The idea of rabbits may not cross peoples minds as an extension to their garden. But the shear volume of manure just a dozen rabbits produce is absolutely insane! While I would love to pasture them, the logistics to do so is rather difficult. Meanwhile, I'll just have to settle for the caging system.
Whatever the case, rabbit manure has the ability to be directly applied to the garden. No composting required. Recommended? Probably a good idea all the same. The same goes for sheep and goat manure actually ...
Back in January we cleaned a pickup load of manure/alfalfa out of our rabbitry. It had collected in a pile off to the side from clean outs from under the cages. Now we've cleaned out more and have at least another third of a pickup load. It's pretty awesome! Otherwise, we have compost from the milking stanchion area that consists of hay/straw, cow manure and wood chips. I've got quite a bit of that to spread around as well.
So fertility wise, my garden looks promising this year.
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