Breeding techniques of Sima Rabbit in Rural areas

Think Ma rabbit is a special rabbit that many people like to breed in the north and south of China. It is lively and active, cute in appearance, smooth in fur, gray, hemp, yellow, black and other colors. It likes dry environment, strong adaptability and coarse material resistance. It is suitable for feeding in the south and north of China. It has high breeding prospects and breeding value. Let's take a look at the breeding technology of rural think Ma rabbit together.

Breeding prospects

Sima rabbits have long body drive, large physique and rich muscle. Adult rabbits can reach 4~6 kg, which is also a good meat rabbit. The reproduction rate is relatively high, from birth to 4 months can be mated, gestation period of about 30 days, the average litter rabbit 6~8. Its meat belongs to high protein, low fat, low cholesterol meat, protein content as high as 70%, higher than ordinary meat, and fat and cholesterol content is lower than all meat, especially favored in the catering industry, the current meat rabbit price is higher. Due to the large demand for Sima rabbit meat, the market often has the phenomenon of price but no goods, so this is also the main reason for many people to develop it. It is right to follow the development of the market in rural areas to do breeding. Only when there is a market can there be potential. This is the commercial way of breeding.

Rabbit house construction

The first consideration for Sima rabbit breeding is the construction of rabbit house. Rabbit house should be built in ventilated and dry place, or male rabbit can be raised in underground farm, warm in winter and cool in summer, so as to ensure balanced production of rabbit farm in four seasons. Rabbit farm site should be selected in high terrain, with appropriate slope, leeward sunny, low groundwater level, good drainage places. Low-lying wet, poorly drained sites are not conducive to rabbit body heat regulation, but conducive to the growth and reproduction of pathogenic microorganisms, especially for parasites (such as mites, coccidiosis, etc.) survival. In order to facilitate drainage, the ground of the rabbit farm should be flat or slightly sloped (preferably 1~3%).

For small-scale sideline breeding of Sima rabbits, simple rabbit houses should be adopted, and old sheds or idle houses can be used for free breeding or captivity. On a certain scale, is the nature of the main business rabbit, it is appropriate to build a more standardized rabbit house, the implementation of cage, in order to facilitate daily management. In northern China, winter is long and the climate is cold. Cellar feeding can be adopted in rural areas, which is not only warm in winter and cool in summer, but also economical and practical. Cage breeding is an ideal breeding method. Compared with other breeding methods (such as free breeding, captive breeding, cellar breeding, etc.), cage breeding is more convenient to control the living environment of rabbits, facilitate feeding management, breeding and disease prevention, and is conducive to the growth and development of Sima rabbits and improve fur quality. Therefore, it is a breeding method worthy of popularization.

feeding management

The feeding of Sima rabbits must make full use of local agricultural and sideline products resources, feed rabbits with peanut straw, sweet potato vine, corn straw and other mixtures. And according to the needs of different periods, timely collect plantain, houttuynia cordata, dandelion, wormwood leaf, garlic stem and other weeds with Chinese herbal medicine function to make feed additives, regularly add feed to feed, so as to enhance the rabbit body resistance, reduce the occurrence of epidemic diseases, so that the rabbit breeding cost is reduced.

Sima rabbit large-scale breeding can also be planted grass to feed, high-fiber grass selected hybrid hn-mc youyou pennisetum, hn-mc youyou rye and so on. Rabbits were fed with fresh grass, and the dosage of each rabbit was about 0.75 kg per day. In addition, rabbits must be fed concentrate once a day, the dosage is about 70 grams per rabbit, corn, wheat and other grains account for 40%, bran accounts for 40%, bean cake accounts for 15%, fish meal accounts for 3%, and appropriate salt, trace elements and mineral feeds are added. The specific formula should be adjusted according to the needs of different breeds and different growth periods of rabbits. Concentrate should be made into pellet feed according to the formula or crushed and fed with appropriate amount of water. Sima rabbits have an urgent need for water and must be supplied with sufficient water through automatic drinking fountains or basins.

reproduction management

Sima rabbits after mating, to immediately use their hands in the female rabbit butt pat, in order to stimulate the drive after contraction, improve conception rate. At the same time, the "double breeding method" can be adopted, that is, a male rabbit in the morning and another male rabbit in the evening, or the "repeated breeding method", that is, a male rabbit in the morning and a male rabbit in the evening, so that the female rabbit has more rabbits. After the birth of rabbits to carefully care for. After the mother rabbit gives birth to the baby rabbit, she should feed some brown sugar water and salt water to prevent her thirst from eating the baby rabbit. In winter, young rabbits should eat more milk for a few days to enhance their physique and resist the cold.

Sima rabbits to 16~19 days of age, can begin to try to eat feed, early can feed a small amount of soy milk, rice soup, a few days later, add wheat flour, bean dregs. After 6 to 7 days, can be mixed into mineral feed, appropriate to feed some carrots and so on. Rabbits should be fed 4 - 5 times a day and once at night. To let young rabbits exercise more, more sun, in order to improve the survival rate.

disease prevention management

In terms of disease prevention and management of Sima rabbits, farmers should do a good job in disease prevention and control. In winter, in addition to preventing the rabbits from catching cold, they should also feed garlic, ginger, yeast tablets, etc. to prevent the occurrence of diseases. If rabbit disease occurs, it should be isolated immediately and treated symptomatic to prevent spread.