California breed rabbits was brought to Russia in 1971 from Hungary and England.At the moment, it is quite popular and in demand.These animals were bred in the United States by crossing the chinchilla, Russian ermine and New Zealand white species.From the first Californian rabbits received excellent meat form on the second - a thick, beautiful fur, but on the third - high energy growth.
appearance of this breed is impossible not to admire.Absolutely white skin is complemented by black ears short (no more than 10.5 cm), the black nose and paws.Proportional development, shot down and a compact body and lightweight head - their distinctive features.The backbone of the California breed rabbits have a strong, sometimes with a gentle slope to.
Adults weigh about 4.6 kg.Females differ remarkable maternal qualities and a good breast.In one litter is usually born to 8 rabbits.By two months of intensive growing animals weigh up to 2.4 kg, three - up to 3.4 kg.This is a very good indicator.For five months in the Californian rabbits can weigh 4.6 kilograms already full.Thereafter, their growth is stopped.
It's quite economically viable species.Due to its undemanding, these rabbits are well tolerated content is not too large cages.Flooring it is quite possible to make a mesh as tabs at the Californians well enough pubescent.Several high demands they make to the quality of nursing.The diet requires you to enter various supplements that are rich in protein.Useful are also meat and fish meal, oil cakes and dairy products.
now become extremely popular of acceleration rabbit breeding.This is a very interesting way of breeding, first tested INMikhailov.This method requires a minimum of effort on the content (a half-hour per week) and is extremely cost-effective.Here the animals are placed in the special mini-farm, manufactured industrially.
Due to its small size, the Californian rabbits are ideal for breeding is so intense method.In this method has many advantages.Firstly, the rabbit is absolutely sick.Feed spent 4 times less, and the gain obtained in 3 times more than the usual extensive breeding methods.Mature animals are much faster.By the 4th month it is already a full-fledged sexually mature rabbit having the appropriate weight.The meat of such animals is absolutely clean.
Domestic rabbit, no matter what methods and techniques may be applied to different extraordinary profitability.Just one litter Californian rabbit breeds, even in normal cellular or captive breeding, the output gives about 16 kg of meat.This is the approximate weight of a four sheep.And in one year the female can kindling up to four times.And despite the fact that Californians, like New Zealand rabbits, unusually simple in content.Two of these species are the most common and popular in the world.It is quite possible that soon they will become as well loved and our domestic breeders.