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Breeding rabbits as a business. Breeding rabbits as a business: profitable or not

Have you decided to start a rabbit breeding business, but don't know where to start? Read this article to learn about the advantages and disadvantages of this business, how to maximize profits, write a business plan and become a successful entrepreneur.

Deciding to become a rabbit breeding businessman, do not rush. Evaluate all the pros and cons, think about whether you can handle the rabbit farm. Having finally decided, you should not rush to buy everything you need, draw up a business plan and turn to the state for help. Now agriculture is, if not in a deplorable state, then in a neglected state, so the state allocates grants and subsidies for its development. You can find out more about this in the employment service of the territorial subject. Even a little money will not be superfluous.

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Rabbit breeding is a promising and very profitable area of animal husbandry in Russia, characterized by high resource and labor intensity. To understand whether breeding rabbits as a business is profitable or not will allow a business plan.

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Business Description

The rabbit business in Russia is an underdeveloped niche and is in its infancy. A small number of market participants and a high demand for fresh rabbit meat allow entrepreneurs to start their own business and achieve significant results.

You can earn on rabbits by selling:

fresh meat;
rabbit skins;
litter and biohumus (this is a natural organic fertilizer);
inventory (for example, feeders, cages, animal watering systems);
rabbits.

A rabbit mini-farm will provide the farmer with a year-round source of income.

To organize a mini-farm, it is not necessary to look for multimillion-dollar investments, the business can be developed gradually. To get started, just put a few cages and buy young rabbits of the desired breed.

This business is ideal for those who have:

free land;
personal subsidiary plot;
access to forage.

Relevance

It is worth doing a rabbit breeding business in Russia for the following reasons:

the demand for rabbit meat on the market is only 50 percent satisfied;
the product has high taste and dietary characteristics that are superior to pork, beef or, for example, turkey;
state support for Russian farming (including tax holidays, soft loans, subsidies and grants for start-up entrepreneurs);
low cost of meat, compared with the production costs of most other types of meat;
the high price of rabbit meat, this situation is due to the fact that demand is higher than supply;
profitable type of activity;
a wide range of distribution of rabbit farm products, including restaurants, individuals, sausage, canned and semi-finished products, hospitals (patient nutrition);
the rapid rate of increase in the number of rabbit herds, due to the peculiarities of the breeding process of pets (one rabbit is able to bring offspring six times a year);
the rapid growth of rabbits (at four months the rabbit is ready for slaughter, at this age it weighs four to five kilograms);
if the farmer does not have a large start-up capital, then you can start a business by buying several pets;
the main part of the feed can be harvested independently (hay, straw, grass);
breeding rabbits does not have a negative impact on the environment.

What breeds to choose for breeding

At the business design stage, it is important to decide on a suitable breed of rabbits that will be profitable to breed in a particular region. Since the main product of the rabbit farm is meat, when choosing a breed, preference should be given to those that grow faster and gain weight.

Rabbits are:

meat;
downy;
meat skins;
decorative.

Breeds of meat rabbits:

New Zealand red. Such animals grow very quickly and reach a mass of 4.5–5 kilograms.
New Zealand is white. These pets are also precocious, vigorously growing and fleshy. At three months, they reach a mass of 2.7-3.5 kilograms.
California. A young rabbit of this breed adds up to 45 grams per day, and by five months reaches a weight of 4.5 kilograms.
French ram. Usually they are slaughtered when an individual reaches three to four months. Luxurious fur is also highly valued in this breed.

The best place to buy pedigree young rabbits in Russia are agricultural exhibitions and large farms.

Breeds of meat-hide rabbits:

gray giant (bred in Ukraine);
white giant;
German giant (Riesen);
Soviet chinchilla;
European and Poltava silver;
Viennese blue.

Breeds for industrial breeding:

Russian ermine;
angora english rabbit;
angora french rabbit;
rex;
blue;
white;
Russian;
black;
fiery.

The breeds of rabbits that are best kept at home in Russia are described in the video presented. Filmed by the channel: "Smart City".

Types of rabbit business

By size, rabbit farms are divided into:

mini-farms (up to 100 individuals);
medium (from 100 to 500 individuals);
industrial (more than 500 individuals).

