All about rabbit breeding as a business

Rabbit breeding is one of the most promising and profitable sectors of animal husbandry. When breeding rabbits, you can create a profitable production in a short time. Profitability of this business directly depends on the professionalism of the rabbit breeder. Novice entrepreneurs often do not take into account that rabbit care has many subtleties.

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Active growth of rabbit breeding on an industrial scale began in Soviet times, after the collapse of the USSR, large rabbit breeding collective farms closed, and the growth rate in the industry decreased. Currently, rabbits are bred on private small farms and in private farms. The main products of rabbit breeding are dietary meat, rabbit liver, fluff and skins. Basically, rabbits are raised for meat. Rabbit breeding is a profitable business; the payback period for a farm project is no more than 1 year.

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Before buying animals, it is necessary to study the technology of breeding and keeping rabbits. First of all, it is necessary to build rabbitry - a room in which there will be cells with rabbits. To reduce initial investment costs, rabbitry can be built with your own hands. For the winter period, it is necessary to provide for room heating. In rabbitry, it is necessary to ensure good illumination, clean air and the absence of drafts.

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Cells can also be made with your own hands or purchased in a specialized store. To optimize the production process, rabbitry must have several types of cells. Cages for females should be equipped with a box under the nest after okrolya. Cells for males should be spacious, 8-10 females can be planted for one male. Separately, cells should be provided for preliminary keeping of rabbits from the age of 10 weeks and for pregnant rabbits. Each cage must have a drinker.

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Recently, accelerated rabbit breeding has become widespread. At the same time, rabbits are kept in special mini-farms, the operation of which is fully automated. In mini-farms, the cells are arranged in several tiers, which can significantly save space and reduce costs.

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To open a mini-farm, you need to purchase a breeding herd, consisting of 20 males and 40 females. The cost of a breeding rabbit depends on the breed and its individual characteristics and ranges from 500 to 2000 rubles apiece.

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Rabbits are susceptible to various infectious diseases. Infection in rabbitry spreads very quickly and can affect the entire population, so you can not save on vaccination. Rabbits must be vaccinated against diseases such as myxomatosis and viral hemorrhagic disease. When working with rabbits, sanitary safety rules must be observed. Unauthorized persons must not be allowed into the farm. When introducing a new livestock, it is important to comply with quarantine measures.

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The rabbit breeder must prepare the feed base in advance. In the summer diet, green and succulent feeds should prevail, and in the winter, rabbits mainly receive dry food (hay). To prepare such a feed, significant labor and time is required for the preparation. Therefore, large farms introduce an automatic feeding system and often use granular feed.

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The main problem of a novice entrepreneur in almost any industry is to find a market. Therefore, at the initial stage, it is desirable to draw up a detailed business plan and pay special attention to the sales plan. The main buyers of rabbit products can be large retail chains or small butcher shops. To implement skins, you can try to find a fur atelier or private fashion designer.

Rabbit breeding as a business