Breeding Technology of Hybrid Hare

Hybrid hare is an extremely precious and valuable skin and meat rabbit in the world. Ecological breeding of hybrid hare is the first of hotels and farmers, and it is becoming more and more popular in the classification of animal husbandry. Now the breeding of hybrid hares can not only meet our goals, but also reap great benefits for special farmers. Let's take a look at hybrid hare breeding techniques.

Night feeding

The hybrid hare has the characteristics of quiet day and night movement, listless during the day, closed eyes, little food intake, energetic at night, increased food intake and drinking water, accounting for more than 70% of the whole day food intake. Therefore, artificial breeding hybrid rabbits should be fed enough forage and drink enough water at night, and conditional breeders can be fed once in the middle of the night. But in the estrus season, the hybrid hare breaks all its own rules and is passionate. In warm years, it will fight from January to October.

Narcolepsy

Hybrid hares often close their eyes and rest during the day, showing a quiet or sleeping state, when it is not easy to cause excitement except auditory stimulation. According to this habit, in addition to ensuring normal feeding, drinking water and daily management, breeders should keep the rabbit house and its surrounding environment quiet and try not to interfere with the sleep of hybrid rabbits during the day.

Reproduction

The hybrid hare is polygamous, so the male hybrid hare always wants to mate with as many female hybrid hares as possible, and usually busily looks for the female hybrid hare, which takes a lot of time. But it takes no more than a day or two to really live together with the female hybrid hare, after which the male hybrid hare will continue its free wandering life, leaving only the female hybrid hare to take care of the coming baby.

Solitude

Although the hybrid hare is gregarious, it is very poor. in group breeding, the adult hybrid hare of both male, female and the same sex often compete with each other, especially the male hybrid hare.

Uniqueness

The hybrid hare and the rabbit both belong to the rabbit-shaped order, the size of the rabbit is much larger than that of the hybrid hare, and the hybrid hare has much smaller ears than the rabbit. in addition, the hindlimb of the hybrid hare is longer and stronger than that of the ordinary rabbit. The hybrid hare itself does not make a hole in the ground where it is hiding, but lives in the open air, relying on its own running speed to escape the pursuit of its natural enemies. In order to maintain body temperature in the open air, hybrid hares have a thicker coat.

Odd characteristic

Hybrid hares have some strange habits. Generally speaking, they are very timid, but in times of crisis, they suddenly and bravely rush to the enemy and kick with their hind legs to drive the invaders away. The hind legs of the hybrid hare are so powerful that it can enable the rabbit to jump over a 2.2-meter-high wall and a 3-meter-wide ditch. It is said that when a rabbit is hunted by an eagle, it will sometimes perform the feat of a rabbit kicking an eagle, spelling out the end of the death of an eagle.

Alertness

Hybrid hare is a timid animal, which can be judged with the help of keen hearing when there is an enemy. Sudden sounds, strangers or strange animals, such as cats and dogs, will frighten the hybrid hare.

Conclusion: hybrid hare skin is not only precious fur material, but also high-grade nutritious and healthy meat. it is very tight in international and domestic markets, especially in Europe, America and Southeast Asia, which has been in short supply and needs to be imported in large quantities. If you want to raise hybrid hares, it is a prerequisite to understand their living habits. Let's take a look at hybrid hare breeding techniques.

Feeding and management of young rabbits

Young rabbits are not fully developed and grow rapidly, poor regulatory function, weak adaptability and low resistance. according to the characteristics of growth and development, feeding and management is divided into two stages, namely sleep period and eye opening stage. In addition to taking effective measures to make the rabbits eat enough milk, the sleeping rabbits should do a good job of preventing cold and keeping warm, repelling mosquitoes, killing rats, preventing disease, preventing asphyxiation and so on, as well as cleaning inside and outside the box. During the eye-opening period, the focus of feeding is feeding and weaning, feeding a small amount of nutritious, digestible and palatable feed, mixed with a small amount of minerals and antibiotics, feeding 5-6 times a day, a small number of meals, gradually increasing until weaning. The focus of the management is to separate the mother and cub at the age of 15 days and breastfeed every 12 hours. Often change the mat grass, and wash or replace the nest box. After each meal, the female rabbit is taken to the playground for proper exercise. Check your health regularly.

Breeding and management of male rabbits

Male rabbits are required to develop well, have a strong physique, exuberant sexual desire and moderate body fat. Feed is required to be of high nutritional value, easy to digest, good palatability, rich in protein and appropriate amount of minerals and vitamins, in order to improve its semen quality. In management, male and female rabbit cages are required to keep a certain distance to avoid the stimulation of the opposite sex. When mating, the female rabbit should be caught in the male rabbit cage. Generally mating twice a day, the first young male rabbit once a day, two consecutive days off for one day. It is not suitable to breed male rabbits during the period of changing hair.

Breeding and management of female rabbits

1. Empty period: during the period from weaning to re-breeding and pregnancy, adequate nutrients, such as high-quality green fodder and appropriate amount of concentrate, must be supplied to promote the recovery of physical decline caused by lactation consumption, so that it can be in estrus normally. timely mating.

2. Pregnancy: 4-5 days after mating, the female rabbit has been conceived and nutrition should be strengthened. If you want the baby rabbit to be good, it is very important to improve the quality and quantity of feed, and the amount of feed should be increased accordingly. As the fetus develops, bean cakes, bean dregs, wheat bran, aggregates and salt should be added. 3 days before delivery, reduce concentrate and give more green feed. It is necessary to strengthen nursing care during pregnancy to prevent abortion. Female rabbit abortion usually occurs 15-20 days after pregnancy. Abortion is the same as normal delivery, but the fetus is swallowed by the female rabbit. The cause of miscarriage is caused by catching too much, being frightened, eating bad feed and drinking cold water in cold days. To prevent miscarriage, it is necessary to eliminate the factors that may cause miscarriage.

3. Lactation period: the milk supplied by the mother rabbit is rich in nutrition, and the consumption of these nutrients (milk) must be extracted from the feed, so the amount of feed should be increased, and the diet should be composed of green succulent and concentrate as well as minerals. In the management, we should often check the lactation, clean the rabbit cage every day, change the mat grass, wash the dishes, and disinfect once a week.

Matters needing attention in feeding and management

1. Feed collocation: hybrid hare feed should be diversified and reasonable, and more bean feed, Gramineae and Compositae plants should be selected, mainly green feed, and about one or two concentrate fodder should be supplemented every day. According to the nutritional ingredients, learn from each other to meet the needs of hare growth and development of a variety of nutrients, do not feed a single, at the same time to prepare overwintering materials, can grow ryegrass, radish and other green feed.

2, timing and quantitative: hybrid rabbits should be fed with a certain number of times, time and quantity, develop eating habits, do not be hungry or overeat, so as to avoid digestive tract diseases.

3. Pay attention to hygiene: sweep the rabbit cage every day, remove the rabbit dung every day, choose the feeding tools, change the mat grass frequently, carry out regular disinfection, keep the rabbit house clean and dry, pay attention to the feed quality, do not feed moldy, rotten and toxic feed, and drink clean drinking water.

4. Group management: divide groups according to age, sex and mode of production, and often give hare sports to maintain their wildness if conditions permit.