Rabbit business can be classified according to the method of breeding:

Keeping animals in enclosed spaces with a controlled microclimate. Such a farm usually consists of several hangars (or one hangar), which is equipped with a heating system, artificial lighting and ventilation. A novice farmer can equip a garage, barn or other outbuilding.
Creation of a mini-farm according to the technology proposed by Mikhailov. It involves the complete automation of the process of keeping animals. In this case, the entrepreneur will need to fill the feeders personally or by hired personnel once a week. It is also necessary to pour water into the drinkers and clean the hopper with accumulated waste. The cages in which the rabbits are located are equipped with heating.
Creation of a mini-farm using multi-tiered cages developed by Zolotukhin. Aviaries need to be made up in several tiers (two or three) in buildings with a canopy, called sheds. This design greatly simplifies the processes of animal care and feeding. The classic industrial-scale shed building is three meters wide and 60 meters long. Up to 500 mature rabbits can be kept here, but for a mini-farm, designing smaller sheds is acceptable.
Keeping rabbits in a pit. In this case, ground buildings for breeding rabbits will not be needed. For the proper arrangement of the home of pets, you will need a dry place, on a hill, where a hole is dug (1.5-2 meters) and lined with bricks. However, this method is not the most successful, since the animals are in close contact, diseases spread very quickly. Also, in such conditions, it is impossible to grow rabbits to obtain high-quality fluff and skins.

The most convenient and cheapest option for organizing a rabbit farm in Russia is the construction of enclosures under a canopy. On the street, animals develop and grow well. Getting food and water is best done through long trays and drinkers, which should be placed along the walls.

Market analysis and target audience

Trends in the Russian rabbit meat market:

market capacity for 2015 amounted to 17.5 thousand tons of products;
a larger volume of production is observed in the households of the population (13.5 thousand tons or 82.8 percent);
the share of agricultural organizations - 11.3 percent;
the share of individual entrepreneurs and peasant farms - 5.79 percent of the total livestock;
from year to year there is an increase in sales volumes;
the number of rabbits is growing, according to data for 2015, it exceeded 3,700 thousand;
demand exceeds supply, there is a shortage (unsatisfied demand is about 320 thousand tons);
according to experts, the domestic market is at the stage of formation, demand growth is predicted;
the main importer is China;
the largest production of rabbit meat is observed in the Volga Federal District;
the largest consumption of rabbit meat is observed in the Volga Federal District;
the payback period of invested funds in this business area is shorter than in poultry farming;
low entry barriers to the industry;
low competition.

Dynamics and structure of the rabbit meat market and forecast until 2025 Structure of rabbit meat production by federal districts Number of rabbits in Russia (thousand heads) Number of rabbits in Russia by types of farms (thousand heads)

The rabbit farm has the following target audience:

visitors to agricultural markets;
meat processing enterprises;
supermarkets;
butcher shops;
restaurants and other catering establishments;
hospitals;
sanatoriums.

Most often, rabbit meat will be bought by people with medium and high incomes due to its significant price (500 rubles per kilogram).

Step-by-step instruction

In order to understand how to start a business in the field of rabbit breeding, you should read the step-by-step instructions:

The method of growing livestock is determined.
The area for the farm is selected.
The appropriate breed of rabbits is determined.
The business plan is calculated.
The farm is registered.
Aviaries, pens, cages, sheds and other structures are being built/purchased.
The farm area is being improved.
A place is being prepared for settling rabbits.
The staff is selected.
Young animals are bought and distributed among the cells.
A place for storing feed is thought out and prepared.
A workplace for slaughter and storage of products is thought out and prepared.
Buying food.
The farm starts up.

Business registration

To conduct business, the farmer has the right to choose one of the two most acceptable forms of its legal registration:

peasant farming (KFH);
individual entrepreneur (IP).

A peasant farm is similar to an individual entrepreneur, but differs in that it can include several citizens who jointly own the property of the farm. Having issued a peasant farm only for himself, the farmer, in fact, becomes an ordinary individual entrepreneur. The indisputable advantage of a peasant farm is that it can qualify for state support (subsidies, tax breaks). On the other hand, the legal field of KFH is somewhat blurred, in contrast to individual entrepreneurs. KFH does not have statutory documents and a memorandum of association, which are created upon registration of an LLC or OJSC.

Farmers can choose one of two methods of taxation:

simplified taxation system (according to the income “minus” expenses scheme);
single agricultural tax.

