When is the most economical time for Rex rabbit to take skin?

The main purpose of raising Rex rabbit is to take skin, and the quality of rabbit skin will directly affect the economic benefit. In order to obtain high quality Rex rabbit skin, we must not only have excellent breeding rabbits and scientific breeding, but also understand the hair changing law of Rex rabbits and calculate the accurate skin extraction time.

1. Hair changing of Rex Rabbit

The hair changing of Rex rabbits can be divided into two types: age changing and seasonal changing.

The main results are as follows: 1. Age hair changing occurs in young rabbits and young rabbits. The period from 30 days old to 150 days old after birth is the first age sexual hair changing period. According to the author's experience, the skin is the most economical after the first age-related hair change. The second age sexual hair change was mostly between 170 days old and 240 days old, and the hair change lasted for a long time. If the first age sexual hair change is in spring or autumn, the second age sex hair change will often begin immediately.

2. Seasonal hair changing: it refers to the hair changing of adult rabbits in spring and autumn. The hair change is generally from the beginning of March to the end of April in spring and from the beginning of September to the end of November in autumn. The hair changing time between the north and the south of China is about half a month due to the difference of conditions.

Second, determine the time for the Rex rabbit to take the skin.

To determine the time of the Rex rabbit to take the skin, we should follow two principles: one is to be of the right age, and the other is to be timely.

1. Appropriate age: the skin should be slaughtered after the end of the first age sexual hair change of young rabbits and before the beginning of the second age sexual hair change, that is, from 5 months to 6 months old, and the body weight is about 2.75kg. At this time, the skin area can reach 0.1111 square meters, in line with the grade requirements. From the point of view of fur maturity, it is better to slaughter and remove the skin after the second age sexual hair change, but it should be kept for more than two months, which will increase the cost of feeding and management.

2. timely: skin removal refers to the skin removal time of adult rabbits, old rabbits and knockout rabbits, which should be selected at the end of winter and the beginning of spring, that is, from the end of November to March of the following year. Because the furry feet taken during this period of time, do not take off, the board quality is excellent, the benefit is high.