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Many people living in rural areas are engaged in rabbit breeding. Mostly to provide his family with fresh, tasty meat. In addition, rabbit meat is dietary and it is indicated for use in many diseases, as well as for baby food. Breeding rabbits as a business does not find its wide distribution.
But this is the only business that you can start with minimal costs. Fertility of animals, high cost of meat and low competition are important components of a constant, high income from this type of activity. With a skillful approach and organization, this business can become exactly what will bring you a stable and high income.
In this article, we will look at rabbit breeding as a business, find out where to start and how to succeed.
Any entrepreneurial activity has its pros and cons. Rabbit breeding is no exception. The advantages of a mini farm include:
Flaws:
What is better to arrange - a personal subsidiary plot, individual entrepreneurship or a farm?
Any type of activity must be registered and taxes paid. It is clear that if there are 20-30 rabbits on the farm, then this is not necessary for own consumption and registration. The choice of form depends on the number of animals and how many employees are on the farm. Let's take a closer look at the registration forms:
Ideal for a beginner businessman. Starting with a personal farm on your own land, you have many opportunities for development. When conducting this form of production, taxes are not paid, but in order to conduct economic activities, you must provide a certificate of the availability of a land plot. Selling meat through the markets and to your friends.
With this form, it will be possible to open your own retail outlet for the sale of meat. As well as supply them to other outlets. The entrepreneur must pay tax. On this issue, you should contact your local tax office for clarification, because the legislation in this matter is constantly changing.
This will include:
If there is no accounting knowledge, then you will need to hire a specialist to keep records. Therefore, it is better to formalize entrepreneurship with large volumes of production.
Carries out any kind of agricultural activity. It is similar to entrepreneurship, with a few exceptions:
In theory, this form of activity is practiced to obtain various subsidies and benefits from the state, which, I dare say, are difficult to obtain.
Be prepared to solve problems on your own.
Hence the conclusion, if you do not have production on an industrial scale, then at first it is better to dwell on the design of private household plots.
For the agricultural sector, there are two forms of taxation. This is a Simplified view, where income minus expenses and Uniform Agricultural. Which one is more convenient for you, you can ask for advice from a person involved in accounting. Because it depends on the form of activity, on the number of employees and on the volume of production.
Upon registration, you will be assigned an OKVED code with an encoding - A.01.25.2. This means: breeding rabbits and fur-bearing animals on a farm. This code does not include meat and skins of animals obtained by hunting or trapping.
Consider in which cages the animals will be kept. What forage base they will be able to receive. On what land plot will the complex be located? Also read about all the breeds of rabbits and think about which one will be more convenient for you to work with. Study the market.
Leave couples for divorce from those parents who have the best performance.
It is best to choose breeds for breeding that can tolerate our Russian climate and are not particularly demanding on the conditions of detention. In this case, rabbit breeding will be profitable.
Breeds of rabbits for breeding are divided into:
There are also decorative rabbits, but they are kept as pets.
Fast growing rabbits. They gain maximum mass by six months. With sufficient care, by 4 months, the carcass is from 2 to 3 kg.
Rabbits from which you can get both the skin and meat.
Rabbits with beautiful soft down, which many people use to make clothes.
They belong to the meat breed. These rabbits are the largest. The body length reaches 70 cm. The mass of an adult individual reaches 10 kg. Flanders were used to breed other large meat breeds.
Rabbits have large, wide ears. Strong, muscular body. Tender, soft meat. The color of the fur is similar to a kangaroo or beaver. Flanders are popular with breeders due to their balanced and calm nature.
Flanders rabbits But this breed has its drawbacks. They need large cages, but are best kept in aviaries. They eat a lot of food. Rabbits are late. They often have difficulty in childbirth. But if you create decent conditions for them, then it is quite possible to breed for income.
Maintain accounts. Record the weight, skin color, and surviving rabbits. How many babies each rabbit brings
Relate to meat. The average weight of these animals is up to 5 kg. Pure white. Compact body with well developed muscles. Small head with erect ears. Developed skeleton. The carcass is dense without excess fat.
