California rabbit breed and the most important information about it
The California rabbit is a rabbit of American origin that was crossed in 1939 by a person named West, who began working on this subject since 1923. It is a hybrid rabbit of three breeds: Chinchilla, Himalayan and New Zealand. The most important characteristics of this rabbit, which drives the breeder to breed it, is its meat. They saved the most wanted in the market
The weight of the adult male reaches 5 kilos. It is a white rabbit with blackness in the ears, nose, legs, and tail with a curved back and solid ears up to 11 cm long. In its care, it is a rabbit that needs special care and permanent disinfection of the farm to completely ward off pathogens.
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Rabbits spread in Egypt are divided into two types: local breeds and foreign breeds
Information about the California rabbits breed
Here we review the California breed, with its specifications and breeding methods:
California rabbits occupy one of the leading places in the world among meat breeds, due to their distinctive characteristics.
It dates back to one of the breeders at the beginning of the twentieth century in the province of California as a result of a number of breeding experiments with New Zealand rabbits, Armin and Chinchilla, and a unique balanced strain that combines the best ancestral qualities was obtained.
Formal characteristics of the California rabbits:
• Its body has a cylindrical shape and small size.
• Paws are short and very thick.
• The head is light, the neck is not long.
Small ears no more than 10.5 cm.
• The eyes are usually pink or red.
• thick wool.
• The color is white with dark spots on the ears, paws, nose and tail.
Californian rabbits take the second place in terms of prevalence, which confirms the effectiveness of their reproduction.
The breeding indicators for this strain are presented as follows:
1. Average female fertility: seven or eight offspring rabbits, and it can reach 13 rabbits.
2. Rabbits grow very fast. Already by the age of two months they reach a weight of 2 kg.
3. The average live weight of mature rabbits is 4.5-5 kilograms, while female rabbits are 4.7-5.2 kilograms.
4. The fur is of high quality, (so the breed is characterized by rapid growth, large volume of meat production and good quality).
5. Mothers take great care of their children and show the best maternal qualities.
6. The average production of one mother is 40 rabbits.
7. A newborn rabbit weighs 45g.
California rabbits feeding
There are 4 different stages of feeding rabbits, which are (male / weaning / mother ashar / mother ashar and suckling):
• The male: needs 150 grams of feed per day.
• The publican mother needs 200 grams per day
• A mother who is breastfeeding and is a tax collector: she needs 250 grams of feed per day.
• Weaning: The proportions of food in weaning vary according to his needs at each age and are divided into:
1- Calculate the number of rabbits and add the equivalent of 25 grams to each rabbit until the date of weaning, which is 30 days, from the age of 21 days to 30 days.
2- From the age of 30 days to 40 days, add 70 grams to each rabbit.
3- From the age of 40 days to 60 days, add 125 grams to each rabbit.
* Suggested space:
Three square meters for each battery, four eyes. For example, a simplified study of 50 mothers + 10 males in an area of 45 square meters.
If the herd was 100 mothers + 20 males, the area would be doubled to 90 square metres
* Average output:
Mother production in one cycle 7 young, when weaning:
- Of the 7 weaned rabbits, the weight of the rabbit will be approximately 650 grams at the age of 28-35 days.
- One weaned rabbit will feed 3.5 kg in order to convert 1.25 kg until we get a weight of 1.9 kg for the rabbit
- 7 fattening rabbits for each rabbit, or will it be 7 * 1.9 kg = 13.3 kg of meat
The selling price of meat ranges from 45 to 50 pounds per kilo.
- The net gain of raising a single mother, after deducting operating expenses, is 220 pounds
- So if you start your project with 50 mothers + 10 males
- Net profit of 50m * 220 pounds = 11,000 pounds per session, with an average of 6 courses per year.
- Net annual profit = 11,000 pounds * 6 courses at least = 66,000 pounds.
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