When registering, the following types of activities are indicated according to the current classifier:

01.49.2 "Breeding rabbits and other fur-bearing animals on farms";
01.49.21 "Rabbit breeding, production of fine rabbit hair on farms."

Breeding rabbits at home can be done without registration. In this case, you do not need to pay taxes, but selling products is available only among acquaintances, relatives, friends and visitors to collective farm markets.

Both a personal subsidiary farm and a full-fledged farm must issue:

sanitary books for staff;
veterinary certificates about the health of rabbits and their vaccinations;
conclusions on the laboratory analysis of meat with permission to sell it;
sanitary passport of the vehicle used for the transportation of meat.

Room and location

Farm location requirements:

no more than 20 individuals are allowed to start 20 meters from the house;
to accommodate a large rabbit farm, you need a plot that is 1000 meters away from the nearest houses, as well as landfills, industries, swamps, etc.;
distance from roads and railways of the first and second category - 300 meters;
to place a farm for 1000 rabbits, you will need a plot with a minimum area of ten to twelve acres;
the availability of free space will allow growing fodder crops on it (for example, corn, alfalfa, beets, barley, clover);
the land plot must be protected from the wind, located on a hill or in an area with a slope;
a site in a lowland or a place with high humidity will not work;
it is better to cover the area circled under the enclosures with gravel, asphalt or concrete, and build a storm sewer with a water drainage system;
availability of good access roads;
living nearby people who will work on the farm;
availability of communications: water, electricity;
lack of large rabbit farms in the region.

A farm with an annual output of 1,500 rabbit carcasses will require:

area - about five to six acres;
sheds - 2 pieces, with a total area of 180 square meters;
feed shop (for storing feed, grain, hay, etc.) - 200 square meters;
utility room (for storage of inventory, building materials, equipment) - 50 square meters;
slaughterhouse - 20 square meters;
premises for storage of finished products, with refrigeration equipment - 20 square meters;
area for manure storage - 20 square meters;
warm room for staff.

Necessary equipment

Equipping a rabbit farm for the simultaneous maintenance of 500 individuals.

Name	Approximate prices in rubles
Cages for keeping rabbits (500 pieces)	500 000
Drinkers and feeders	50 000
Devices with hooks for hanging carcasses	15 000
Stainless steel tables and sinks	15 000
Knives and cutting boards	20 000
Refrigerators for meat	60 000
Offal and waste cremator	120 000
Crusher	20 000
Granulator	65 000
Mototechnics	350 000
Automobile	500 000
Tools (including shovels, buckets, rakes, pitchforks, carts)	15 000
Well equipment	40 000
Warm room equipment for staff	100 000
Other equipment and inventory	30 000
Total:	1 900 000

For self-preparation of feed from grain, an entrepreneur can purchase a crusher and a granulator.

Cremator - 120,000 rubles Grain crusher - 20,000 rubles Granulator - 65,000 rubles Chest freezer - 35,000 rubles

Staff

To organize the stable operation of the farm, the entrepreneur needs to form a permanent production team.

For a large farm, it should consist of:

farm manager;
workers-operators for servicing the main herd of rabbits (at the rate of 1 specialist for 250 individuals);
workers-operators for servicing young pets for fattening (at the rate of 1 specialist per 3000 individuals);
zootechnics;
veterinarian;
engineer;
worker.

The farm manager performs the following functions:

controls and organizes the production process;
maintains a time sheet for the work of farm personnel;
Accounting;
manages feed procurement processes;
manages the sales processes of products, etc.

The zookeeper performs the following functions:

maintains zootechnical records;
controls the implementation of the mating plan of animals and corrects it;
qualifies rabbits;
forms the breeding core and determines the replacement young;
establishes the norms for the needs of animals in feed;
controls the process of using feed;
controls the implementation of the mating plan, repair of females;
organizes the supply of breeding individuals;
conducts briefings for working operators.

The veterinarian performs sanitary and veterinary procedures, and also conducts briefings with operators on veterinary issues.

The engineer is responsible for the timely implementation of overhaul, preventive and forced repair work with the equipment.

The worker-operator, who is engaged in the basic care of the herd, performs the following functions:

examines rabbits;
removes dead individuals;
produces feed supply;
cleans cages, feeders and drinkers;
cleans work and office premises;
organizes and controls the mating process;
observes the offspring and transfers it to fattening;
selects rabbits for sale;
participates in carrying out veterinary procedures on the farm (for example, veterinary treatment);
maintains primary zootechnical records.