Rabbits of this breed are fertile and milky. They are ways to feed up to 12 babies. Rabbits grow quickly and at 3 months can weigh up to 3 kg. Since there is dense wool on the soles of the feet, it is possible to keep it on the net. Calm and balanced.
Relate to meat. The breed got its name from its long, lop-eared ears. Large breed. Body length up to 70 cm. Weight 7-8 kg. Velvet skin in different shades. Broken, strong body. Excellent taste of meat. Rabbits are late. They bring 9 rabbits. Calm. Regular ear care is required.
Meat also includes:
A popular representative of the downy breed. Various colors: white, black and blue. The average weight is 4 kg. Body length 55 cm. 7 rabbits are brought. Fluff is combed out from 700 gr to 1000 gr.
Body weight 3 kg. The rabbit brings up to 6 rabbits. They grow slowly. Mostly kept at home. They require maximum skin care. Cheerful, playful character.
They belong to the meat-skin breed. They have a beautiful skin and tasty, tender meat. Hardy rabbits. The female rabbit brings up to 8 young rabbits, which are actively growing.
Do not allow closely related cases. The offspring in such cases is smaller, born with defects and weak.
They have interesting colors. On a white background, specks like butterfly wings. Spots of various shades: blue, yellow, black and gray. Highly fertile rabbits. Great for keeping in the Russian climate. Beautiful skin and tasty meat.
First of all, they have a beautiful gray-blue skin. Grow fast. They bring 8 rabbits. Weight of adults from 5-8 kg.
In rabbit breeding, there are several ways to keep:
And now about each method in more detail.
The pit method of keeping is the most ancient. This method is closer to natural conditions, which has its pros and cons. The advantages of this method are:
For all its merits, pit content has its drawbacks:
However, with the right approach to arranging the pit, this method can be used to breed pets.
Mating at an early age is harmful to the health of animals.
Standard pit:
We choose a dry place without a close occurrence of groundwater. A pit 2 * 2 m is suitable for 200 animals. We dig at least 1.5 m deep. This is due to the fact that the animals dig horizontal minks and can dig a passage to the surface. To prevent this from happening, reinforce the walls with mesh, brick or slate. One wall remains open. It will contain nests. To start minks from the bottom of 20 cm, make a recess.
Pour a 20 cm layer of sand at the bottom, and equip a grid or slatted floor on top. Cover with straw or sawdust and clean once a week.
It is desirable to make a roof over the pit. So that it does not overheat, it should not be covered with metal sheets. Be sure to make a pipe for air circulation.
In winter, organize artificial lighting. Equip drinkers and feeders in such a way that the animals have enough space for everyone. And finally enclose the place with a fence.
The cell method is the most popular among rabbit breeders. The side and back walls are made of wooden boards. The ceiling, floor and doors are covered with mesh. In cold climates, cages are made portable. During cold weather, they are transferred to sheds or any insulated room.
It is possible to install in several rows on top of each other. There are single and double sections. Two-section are used for rabbits, where one compartment is nesting, the second is fodder.
Standard sizes of single-section cages:
Two-section:
Young animals for fattening are kept in cages, the length of which is up to 3 m. Dense plantings are not recommended. The fewer animals in the cage, the higher the weight gain.
Equip retractable trays for quick cleaning of cages. Along the aisle, manure is transported on trolleys or removed mechanically. Autodrinkers are being set up. Feeders with gradual feeding.
Thus contains from several tens to several thousand animals. Shed content in most cases is used by farmers and large farms. Depending on the climate, sheds are arranged under awnings or in enclosed spaces with ventilation.
According to the Mikhailov system. The system was developed by Academician Mikhailov. This method allows you to raise rabbits in special mini-farms. It is intended for raising rabbits on an industrial scale. They can contain a large number of livestock. At the same time, they are served by three to four people.
In this method, animals are kept outdoors in rabbit farms. Everything you need is present in the mini farm. It is warm in cold weather, cool in hot weather. The animals are provided with water and food around the clock.
