One of the most profitable industries in livestock is the breeding. In order that the breeders were interested in home, raising rabbitsin 2003 , the purchase price of rabbits was increased more than 2 times. Prices for skins of rabbits also increased almost 50%.
So, it's time to decide what benefits it carries home, raising rabbits.
1. The high fertility of rabbits. The feature of the reproduction of rabbits is that the rabbits are prolific animals in agriculture.
In just one year a female rabbit can get 4 to 6 kindling. In almost every breeding, from 5 to 8 bucks, depending on breeds of rabbits. Some of the most productive females can bring 12 to 15 baby rabbits in just one breeding.
Thus, it is possible to obtain up to 1 ton of rabbit meat a year from one female.
2. Very high fertility of rabbits. For example, the pigs increase their weight double when they reach the age of 15 days. Calf – 47 days. But the little rabbit doubles its weight in six days.
When the rabbits marks a month, their weight increases ten times. The main reason for this precocity of rabbits is a good nutritional value of milk of female rabbit.
In rabbit milk contains on average from 13 to 15% protein, 9 to 19% body fat and almost 2% sugar. Those rabbits breeds of rabbits that are of high maturity, may exceed meat chickens in the intensity of development.
The sexual maturity of rabbits also occurs earlier. At the age of 4-5 months, female rabbits can be used for mating and for breeding my rabbits. A great feature is the fact that female rabbits can bear a litter at any time of the year.
3. A variety of fur rabbits. Rabbit fur-bearing rocks give us a rich assortment of beautiful and expensive fur in various natural shades.
4. Simple care for rabbits. Rabbits do not have high demands to his keeping and feeding. Animals can be breed in special premises for the breeding of rabbitsand outdoors. Thick fur protects rabbits from severe frosts. Therefore, warm indoor rabbits and not necessarily to engage in their cultivation possible and outdoor cages for rabbits.
5. Low cost content rabbits. Usually the main diet of rabbits consists of cheap green, coarse and succulent fodder. For example, to receive one kilogram of rabbit meat feed consumed two to three times less, than on 1 kg of cattle. To all this, breeding rabbits at home does not require much effort.
6. Valuable fur rabbits. The proportion of rabbit pelts in fur raw materials amounts to almost 17%. Down, get down from certain breeds of rabbits (such as Angora down and White down) is used to make felt valuable varieties and knitwear of high quality.
Leather skins of rabbits used in the production of the production of light shoes. A good organic fertilizer is rabbit manure.
7. Dietary meat rabbits. The composition of rabbit meat is very different from lamb, pork and beef. Rabbit meat contains complete protein, essential for nutrition of patients with diabetes, hypertension and gastritis.
An important feature of rabbit meat is that the human body metabolizes the protein contained in meat, 90%.
Meat is also present lecithin, which prevents the occurrence of atherosclerosis.
These 7 benefits determine popularity breeding rabbits at home among the population of the country.