The worker-operator for servicing young pets on fattening, performs the following functions:

examines the young;
produces feed supply;
removes dead individuals;
selects young stock for sale;
Participates in the loading of goods onto the vehicle.

The worker performs the following functions:

carries out the slaughter of animals;
delivery of rabbit meat to the meat processing plant and to buyers/partners;
feed delivery;
fodder preparation;
loading and unloading operations (raw materials and finished products);
processes empty cells, etc.

Promotion and advertising

placement of ads on electronic trading platforms in the network;
banners on forums popular in the region and in social networks;
creating your own website with information for partners and ordinary buyers about the farm and its products;
participation of the farm in agricultural fairs and exhibitions;
organization of excursions around the farm;
offering farm products to potential partners by phone and in person.

Financial plan

Whether or not rabbit breeding is profitable as a business will become clear after a thorough calculation of all costs.

Financial planning was made based on the opening of a rabbit farm in the central region of Russia on its own land plot with an area of 100 acres.

Starting investments

The initial capital for the implementation of the farm business idea from scratch will be directed to cover the following cost items.

Expenditures	Approximate prices in rubles
Farm Registration	5 000
The cost of the land	500 000
Construction of the required premises and structures	500 000
Purchase of a breeding herd (100 heads)	50 000
Territory planning	100 000
Procurement and installation of equipment	1 900 000
well drilling	50 000
Organization of storm sewers	100 000
Advertising	40 000
Raw materials	30 000
other expenses	30 000
Total	3 305 000

Recurring expenses

Calculation of monthly investments in the farm.

Expenditures	Approximate prices in rubles for the first year	Approximate prices in rubles for the second year
Communal payments	5 000	6 000
Staff salaries (based on 3 people in the 1st year and 4 people in the 2nd year), taking into account contributions to the funds	55 000	70 000
Consumables	30 000	40000
Fare	3 000	4 000
Advertising	3 000	3 000
Insurance	5 000	6 000
other expenses	4 000	4 000
Total	105 000	133 000

Income

Initial data:

the size of the breeding herd is 100 individuals (including 80 females);
the average number of rabbits in one litter is 6 pieces;
the number of rounds for the first year - 2, the second and further - 3-4;
the average weight of a rabbit is 4-5 kilograms;
the yield of the finished product from one carcass is 60 percent (2.4-3 kilograms);
price per kilogram of rabbit meat - 500 rubles;
price for one skin - 200 rubles;
price per ton of manure - 1000 rubles.

In total, for the first year of operation of the farm, about 950 carcasses can be sold, with a total weight of 2,850 kilograms.

Earnings are as follows:

the annual income from the sale of this volume of meat will be 1,425,000 rubles;
from the sale of skins - 190,000 rubles;
manure - 30,000 rubles;
other income (from the sale of equipment and rabbits) - 100,000 rubles.

Total at the end of the first year, earnings will be - 1,745 thousand rubles.

During the second and subsequent years, about 1,500 carcasses can be sold, for 4,500 kilograms of meat. In this case, the annual revenue will increase to 2,750,000 rubles. Monthly profit will be about 100 thousand rubles.

Risks and payback

Experienced rabbit breeders testify that the greatest business risks are veterinary and zootechnical.

Breeding rabbits as a business has the following risks:

Wrong breed of rabbits for breeding. It is important to carefully study all the information available about the types of animals of interest to the entrepreneur and make the right choice. The main selection criteria: large mass, rapid weight gain, fertility, disease resistance.
High pet mortality. All livestock should be vaccinated on time.
Animal diseases. The most common diseases are fascileosis, scabies, cysticercosis, pasteurellosis, listeriliosis, worms, tularemia, etc. To prevent this risk, vaccination is required, as well as proper maintenance, feeding and care of rabbits. It is advisable to keep animals in separate cages.
Decreased solvency of potential buyers. Since rabbit meat is quite expensive, with a decrease in the income level of the population, demand will shift towards cheaper products.

The payback of the described business (including the purchase of a land plot) will be 36-40 months. To a greater extent depends on the scale of the farm, how much you can earn.

