They are engaged in rabbits for various reasons. Some grow decorative rabbits and enjoy communication with these fluffy animals, others are engaged in rabbit breed, as they consider their meat a special delicacy, and someone made rabbit breeding their business and successfully makes money on this.
This section of livestock is considered the most profitable, since to start this business you do not need very large investment. Cells for rabbits can be made independently from what is at hand in any rural courtyard – a metal mesh, boards. Drinks and feeders can also be made by yourself, and hay and branches are prepared with the whole family in the warm season. At the same time, the meat of rabbits, as well as its fur, is valuable and in demand on the market.
Caring for rabbits does not require special skills and complex skills, the main thing is to feed them in time, drink, keep warm and regularly vaccinate. In general, legends go about the famous fertility of rabbits!
Calculation of profitability of rabbit breeding
In order to indicate approximately whether it will be profitable for you to breed rabbits, you need, as for any other type of economic activity, to draw up a business plan. He will give you a real picture of your costs for the acquisition of equipment, rabbits, their maintenance, care and approximate amount of your income.
For example, if you intend to grow rabbits for slaughter for meat, then your costs will be as follows:
purchasing equipment for rabbit breeding – room, cells, drinkers and feeders, etc. D. Here, the amount of expenses may vary depending on whether you purchase all this or build on your own;
Until the age of slaughter age, you will have to prepare 10 kg of hay and 15 kg of compound feed for one animal. Do not forget about the need for a special nutrition of rabbits during pregnancy. You will have to purchase vitamins and minerals so that both females and their offspring are healthy and active;
veterinarian costs and regular vaccination;
electricity costs;
payment of employees;
The acquisition of rabbits.
The value of profit will depend on the number of the herd. So, for example, from ten rabbit per day you will have one rabbit, and from fifty, already four or five. However, the costs of their maintenance will increase, so you must think well and calculate all the pros and cons of home rabbit breeding, before making a final decision.
Industrial rabbit product is more profitable, but requires higher investments – for rental land, for wages to employees, for transport and communication, for sale, etc. D. They pay off for several years.
Breeding rabbits according to Mikhailov’s methodology
Acceleration rabbit breeding is currently gaining momentum. It began to be used more broadly, since the meat and fur of rabbits of accelerates are appreciated much higher than ordinary rabbits. For example, a fur coat of fur of these animals costs about a thousand dollars. In addition, demand is growing for young.
Advantages of acceleration rabbit breeding:
Rabbits-accelerates are not susceptible to ordinary diseases;
gain weight several times faster than their usual counterparts;
meat and fur are valued for their special qualities;
the ability to save on the acquisition of feed and vaccination;
the ability to increase profit several times.
What is the essence of this methodology of rabbit breeding, which attracts such excellent prospects? This technique is that rabbits are grown in mini-farms. Animals in them create the most comfortable conditions of stay. The owner of such a mini-farm spends about 15 minutes a day to care for his pets. In five months he grows in one mini-farm, with an area of 3.8 m2, 30 rabbits. The author of this technique is the St. Petersburg scientist and. N. Mikhailov.
Developed in 1978, it has gained wide recognition and world popularity. Rabbit breeding according to Mikhailov is based on the uniqueness of mini-farm structures for rabbit growing. Double -tier cells on the north side are insulated and closed, and from the southern side – open for access to light and air. Feeders and drinkers have a special design that allows animals access to food and water constantly. When filling them, animals can eat a week.
Rabbit life waste falls into a special compartment, which is cleaned once every three days. The built-in ventilation system constantly supports the comfortable atmosphere in the mini-farm, where the lack of an unpleasant odor.
The methodology of rabbit breeding according to Mikhailov is very profitable and attractive for novice rabbits. The compact dimensions of the mini-farms allow for their installation to use existing utility rooms. Rabbits perfectly tolerate Russian climatic conditions.
So, if you decide on independent rabbit breeding as a type of business, then be sure to calculate the business plan and solve very important issues for yourself-where you will get food for your rabbits, and where you will sell meat and fur. Having solved these issues, you can have up to 70% of profit per year!
