Breeding rabbits in pits

Rabbits are the most prolific and early-ripening farm animals. The milk of the rabbit is very nutritious, its fat content reaches 20 percent, so the rabbits grow rapidly and in a week double the weight.

Rabbits are not particularly demanding on content and feeding. For their breeding does not require a lot of space, so it is possible to breed rabbits in the country. The most common way to keep rabbits - it's cellular. But if rabbits are first bred for meat, then rabbits are allowed to breed in pits.

Breeding rabbits in pits begins with pit preparation. Its length should be 2 by 2 meters, and the depth - 1 meter, not less, since at a shallower depth rabbits can dig a path outward. Three walls will need to be strengthened so that rabbits can not make holes there. Feeders are located along one of the fortified walls. The floor can be covered with straw. In the pit in winter, the heat from the ground and water in the water bowl never freezes.

As necessary, the floor in the cage is cleaned with a shovel, and the most valuable manure is taken to the garden. The burrows of the rabbit dig themselves, you just need to mark it with a shovel, and then attach a bolt over the entrance - it's so that it's easy to catch animals. Above the pit, you need to install a single roof with a visor, and the pit itself must be protected from the outside by a grid. The roof slope should be directed to the opposite side of the hole.

Breeding rabbits in pits has both its pluses and minuses. First of all, it should be said that so it is possible to keep only a small number of rabbits and not all breeds for this will suit, for example, giants. It is best to breed in this way ordinary rabbits.

Breeding rabbits in pits well suited for citizens who have their own cellar or cellar. In this case, it is not necessary to make a roof over a pit. To the rabbits did not undermine the floor and did not smell of urine, you need to lay a flat grid on the floor or ground, under which a layer of sand about 20 centimeters is poured. If the soil is sandy, then sand does not need to be poured. From the net, manure is removed quite easily. Instead of a grid, you can pour a layer of sand with a solution of cement. A small enough layer - about 2 centimeters. Concrete will not work, as it does not allow water to pass through, and sand-cement mortar is good. Thus, urine quickly goes into the sand, and manure is easily cleaned with a shovel.

If you plan to breed in this way a lot of rabbits, then you need to do several pits, or one big one. This method requires a litter of straw, which must be periodically changed. That rabbits did not interfere, they close in a burrow. You can do it differently. At an altitude of one meter, an ordinary cell is installed, which goes into the hole. The floor is made of racks, under the floor of iron, a ramp is made, along which manure rolls down into one place. You need to clean it every few days. Urine is absorbed into the ground and puddles are not formed.

If the area allows, it is possible to breed rabbits in cages. And some advanced amateur rabbit breeders grow these animals using the technology of Mikhailov I.N. This advanced technology allows the cultivation of accelerated rabbits at lower labor costs and helps reduce feed loss. According to this technology, rabbits are kept in special mini-farms, resembling two-storey bookcases with a roof. All impurities in such mini farms immediately fail through the grid and in cells the ideal purity is constantly maintained. Thanks to the device feeders always feed fresh, and water - clean.

The whole day the rabbits are in the fresh air. The content of rabbits in the open air is possible due to thick fur. By the way, with this method of breeding, the masdra becomes thicker, and fur is even thicker. In this way, rabbits can be bred not only for meat, but also for the tribe.