Advantages and disadvantages

Strengths of the idea:

low cost of keeping rabbits;
a business can be started at home with the purchase of several rabbits;
high fertility of rabbits and their rapid growth;
profitability and profitability;
high demand;
you can sell not only meat, but also skins, manure, offal, rabbits;
very low competition;
low taxes;
it is possible to receive state aid;
the business can be developed towards the creation of its own processing industry (for example, the manufacture of semi-finished products or the tailoring of fur products).

Weaknesses of a business based on rabbit breeding:

organizing a large farm will require significant start-up capital;
exactingness of animals to the conditions of detention, there must be free cages, the absence of high humidity and drafts;
high mortality of young rabbits;
high sanitary requirements for keeping animals (vaccinations must be made on time and regular examination of rabbits by a veterinarian should be organized);
it is necessary to have all the required documents for meat for its implementation.

This business has its pros and cons, but the reviews of experienced farmers indicate that its advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

Project Description
Description of the enterprise
Product Description
marketing plan
Calendar plan
What equipment to choose
Which OKVED to indicate when registering a business
What documents are needed to open
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We bring to your attention a typical business plan (feasibility study) for the construction of a rabbit breeding farm. This business plan can serve as an example for obtaining a bank loan, government support or attracting private investment.

We propose to consider a sample business plan for the construction of a rabbit farm in a village with a population of 20,000 people.

Project Description

The purpose of the business plan is to justify the feasibility of creating a meat rabbit farm.

General information:

The population of the village: 20 thousand people;
Land area: 0.16ha;
Number of jobs: 4 people;
Organizational and legal form: KFH, number of members - 3 people;
Sources of financing: own funds - 400 thousand rubles, borrowed funds (bank loan) - 1.21 million rubles;
The total cost of the project: 1.61 million rubles.

Indicators of economic efficiency of the project implementation:

Net profit for the year: 859,824 rubles;
Bar profitability = 63.6%;
Payback of the project = 25 months.

The total investment for opening a farm will amount to 1.61 million rubles.

Description of the enterprise

The organizational and legal form of the farm will be peasant farming(KFH). Ivanov I.I. will be the head of the KFH.

What taxation system to choose for this business

As tax systems the single agricultural tax (UAT) will be applied. The tax rate is 6% of profit.

Currently, practical activities have begun to implement the project:

The registration of a peasant farm with the Federal Tax Service was carried out;
A land plot of 16 acres was purchased for the construction of a rabbit farm. At the moment, the procedure for transferring the land plot to the appropriate type of permitted use is underway.
The search for an organization supplying and installing a shed system for keeping rabbits has been completed;
There is an agreement with a large farm for the purchase of 250 adult breeding rabbits from them.

The farm will include 3 members, including the head of the peasant farm. All of them have a family relationship, in accordance with the legislation on the formation of peasant farms. In addition to members of the peasant farm, hired labor in the amount of 4 people will also be involved.

Product Description

Since the farm will be meat-oriented, it will contain the popular California breed of rabbits. The average weight of an adult male reaches 5 kg. The rabbits of this breed are very prolific and feed up to 8 rabbits for 1 round. The young growth of this breed is distinguished by its growth energy and by the age of 2 months it is gaining weight of 1.8 kg, and by the age of 3 months the weight of the rabbit is 3 kg and it can be slaughtered for meat. The Californian rabbit has a white body coat, and the tips of the paws, ears and tail are dark brown.

For a year, one rabbit brings up to 30 rabbits (3.5 births). The age of the rabbit up to 2 is considered optimal for the reproduction of offspring. For the full life cycle of a rabbit, about 14 kg of compound feed and 7 kg of hay are needed, or about 100 rubles of expenses.

In order to sell 500 kg of marketable meat every month, about 250 rabbits must be slaughtered, and the same number of animals must be born. Plus, part of the born livestock should be released for reproduction. This productivity of our farm will be provided by 207 females and 8 males.

In addition to meat, skins, liver, fluff and other by-products will also be sold.

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marketing plan

The main channels for the sale of manufactured products include:

City markets and outlets;
Wholesale dealers who pick up meat by self-delivery;
Processing plants, factories, restaurants.

To promote our products, the following events will be held:

Advertising in the media, newspapers, magazines;
Placement of information on the Internet on bulletin boards;
Establishing personal contacts with large enterprises;
Advertising on billboards located on a federal highway with high traffic;
Create your own business card website.

