for the living room of your house, unless you want rabbit feces and urine all over you walls and floor.

Information on sheds, from large to small is in "Storey's Guide to Raising Rabbits: Breeds, Care, Facilities". You can get most of the advice and information you need from that book and from "Raising Rabbits the Modern Way" which contains a less step by step information on building cages. The two books and the booklet are all by Bob Bennett. If you only want information on building cages, then buy this booklet "Build Rabbit Housing" and save yourself a few dollars.

I've found most books with the word "Modern" in it are usually older than I am, but not in this case. First published in 1975. (when one of the first personal computers came out: the MITS Altair 8800. Soldering iron not included. http://oldcomputers.net/altair.html).
A long time ago, but both have been updated in the late eighties and I think the books have held up well and have a lot to teach us.

A lot of people are horrified at the thought of someone eating cute fluffy bunnies. I eat meat. I feel as long as I am going to eat meat I'm going to try to limit my intake, and try to be sure that the animals I consume are raised and killed in the most humane methods possible. The best way to do that is to raise them myself.

BTW, this booklet is available as a downloadable pdf elsewhere on the net for the same price as the printed here, but I'll leave it for you to locate.