Rabbits do not like to be disturbed once again, and the developed mini-farm for rabbits by Mikhailov allows you to feed and water them without worry.
Animals gain weight quickly and are absolutely healthy. They are also called Mikhailov's accelerators. Do not confuse - accellerat is not a breed, but a rabbit grown by a special method. Expensive system, because the cost of the cells is high, but if you make them yourself, then the costs are reduced. Using the system allows you to increase the turnover three times. Next, let's see how to make do-it-yourself rabbit cages drawings according to Mikhailov.
The farm consists of several compartments. It includes:
The cell is built in several tiers:
The first tier is the stand. It rests on four pillars. Racks are made of strong bars. The supports of the upper tiers consist of the beams.
A stand frame is adapted to support the structure. It has compartments for electrical equipment and tool storage. It also has a ladder and a feces barrel. It is better to collect it from a material that does not rust. Below are drawings of a cage for rabbits with dimensions according to the Mikhailov method.
On the stand is the middle tier. It is intended for walking animals and the generic department. With the help of racks, the tier rests on a stand. The dimensions of the racks are 2 * 10 cm. On the eastern side, the hole is covered with a net. There is a 250*250 mm window in the grid. On this tier is a trap for control and jigging, as well as shelter.
The farm is divided into several sections. The bunker feeder and automatic drinker are located in the walking area. The gap 20 * 30 cm is made from below. It leads to the sloping mines. Deviated 100 mm to the right. By this it is combined with the lower compartment on the first floor. The flooring is at an inclination of 45°. From rats there is protection from metal strips.
At the bottom, slats 2 * 45 cm are stuffed. Poop falls into the gaps and the cage is always clean.
The design provides a pipe for ventilation. Due to this, gases do not accumulate inside.
In the nesting compartment, a door is made that leans back. When it is open, it turns out a table for working with kids. This section has a solid floor. It is a little lower in level. External walls are insulated. The hole is closed with a view on the south side.
Since the mother liquor is made removable, gaps remain on the sides. To prevent animals from entering this hole, they are covered with planks. The damper that blocks the nest is better to make metal. The door is made of wood.
On the upper tier are the growing rabbits. A separate section has been made for the male. She stands for the frame.
The water tank is located between the compartments on the front wall. Moisture enters it automatically from other containers, which are located outside on the wall of the walking compartment. To keep the water warm in cold weather, heating is provided by a boiler.
Next to the drinker is a bunker feeder. Added a utility. When the rabbits rake out the hay, crumbs fall into it. The crumbs can be reused. The top of the feeder is folding. When you need to put the next portion of food, it opens.
For hay and root crops, the feeders are located between the floors. The heavy lid pushes the food down.
A complex design, but having built one with your own hands, the rest will be easy to do. After you try it in work, transfer the rest of the animals to such cages. Indeed, in such cages it is easy to work with animals, and they, in turn, feel great.
Let's talk more about organizing a rabbit farm.
No special permission is required for its construction. The main thing is the availability of a plot of land and a ready-made business plan with calculations. It is important that this site is located at some distance from residential buildings, ask the local authorities about this. Moreover, this concerns farms, and not a household for 10-20 heads.
Choose a place for a farm on some hill or with a slope. After clearing the entire area, it must be asphalted or concreted. Also make a drainage system.
By the way, it is worth remembering that rabbits can get sick. And you need to know , and .
In order to receive about 1000 carcasses of meat per year, the farm area will be approximately 1000 square meters of land. What to place on the site:
The use of sheds saves time on maintenance and building materials. We install two tiers of cages. On the back walls, make windows 20 * 100 cm.
Cells according to the sizes below are then divided for males, females and young animals.
The slope of the roof is made for the convenience of cleaning manure. Such pallets to do for all tiers.
In the manufacture of cages, use a galvanized mesh with a mesh size of 18*18, 20*20, 16*48 mm.
Between the cells, a mesh nursery for hay is installed. Drinking bowls and feeders are installed under the manger. For females, the cells are divided into nesting and feeding compartments.