For the delivery of products to the points of sale, a personal vehicle of the economy (GAZelle) will be used. Part of the production will be sold to wholesale dealers directly from the farm. The sale of meat will comply with all food safety standards and be accompanied by veterinary certificates.

In the future, it is planned to increase production up to 1 ton of marketable rabbit meat per month.

Farm income structure.

It will be possible to reach the planned revenue indicators only after 120 days, when the first offspring will grow.

Rabbit breeding technology

Our farm will use a shed management system. This system is a modern way of keeping rabbits. Shed is a canopy with bunk cages grouped under it. Such a system allows you to save the area of the rabbitry and protect the rabbits from undesirable natural processes, such as overheating (heat), wind, rain.

There are 72 cages in the shed, of which 32 are reserved for females with rabbits, and the remaining 40 cages for males and young animals for rearing.

By installing a shed system on our farm, such processes as feeding and watering animals, manure cleaning, hay supply to the litter will be mechanized.

Inside the shed, a suspended road will be created for the distribution of feed with a carrying capacity of up to 120 kg. Ventilation in the shed will be carried out through shafts in the manure channels. The cages will be equipped with bunker feeders and automatic drinkers.

For the winter keeping of animals in sheds, a heating system and heating of nest boxes will be installed.

To slaughter the livestock on the farm, it is planned to build a slaughterhouse that will comply with all SES standards.

The planned staffing of the farm will include 4 people:

The duties of laborers will include caring for the rabbits, including feeding and watering, cleaning manure, transferring rabbits, males and females from one cage to another, and other household tasks.

The slaughterer's duties will include the process of slaughtering adult stock and cutting the carcass. On the day, the slaughterer will butcher up to 15 goals.

Feed supply, meat sales, bookkeeping and other administrative issues will be decided by members of the peasant farm.

Calendar plan

The list of events and their cost for opening a farm are presented in the form of a calendar plan:

In total, the opening of the farm will take 85 days and 1.61 million rubles will be spent.

How much money do you need to start a business

The organization of the farm will require investments in the amount of 1.61 million rubles. Of these, 400 thousand rubles are own funds and 1.21 million rubles are borrowed funds (bank credit).

The main expenses of the farm will be the payment of wages to the farm workers. The farm will pay wages in the amount of 44,000 rubles a month. The second largest item of monthly expenses will be the cost of feed and bedding - 17.5 thousand rubles per month.

Insurance contributions will be paid for 7 people, that is, not only for employees, but also for 3 members of the farm in a fixed amount - 36 thousand rubles per person per year.

How much can you earn from breeding rabbits

The calculation of indicators of economic efficiency of the farm is presented in the table - forecast of income and expenses:

Net profit based on the results of annual sales of rabbit products will amount to 859,824 rubles.

The profitability of a rabbit breeding farm, according to business plan calculations, is 63.6%. The payback of the project with such indicators will come after 25 months of operation of the farm.

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Step-by-step opening plan, where to start

First of all, it is necessary to determine the legal form of the enterprise. In the case of rabbit breeding, you can issue an individual entrepreneur or private household plot. After that, you should deal with organizational, production and financial plans, which prescribe:

Conduct cost-benefit analysis and analyze competitors.
Rent a piece of land (in the event that you do not have your own summer house or village).
Build several rabbit huts, equipped with cages and sheds, as well as places for jigging young individuals.
Equip a feed warehouse for storing grain and hay, as well as rooms with the necessary equipment for caring for animals.
Build a rabbit slaughterhouse.
Buy animals of meat breed.
Establish work with the sales market.

What equipment to choose

For industrial breeding of rabbits, it is better to use a shed system. To do this, you need to build cells in several tiers, one on top of the other in a row.

Please note that these animals do not like dampness, so you need to purchase waterproofing, heaters may also be required. Also needed are feeders, manure cleaners and pumps that provide uninterrupted water supply to the animals.

2017-01-25 Igor Novitsky

A business based on rabbit breeding requires the farmer to organize optimal conditions for keeping animals, depending on the preferred place for their breeding - in an aviary or pit, as well as the correct preparation of a business plan for a rabbit breeding enterprise.

To date, the development of rabbit breeding in Russia has not yet reached the peak of popularity and production efficiency. Although it should be noted that in rural areas, raising rabbits at home - as part of the household - is a fairly widespread phenomenon.

