long been known that "Rabbits - is not only valuable fur, but 3-5 kg of dietary meat."Perhaps this is all that he knows most of the rabbits.Although these useful farm animals is to learn more.For example, there is a breed of rabbits gray giant.
History of breed
First final version breeding rabbits breed managed to get in the animal-breeding sovkhoz "Peter", Poltava region.Completed work on a long selection in 1952.The work was conducted with rabbits Flanders and local purebred rabbits.In the process, carried out culling rabbits that did not have the desired characteristics.Reserves for breeding only those animals that could transmit to the next generation the necessary attributes of the breed.The large mass and size are transmitted from Flanders.Good adaptability and high fecundity - from outbred animals.
Features
gray giant breed is characterized by large size.The weight of an adult animal is 4-7 kg, but more often than not there are individuals of 5-6 kilograms.The body of the rabbit long - about 56-66 cm. In principle, this is a medium-sized animal with a massive bone structure.Rabbit has a large head, big ears, big feet.Legs in rabbits of this breed long and straight.The chest can be up to 40 cm in diameter.
Rabbit gray giant is not too thick, but quite strong and warm wool.Quality undercoat lower than animals, which are bred for their fur (such breeds of domestic rabbits as the Soviet Chinchilla, the black and brown or blue in Vienna).
Inside breed of rabbits are several colors.The most common dark gray.But sometimes gray hare and iron-gray coloring.Furthermore, despite the name, the rabbits of this breed can be white or black.In a situation when the rabbit standard color shades appear cubs others, do not pay attention to it.Features breed these animals to be fully present.
rabbits having gray-cleft coloring paws on the inner side and the belly are entirely white, and the axial hairs - have nonuniform coloration.
Power rabbits
Like other meat breeds rabbits, these animals need fresh feed.A very important role in the proper rearing of animals plays a fresh herbs and vegetables.For proper digestion is necessary to avoid over-feeding animals such herbs as alfalfa or clover field.In young animals such abundance of food causes bloating of the stomach.To avoid this problem you need to jerk these herbs before serving.To do this, you need to give the grass to lie down in the shade of two days.
Rabbits are very pleased with fresh vegetables, such as carrots, cabbage, zucchini, pumpkin, squash, radishes.They are good to eat maize and pea, but the culture should be given a very limited extent, since they may damage digestion.
Separately, it should be noted that feed these (and all other) rabbits wet grass is strictly prohibited.During rain the grass should be dry.If this is not possible, it is better to give hay to feed than a wet grass.Of course, to give the spoiled, rotten food animals can not in any case.
Besides herbs and fresh vegetables, and grain fed rabbits.Animals love this food, eat it well, but here it is not necessary to go to them to make concessions, and grain to feed them round the clock.
Whatever rabbit feed, they need clean water to drink.It is best not to put the liquid into the public domain, and to equip the animals with special housing drinkers.Then the water will remain clean and healthy rabbit will not suffer.
gray giant breed (like other rabbits) - rodents, their incisors grow continuously.To give the animals the opportunity to properly grind your teeth, you must make sure that they have always been in the aviary branch plants.If the animals are bred in wooden cages, they will gnaw cells - that's the nature of rabbits.
Care
breed rabbits gray giant feels great in different climatic conditions.Animals can be easily adapted to both the mild climate of the south, and to the harsh winter conditions in the north.To keep the rabbits in the north there is no need to create special conditions.There is no need to insulate the cell.For a perfect winter warm wooden houses.
giant gray rabbit - quite matey and friendly animal, so you can not keep them in cages, alone, and aviaries in droves.
basic health conditions of detention rabbits - cleanliness.Clean the litter from the cage must be regularly.At least two times a year it should be disinfected with chlorine, slaked lime, or a blowtorch.It is particularly important to monitor the cleanliness needed when a rabbit to prepare for childbirth.Before settlement of the new animal is also be disinfected.
giant gray rabbit get along well not only in the cell, but in shedah, and in a city apartment.The animal is well tamed, so can be a great pet for any family.
Content rabbits in cages
Cage for outdoor content must not be less than 40 cm high, 60 cm long, 36 cm wide.The roof should be opened for easy maintenance and inspection.The cage should be in a bright place, but sheltered from the heat.Be sure to be water and food.Sex is necessary to upholster a gesture to protect rabbits from rats.If the rabbits are two-storey cell - wall of the second floor should also be covered with tin.
Content in the aviary
When the content of the enclosure is especially important to monitor the cleanliness, as rabbits are in any case should not be run on manure.Bedding should be changed constantly, avoiding dampness of the material.
Content rabbits home
To keep rabbits at home suitable metal grid cells with pallets, for easy care.In such cells, must also be water in the drinkers and always fresh feed.Rabbit gray giant is not suitable as toys for children.His character is quite friendly, but its size does not allow the child to cope with the animals.Therefore, the child can only deal with feeding the rabbits, or should consider another breed.
Breeding
very important aspect when considering the breed giant gray rabbit - breeding.The essential role played by the natural fertility of rabbits of this breed.For one female gives birth OKROL 8 rabbits.Sometimes rabbits appear and 14, but still quite rare.Doubtless advantage of rock - never eat rabbit newborn babies.Milk from eared mom enough, so you can leave all the babies born in the natural feeding.
beginning to bear offspring with three female rabbits are age, but it is better to hold the first case in 5-6 months.Pregnancy lasts 28-35 days.On the approach of the birth rabbits indicate perturbation - it usually happens about 25 days of gestation.
When a pregnant rabbit starts to tear wool, which means that it has begun to build a nest.Most often, the giant gray rabbit starts training for 3-4 days before delivery, but some females may begin to nest arrangement directly before the kindling.
main percentage of births accounted for early in the morning, so carefully examine the area around the cage and nest - newborn can crawl away from his mother and die from hypothermia.To interfere with the birth process is not necessary.The exception is when the rabbit is clearly unable to cope, and she needs professional help.The shell itself takes on rabbits rabbit.The placenta also destroyed it.
If at first it seems that the rabbit does not deal with cubs - this impression is deceptive.Rabbits do not like other animals, they can come to birth a couple of times per day, and for a very short time.From start to jack rabbits selected after opening the eyes - by about 12 per day.If you notice a blind rabbit outside the nest, put him in his place, as he may die.
during pregnancy and nursing cubs meticulous care and nutritional support necessary to females of any breed of rabbits (the name does not play a role).Gray Giant will require additional care for the cell and more food with protein.
Growing rabbits
newborn rabbits weigh about 80 grams.With proper feeding and care for 2 months, they weigh about 1.5 kg.For four months in a healthy animal is gaining 2.6 kg.If necessary, higher levels in the diet of rabbits need to add food rich in protein.
otsazhivayut rabbits from the mother can be at the age of one month.
Application rabbits
representatives gray giant breed - a meat rabbit breeds.The main objective of their content - is meat, which has a high taste and dietary qualities.Rabbit meat is considered to be varieties of white meat.For people with various diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, it is truly the ideal food as a protein it contains more than the meat of other animals, but much less fat.
the treatment of cancer is very important to include in the diet of meat of young rabbits.This is due to its interesting and useful ability to reduce the dose received during radiation treatment.It is interesting that the body of the rabbit under the age of 7 months does not take strontium-90, which is the decay product of herbicides and pesticides.
visceral fat rabbit is a wonderful healing tool.Since this fat more sturdy and antiallergic agent used in the production of cosmetics, using as a basis.Most dietary
be three giant gray rabbit.The price of such meat above, but also benefit from it much more.Buy a rabbit can live weight of about 400 rubles per kilogram.