There are 60 cells in such a shed. During the year it is possible to grow 400 or more heads of young animals.
On the farm, you will need a feed shop. Compound feed, grain and a grain crusher are stored in this room. You can also put a granulator and.
Separately put a shed for storing equipment and building materials.
Mass slaughter is more convenient to do in special rooms. Therefore, put a slaughterhouse at the farm. It is better if you attach it to a room with refrigerators. The slaughterhouse must be equipped with a blood drawer and a furnace. The oven will be required to burn waste (paws, heads, entrails and unnecessary skins). Thus, there is a continuous process: slaughter, cutting, packaging and freezing. read in a separate article.
We should not forget about manure. Equip a pit on the farm to collect manure. It should be in the farthest corner. As far away from rabbits and slaughter as possible. The walls of the pit should be concreted. The depth of the pit is not less than 3 m. The length is arbitrary.
Flandra and Soviet chinchilla were crossed. With sufficient care of the female, rabbits at the age of one month had a mass of 1-1.2 kg of live weight.
And now consider the full business - the process of breeding rabbits.
Since we breed rabbits for meat, we also choose breeds of meat direction. Not bad, and even successfully bred and paid off are such breeds: white giant, gray giant, silver or black-brown, flanders, Soviet chinchilla, Californian, butterfly, ram and there are several other breeds.
With proper care, by 3-4 months, the weight of the carcass is from 2-3 kg. Early maturing and prolific breeds. Soviet chinchillas are excellent mothers. The character is calm and able to accept other people's rabbits.
Two female Soviet chinchillas once fed 40 rabbits, by the way they were of different ages. It was in winter.
When buying young animals, they must be vaccinated against infectious diseases. Since rabbits are stressful animals, in order for their transportation to go smoothly, they need to be given antidepressants or drip vitamin B6 when drinking, which acts as an antidepressant.
Newly bred young should be planted separately from the rest. They must be quarantined for a month. If everything is fine with the animals, you can connect with the rest.
If someone thinks that it is possible to feed rabbits with hay and grass alone, they are deeply mistaken. To be successful in business, they need a complete feed, and without feeding with grain-meal feed, nothing will work.
Rabbit diet, daily dose in grams:
Main livestock:
Try to follow these rules. Animals should not be overfed.
To make it easier to navigate how much feed is needed per year, see the following figures, kg.
For females and males during the dormant period:
For females and males in the breeding season:
Female motherfucker:
Lactating female:
Young growth 45-120:
In the morning, the animals are given juicy and green food. In the afternoon and evening - concentrates. Drinking, fresh water should be constantly.
Reproduction of rabbits is an important process in rabbit breeding. Run it through the diagram. In sheds, the upper tier is occupied by females and one male. Young growth is seated in the rest of the cells.
Each rabbit gives about 3: in spring, summer and autumn. It turns out about 25 babies. The rabbits sit under the female until the age of two months. In total, 300 goals are planted for fattening. Keep in mind that waste is inevitable for one reason or another. They are freely placed on the rest of the cells.
3 sheds of 60 cells result in 3*300=900 heads per year.
Fattening rabbits with purchased food, as you know, is expensive. It is impossible to grow grain. It is impossible to reduce the feeding rate. Therefore, it is better to produce compound feed on your own.
To do this, you will need a grain crusher and a granulator. Granules are eaten by rabbits willingly.
Several pellet recipes. Option for everyone:
Option for youngsters:
Option for everyone:
Hay harvesting also brings great savings. But silage and growing root crops is unrealistic. Therefore, it is better to buy them.
Try to mechanize manual labor. Buying a mini tractor will greatly facilitate manual labor. On it you can bring food to the Swedes, as well as take out manure. Set up automatic water supply.
To avoid various diseases, rabbits need to be provided with good conditions.
Cages must be clean and dry. If the cells are wooden, whitewashing with lime every six months is desirable. Before entering the shed, make a square depression and pour lime into it too, so that those who come in pass through this lime. Thus, the disinfection of shoes will take place.
