Techniques of short-term fattening Meat Rabbits

Before slaughtering commercial meat rabbits, in order to rapidly increase meat yield and improve meat quality in a short time, fattening should be carried out.

I. fattening model

1. Young rabbits are fattened. The baby rabbits begin to fattening immediately after weaning. The group feeding method can be used at the beginning of fattening, so that the meat rabbits have a full opportunity to exercise and achieve the purpose of promoting the full growth of bones and muscles. The intensive feeding method can be used after 10-20 days, the time is 30-40 days, and the body weight is 2.5-3.0 kg.

2. Adult rabbits are fattened. Refers to the elimination of breeding rabbits have a short fattening time before slaughtering, in order to increase weight and improve meat quality. The fattening rabbits should choose the rabbits with moderate fatness, the fattening time is generally no more than 30-40 days, and the well-fattened rabbits can increase their body weight by 1.0-1.5 kg during the fattening period.

Second, fattening technology

1. Fattening feed. The fattening feed of meat rabbits is mainly based on concentrate and supplemented by green feed. If you prepare your own mixed feed, it should contain 15% crude fiber, 17% protein and 2.5% fat. The most suitable fattening feed is barley, corn, wheat bran, bean cake, sweet potato, potato and so on, and appropriate amount of bone meal, salt, charcoal powder and inorganic salt supplementary feed should be added.

2. Castration and fattening. Fattening rabbits had better be castrated, and generally young rabbits are castrated at the age of 8-10 weeks after birth.

3. Restrict exercise. Meat rabbits during the fattening period, especially in the later fattening period, should restrict exercise in order to reduce feed consumption and accumulate fat. Meat rabbits during the fattening period are generally not suitable for stocking, but are best placed in a warm, quiet and dark environment for high density breeding.

4. Feed less and eat more. The rabbits in the fattening period have a poor appetite because of less exercise and concentrate feed. In order to increase appetite, we should master the principle of feeding less and eating more, so as to increase its food intake and provide adequate drinking water at the same time.

5. Manage carefully. During the fattening period, meat rabbits are lack of exercise and light, their resistance is poor, and they are easy to be infected with diseases, so they should be carefully managed, and the cages should be checked and cleaned in time, and disinfected regularly, so as to ensure that the rabbits in the fattening period can eat well, eat well and have a good rest. Make it in good health.