Breeding rabbits - a lucrative activity is not only for large fur farms, but in backyard conditions of detention.Viennese blue rabbit has excellent economic performance.It belongs to the meat shkurkovomu direction.His breeding and rearing is justified for the production of pelts and for meat.
history
Viennese blue rabbit (photo in the text) was launched in the nineteenth century, and more precisely in 1895, in Austria, in Vienna Manor.The breeder and a great lover of rabbits Johann Konstantin Schultz's intention was to get a breed of rabbits with plenty of high-quality meat and fur.
reproductive crossing of two breeds - Moravian rabbits (the oldest Czech breed) pure blue color with a large breed rabbits Flanders, the second name - Belgian giant, brought results.Careful selection of animals only with gray-blue color of the hair, strong constitution, with a live weight of not less than 4 kg allowed to bring a new population, received a new name - the blue Viennese rabbits.
Description
animal breeders did not stop at the results achieved by continuously improving the breed.Today the Viennese blue rabbit as follows:
- constitution - strong;
- figure - harmonious;
- head - light;
- eyes - dark blue;
- ears - right set of medium length up to 16 cm wide and straight;
- trunk - a dense, compact;
- back - an elongated, broad;
- chest - deep enough and wide, from rabbits noticeable dewlap;
- cereals - rounded and wide, and the same lumbosacral;
- legs - straight, muscular and strong;
- claws - a bluish tint;
- color - smooth gray-blue.
Economic characteristics
Any breed of animals over time is improved.We touch these changes and Viennese blue rabbit.Characteristics of the current livestock:
- live weight up to 5.5 kg, often found instances of 7 kg;
- meat yield - up to 60%;
- sbitosti index - an average of 61%;
- body length up to 60 cm;
- chest - an average of 38 cm;
- litter - 6-9 rabbits with an average weight of 72 grams;
- quality skins - size large enough, fluffy and soft;
- maternal instinct - is well expressed, females tend to have a high breast;
- payment feed - at the age of four months per 1 kg of growth is required to 4 feed units;
- life span is about 5-7 years (some individuals may live to 12 years).
Initially, before the Soviet breeders task was to increase the body weight of animals, to improve the quality of fur and raise rabbits with good adaptability to various climatic conditions and diverse food base.The latter quality, taking into account the size of the former Soviet Union, it was very important.
quality fur
hair color always uniform, very smooth gray-blue color.Variants in shades - slightly darker or slightly lighter.More dark tones valued skins.They are used both in physical form and for the accurate simulation of valuable commercial fur skins of animals.
Viennese blue rabbit fur quality is different.On 1 cm2 account for more than 21 thousand hairs.Another indicator of the quality of fur: one guard hairs are more than 60 duvet, better only rabbits Russian ermine.Coat smooth and thick.Underfur and spine have a uniform color to the base of the lighter.Feather hair is much lighter than The guard.
Skins allocated uniform original color, have a glossy shine.They do not have zoning, brown color, black or gray hair.
Benefits
Viennese blue rabbit is advantageous in breeding for several reasons:
- hardy to adverse conditions;
- easy to acclimatize;
- can get early winter kindling;
- safety rabbits up to 100%;
- rabbits are growing rapidly and have the following parameters:
- -70-72 grams at birth;
- one month - 600-650 grams;
- two months - 1700-1800 programs;
- in three months - 2500 -2600 grams;
- four months - 3000-3200 grams or 70% of the live weight of the adult;
- adults - up to 5000 grams;
- calm and sociable;
- ripening;
- high slaughter yield;
- good return on feed;
- high quality of the skins;
- well kept shedah (outdoors) and rabbitries.
use
Skins excellent quality and high yield of meat from the slaughter of rabbits gives a double benefit.Breeding rabbits is possible even at their summer cottage.Short term gestation rabbits, only one month allows you to easily get from one female for 4-6 kindling to 35 rabbits - almost 70 kg excellent dietary meat.
slaughter begin 70 days after the birth of rabbits, where a carcass weight up to half a kilogram.Experience shows that consumers prefer a carcass weighing about 2.5 kg, so it makes no sense for a long time to fatten young animals up to a weight of 4.5-5 kg.
dietary meat is always in high demand.His happy to acquire the elderly, and for the child's body is useful.This is a great alternative to meat, poultry, problems with selling the meat will be.
Excellent quality skins - is more farm income.There are craftsmen who do excrete skin, sew and sell their products.If you are unable to The beaten skin, it can always be put in logging enterprises for further industrial processing.
would like to note the excellent acclimatization animals to a variety of conditions.Crawley is easy to adapt not only to the climate, but also to the local food base that eliminates the problem with the feed.
Many farms are bred Viennese blue rabbit.Reviews breeders confirmed the excellent economic performance of animals.They are ideal for commercial rabbit.Crawley this breed often take it for business creation and development.