To avoid mass extinction of livestock from infectious diseases, vaccination is required. At present, a complex vaccination against VGBK and myxomatosis has been developed. Such a vaccination is given in the spring to adults, and young animals should be vaccinated every three months.
Of course, everyone is interested in the sale of meat. To begin with, treat and offer rabbit meat to your friends, acquaintances and relatives. If they like it, be sure some of the rabbit meat will go with a bang. Delicious shish kebab from rabbit meat and baked rabbit with champignons are delicious. This creates its own client base.
Selling meat from the yard does not require permits. But if you hand over to resellers, then you need a veterinary certificate.
You can try to offer restaurants. But since rabbit meat is not cooked in Russian restaurants, they will most likely refuse you. Then you can do this, offer the chef to cook a rabbit dish and give him a couple of pieces. If it works, then you will have an established distribution channel. But, then you need a few permits.
You can open your own outlet or offer your product to shops, wholesalers or supermarkets. But the fact is that 1000 heads a year or 2000 kg of meat is a small amount. Annual issuance of documents will eat up most of the profits.
To resolve this issue, contact the point of sale directly and solve it on an individual basis. Large suppliers in such points sell their products at extremely low prices.. But they are huge. And you can end up broke.
New foods should be introduced in small portions and gradually. When acquiring rabbits, be sure to ask what they were fed. A sudden change in feed adversely affects the health of animals.
The amount of the initial investment will be different for everyone. Because the cost of building materials in all regions is different. And then, perhaps you already have, say, a tractor, or some kind of equipment. And someone will start from scratch.
The list of necessary for breeding rabbits:
- galvanized profile;
- galvanized mesh;
- roofing materials;
- lumber.
It's better to rent, it's cheaper.
- storm sewer;
- water drainage;
- asphalt or concrete;
- construction team;
- mini tractor;
- grain crusher;
- granulator;
- refrigerators.
- at least 50 goals.
- feeders;
- drinkers.
Multiply the amount of compound feed consumed per year by one production unit by the cost of the compound feed. To this amount, add the amount of other expenses: paperwork, fuel, etc. We get the annual cost per unit of production.
There are 42 production units on a farm of 3 sheds. That is, 14 females in each shed. Now multiply 42 by the amount of the annual expense (let's say 2000 rubles). The annual expense in this way will be 84,000 rubles. But as you know, there is no such thing as no additional costs, so let's add a little to this amount. We will receive 100,000 rubles.
little rabbit The production unit is 50 kg of meat (25 grown rabbits * 2 kg). For most people, it is not the taste of the product that is important, but its cost, so we will put it for about 200 rubles. Now 200 * 50 = 10,000 rubles. This is from one production unit.
Now 10,000 needs to be subtracted from 2000 and we get a net profit. That is, 8,000 rubles. This amount must be multiplied by 42 and you get 336,000 rubles of net profit per year. We divide by 12 months and we get that every month for 30,000 rubles. Judge for yourself - a good salary.
You can receive such a salary by devoting only 4-5 hours of time to a mini-farm. Agree to profitably keep rabbits and create a farm from scratch is not so difficult. Moreover, if you want more, you just need to increase the livestock. When the system gets up to speed, you can think about industrial production.
As you can see, the rabbit breeding business is quite profitable. Raising rabbits is fast and all costs pay off in a year.
Running a farm or a small private economy has recently gained popularity as a source of main or additional income. The main thing in this activity is to choose the right livestock industry and provide pets with the conditions of detention. Rabbit breeding will bring you profit or supply your family with food. But first you need to draw up a business plan for breeding rabbits, which includes calculations of the initial capital, items of expenses and income, and additional profit. It is useful to familiarize yourself with the features of caring for animals.
Rabbits can bring good profit
The meat of these animals is characterized as dietary, has a delicate taste, is absorbed by the body and does not cause an allergic reaction. Included in the menu of patients suffering from metabolic disorders.
Income will bring both meat and skin areas in rabbit breeding.
