29/01/2022
What is Rabbit Farming?
Rabbit farming is the process of breeding, fattening and reproducing rabbits, economically to obtain the maximum benefit in the sale of its products and by-products. Rabbit production is little exploited due to several reasons such as ignorance of the population about the nutritional value of the rabbit meat, eating patterns and little information about the species, etc.
Terminology
Buck: A mature male rabbit used for breeding
Doe: A mature female rabbit used for breeding
Kit: A young rabbit whose eyes are not yet opened
Bunny: A young rabbit below 20 weeks age
Fryer: 10 to 12 weeks old rabbits ready for market
Litter: Kits born in a single kindling
Kindling: Act of parturition
Weaner: A newly weaned rabbit
Rabbitry: A place where domesticated rabbits are kept
Caecotrophy/Coprophagy: The consumption of own f***l matter
Advantages or Benefits of Rabbit Farming
Rabbits need a little surface for their accommodation. The area desired for the raising of rabbits will depend on how many animals we want to raise.
Rabbits are animals that reproduce quickly. It is possible to obtain from 4 to 6 births per year. Females can start their reproductive life at 4 months of age, provided they have reached a weight of 3 kg; and males at 5-6 months of age. Gestation is 30 days, lactation 35 days, and slaughter when they reach a live weight of 2.4 kg.
The feeding of rabbits is simple. We can use products from the garden, forage, grains, some leaves of trees.
Animal care is accessible as they can be cared for by young people, women and the elderly. Rabbits adapt to wide temperature ranges. The adult animal tolerates cold well, newborn rabbits should be given proper protection. In the summer, you must have shade (deciduous trees) and protection with half shade cloth. Their cages can be built with different low-cost materials or old cages (chickens).
The waste of the rabbits, that is, their manure can be recycled through the Californian Red worm,
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