However, domestic breeding of rabbits does not usually occur in large volumes. In order to meet their needs for rabbit meat, people do not need large-scale production. Rabbit meat has a number of beneficial (in comparison with the meat of other animals) properties. Basically, rabbit meat is of interest to people because of its high calorie content with its digestibility by the body of 90%, the content of lecithin, nicotinic acid, and proteins in it. At the same time, the cholesterol level in rabbit meat is very low, so it is recommended for people with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, cardiovascular system.

Growing rabbits: features and subtleties

Despite the fact that rabbit meat has a number of advantages over any other, rabbit farms throughout the Russian Federation can literally be "counted on the fingers." Experts argue that the problem lies neither in the lack of climate and environmental conditions suitable for rabbits (moreover, it is believed that these animals are the most unpretentious to the conditions of detention, the most prolific), nor in the low demand for meat (according to a social survey, more than 60% of people claim that they are ready to eat rabbit meat on a regular basis, but they do not always find it on store shelves). What then is the problem of domestic rabbit breeding? After some thought, only one assumption remains: inability, an approach without due responsibility and preparation.

In fact, raising rabbits is considered far from being a difficult task. But this does not mean that you need to take it on without having any idea of \u200b\u200bwhat rabbit breeding is. Before starting any business, it is recommended to read literature about it in order to confirm your decision, or, conversely, to lose faith.

Rabbits are unpretentious to the conditions of detention - they can live both in specially equipped sheds or rabbitries, as well as in certain equipped rooms, even in cages or aviaries installed in an open space. Rabbits are unpretentious to feed: it is enough that there are three main types of feed in the rabbit's diet: coarse (hay, straw, tree branches), succulent (various herbs and root crops) and concentrated (nutritious feed: fish or meat and bone meal). Concentrated feeds are more effective in winter. It is also possible to feed rabbits with vitamin complexes in winter.

It is important to carry out prevention against diseases. In practice, this is often expressed in the fact that from time to time farmers give the rabbits "silver water", which disinfects the animal's body. As a rule, it is obtained by passing through silver electrodes that are in water, poured into a dielectric (non-conductive), for example, a glass container. As a result of the passage of current, a precipitate remains in the form of silver ions Ag + . Water with silver ions has a bactericidal effect, while it is absolutely non-toxic to animals.

To achieve maximum profitability of the product, it is recommended to buy exclusively meat breeds of rabbits. Rabbits of such breeds reach marketable mass already at the age of four to five months, while a female rabbit is able to give up to 10 births, each of which has at least four rabbits, per year. However, of course, these are approximate numbers. Depending on the conditions and breed, the rabbit can give, according to statistics, from 4 to 12 rounds per year. So, according to approximate calculations, one female and her annual offspring give approximately 100 kilograms of marketable meat.

Is the rabbit breeding business profitable?

The profitability of such a business is calculated quite simply. For example, if rabbits are slaughtered at the age of four or five months (with an animal weighing about three kilograms). On average, one kilogram of rabbit meat costs 300 rubles. From a three-kilogram rabbit, one and a half to two kilograms of meat are usually obtained. So, the wholesale price of one rabbit meat is approximately 450 rubles. But it is recommended to calculate the costs.

Thus, the cost of buying or renting land, registration, marketing and other organizational costs can be up to one million rubles. Also, the expenses include the purchase of feed, the cost of funds for the repair of equipment and premises. Basically, that's what the cost is. Let's say the farm has 1000 rabbits. Of these, 500 are rabbits. With proper care, the female can produce from 25 to 60 offspring, which will be from 40 to 120 kg of meat.

So, for a year you can get, on average, 80,000 rubles, which in the second year of work will cover the costs of starting production. Of course, it is worth considering that part of the young will die due to many factors, the main of which are: illness and uncomfortable conditions. You should not forget that in order to effectively increase the number of young, it is necessary to change females that produce new individuals. If one individual constantly produces offspring for a long time, it will quickly lose its fertility.

As soon as the female's fecundity fades, she is slaughtered, and another female produces offspring. As a rule, males are replaced every two years, while females are replaced once a year. Subject to all the rules for the care of rabbits, you can get about seven tons of rabbit meat only at the expense of the offspring of 100 females. Therefore, it is very important for an enterprise to establish sales channels and a sales market for products. It turns out that the rabbit breeding business is profitable if you follow a few simple rules.