Rabbits are characterized by a number of advantages that will become a source of profit:
Breeding rabbits is beneficial even for a novice businessman:
Minus - losses among the young.
The cost of rabbit breeding quickly pays off
Choose meat breeds, since the main source of income from a rabbit farm is meat. Among these varieties are popular:
Breeders acquire representatives of these breeds at special fairs and exhibitions of agriculture. Avoid buying livestock from bird markets.
Red New Zealand rabbit - a representative of the meat direction
Opening a rabbit farm does not require large initial contributions. So, for the maintenance of a herd of up to 1 thousand heads, a plot of no more than a standard six acres will be required. Homemade cages and devices for eating, water will affect the cost reduction.
Before you start rabbit breeding, choose how you want to register your activity. For a mini-enterprise, a personal type of subsidiary farm is better suited. Another option is to obtain documents of an individual entrepreneur. The decision is associated with the ways of selling products.
If you have thought over the sales market (meat sold to friends or exhibited at rural production fairs), then a personal subsidiary farm (LPS) is suitable for you.
You will save on taxes. The choice of the activity of an individual entrepreneur (IP) will fully promote the business, but with some disadvantages:
Rabbit cages take up quite a lot of space
To open a rabbit farm, you will need a place where you build it. This can be done on your own or rented garden plot. Calculate the losses from the registration of the enterprise. A separate item of expenditure is the arrangement of the entrance and the water drainage system. You will also need materials for the construction of shed structures:
Homemade feeders and drinkers will reduce payments, but refrigeration units and equipment for preparing compound feed are store purchases. If you plan to hire workers for the rabbit farm, then their wages are an additional cost.
When choosing a private household plot, you will need the following documents to start a business:
Documents that will be required to register an individual entrepreneur and engage in rabbit breeding:
IP status implies the payment of taxes
Private household plots are not taxed, a single tax on agriculture is paid for individual entrepreneurs.
The activities of private household plots are controlled by the bodies of the rural or city administration, and Rosselkhoznadzor is responsible for the individual entrepreneurs. The code of your economic activity is A.01.25.2, that is, “breeding of rabbits and fur-bearing animals on a farm”, and a ban is imposed on skin-skin production from an animal obtained by hunters.
Humidity is contraindicated for rabbits
If a kilogram of such food costs an average of no more than 9 rubles, then the cost of feeding a rabbit family will be 3,000 rubles. Three shed devices annually consume feed for approximately 126,000 rubles.
Home-made mixed feed from cereals and grass flour with vitamin and mineral supplements will reduce food costs. You can prepare juicy feed and hay with your own hands, but it is not recommended to spend money on this when farming more than a thousand heads.
Set aside 300 rubles or more per head for veterinary care. For three sheds, each of which contains 14 queens, you will need more than 12 thousand rubles. Add to this payments for electricity (1500 rubles) and hay (2000).
Rabbits may need a vet
The sale of meat products is the main income in rabbit breeding. Net lethal output from the head - 2 kg. Three shed complexes annually produce up to 1000 livestock of young animals, a total of 2000 kilograms, 250-300 rubles each.
At such prices, the profit from the sale of meat will amount to 500 thousand rubles a year. If we subtract the expenditure items from this amount, then 360 thousand rubles remain (30 thousand monthly).
Separately, calculate the yield of offal - the liver and kidneys (plus two thousand per year). Rabbit breeding will pay off within six months.
They also help out money for rabbit skins, which are best preserved during the slaughter period in the summer. In studios or factories they are accepted for 30-40 rubles, dressed are more expensive (up to 150). Selling a thousand skins annually, the breeder receives up to 150,000 rubles.
It is advisable to use rabbit droppings for the production of vermicompost, which is obtained after fermentation of excrement in biogas plants.
Biohumus from rabbit droppings will bring additional income
Build your own customer base. At the initial stages, it will include relatives, acquaintances, and so on. Advertise in the newspapers, post ads on the streets. They sell meat products directly from the rabbit farm. If dealers turn to you, then show them a certificate from a veterinarian.