Rabbit breeding as a business: from start to finish

The first thing to do when creating any business is to settle the legal and regulatory side of the issue. To do this, you must at least register your company. This is where the question arises of how. How exactly is a company registered? A rabbit farm can be designed in three ways:

Optimal conditions for keeping rabbits

Plot of land:

Location of the site: suburban areas, at a distance from residential buildings up to 2 kilometers.
The area of the site should not be less than fifteen acres.

Room:

It should be possible to maintain a constant warm temperature in the room in the conditions of its decrease in the environment.
The walls, floor and roof of the room should be made so that there are no gaps in them: the room should not be damp, there should be no drafts in it.
The room must have electricity.
There should be a large water tank in or near the room.

Breeding rabbits in aviaries

Breeding of rabbits in open-air cages is carried out in open space. The aviary is a space fenced around the perimeter with a fence. It is not recommended to keep more than 30 individuals on the territory of one enclosure, and most often a female and her offspring are kept in enclosures. At the same time, males are not kept in enclosures: they are kept separately from all individuals in a special room, and they are placed in enclosures only during the mating period.

Aviaries are arranged on a hill to protect against drowning. The walls of the enclosure are made of any materials, while one must be made of mesh. The height of the wall can reach one or two meters. They should be buried in the ground at an average of half a meter. The floor in the enclosures is usually earthen, which allows the owners to rarely clean it, and the rabbits to dig holes and develop physically.

Breeding rabbits in a pit

Pit device algorithm:

Buy a plot for the arrangement of the pit.
When choosing a site, look at the number of hills, because it is on them that the pit is built.
The pit should be dry, there should be no rivers, swamp lakes nearby, there should be no groundwater.
Keeping a large number of rabbits in pits is undesirable. The maximum allowable size of the pit is 3x3 meters. Up to 300 rabbits can live in such a hole.
The pit should be square, three of its walls should be covered with durable material.
The fourth wall should have a recess at a height of up to 15 cm. This recess should be wide enough to accommodate at least two rabbits.

* Calculations use average data for Russia

1. PROJECT SUMMARY

This business plan considers the creation of a rabbit farm in order to profit from the sale of meat and fur raw materials. Rabbit breeding will be organized in the countryside, on the territory of its own land plot of 1000 sq. meters. The productivity of the farm will be up to 1000 head/year. The farm will raise meat California rabbits. Advantage of the rabbit farm project:

useful properties of meat (considered dietary, easily digestible, does not cause allergies);

high rabbit productivity: the young generation grows up every 3 months;

low initial investment relative to the breeding of other agricultural animals;

lack of serious efforts to maintain the farm (one employee is enough).

The starting capital for opening a farm will be 635,500 rubles. The annual turnover of the farm is 920 thousand rubles, net profit (per year) is 549 thousand rubles. Profitability of sales - 59%. The conditional life of the project is 3 years. Payback period - 18 months.

2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY AND COMPANY

The history of rabbit breeding as an industry in our country began in 1927, when, by decree of the USSR government, about 15 thousand thoroughbred rabbits from Europe were brought to the western republics. By 1961, the USSR became one of the world leaders in rabbit breeding: 56.7 million rabbit skins and 41.2 thousand tons of live weight were harvested. 95% of the country's production was provided by the previously popular domestic rabbit breeding, and about 400 farms provided the population with breeding breeds. The collapse of the USSR led to the almost complete disappearance of rabbit breeding as an industry. Most enterprises closed, and it became unprofitable to breed rabbits on an industrial scale. Now the breeding of rabbits is gradually being revived, and the volume of production is gradually growing. According to the AB-Center expert-analytical center, the volume of rabbit meat production increased by 21.5% over five years and amounted to 17.5 thousand tons, of which household households account for 13.5 thousand tons. products. It is the commodity sector that demonstrates the highest growth rates, the volumes of which have grown by 60% over five years. The number of livestock grows accordingly. According to Rosstat, the number of rabbits in Russia has more than doubled since the early 2000s and exceeded the figures for the 1990s (see Fig. 1).

Figure 1. Dynamics of the number of rabbits in Russia in farms of all categories (1990 - 2015). Rosstat

Most of the rabbit population, according to data at the end of 2015 (see Fig. 2 of the business plan), falls on the households of the population - 82.8%. The share of agricultural organizations is 11.3%, individual entrepreneurs and peasant farms own 5.79% of the livestock.