For cooperation with restaurants, you will need a certificate from a veterinarian of form No. 2.
In addition to the veterinary department, visit the SES, the local center for standardization and metrology, in order to navigate the marketing standards for meat products.
It is unlikely that a network of large supermarkets will become a promising market for you. Such suppliers offer too low wholesale prices for meat.
Restaurants willingly buy rabbit meat
For breeding, 45-50 heads of breeding young animals are bought (expenditure up to 13,500 rubles). The most convenient system, which presents the possibilities of automating the keeping of animals and saving space, are cage batteries (shed system).
The two batteries are connected by means of a roof. The shed body is made of wooden or metal raw materials, the passage between the batteries and the floor are sheathed with boards or poured with concrete.
With the system of sheds, the cells themselves and additional utility rooms are placed on one hundred square meters, on which up to a thousand copies are grown annually (in square meters):
In the shed, 60 cells with parameters of 1.3 * 0.7 * 0.55 meters are placed using the two-tier method. To make cages, use a galvanized mesh with small cells (in mm) 18 by 18, 20 by 20, 16 by 48. For tilting the floor, set the back wall of the room 20 centimeters below the front. This will make cleaning easier. Arrange a double floor covering so that the roof of the lower segment serves as a collection for the litter of the inhabitants of the upper floor (a double floor is also needed in the lower tier).
The slaughterhouse is supplied with a drain for blood and an oven in which waste is burned after slaughter. If you equip nearby refrigeration units, this will facilitate the processing of meat and save time.
Cell batteries are the most convenient option for keeping rabbits
Separate rooms are allocated for the female rabbits and the breeding male in the upper segment of the shed (14 cages plus one). In the remaining 45 cells, young animals live, 7-8 specimens per group. Maintain cleanliness, change flooring in time and remove litter, disinfect.
Rabbits are ready for breeding immediately after giving birth, but farmers at home allow them to the male 3-4 times a year (spring, summer and autumn).
6-8 rabbits are born, which the female feeds for at least two months. In total, keeping fourteen female rabbits in a shed brings from 250 to 350 heads annually, and an enterprise in which there are three sheds will produce up to a thousand rabbit carcasses.
Between the places of eating and nests in the cages are placed a nursery from a grid of 35 (25) by 35 millimeters, filled with hay. Feeders and drinkers are installed under them.
Concentrated food (cereals, compound feed) is stored in a special dry room. Homemade feed is cheaper. It is more useful than purchased, which contains synthetic vitamins and substances undesirable for animals. In the summer, they are given dried fresh grass, and hay is harvested for the winter. The menu of lactating and pregnant females is more varied and nutritious, includes juicy varieties of feed and supplements of mineral and vitamin elements.
Compound feed for a rabbit can be bought or prepared independently
For self-production of compound feed, purchase a grain crusher and an extruder for granulation. One of the homemade food recipes contains (as a percentage):
Per day, an adult rabbit consumes (in grams):
Additives to the main menu - flour of animal origin (15 g), table salt - 2.5 g, crushed chalk - 2 g. In the morning, the herd is fed with juicy and green fodder, at lunchtime and in the evening - with mixed fodder, grain crops. Pour fresh, clean water, slightly heated, into the drinkers.
The market niche of rabbit meat is now underoccupied, unlike chicken or pork.
Even as a beginner breeder, with a sound business plan, you can make money with little expense. Rabbit farming, which used to be almost neglected, is gradually becoming a profitable business venture.
Rabbit farming is one of the few businesses that you can start almost from scratch. The fecundity of these unique animals, along with the high market value of their meat, are the main components of the permanent income from this type of entrepreneurial activity.
Of course, starting a business with minimal costs, you won’t be able to earn millions right away. However, with a skillful approach and organization, rabbit breeding can become exactly the business that will provide high and stable income.
Any type of entrepreneurial activity has its advantages and disadvantages associated with certain risks. Rabbit breeding is no exception. The advantages of such a business include:
The only disadvantage in breeding rabbits, which can significantly affect profitability, is the high mortality of young animals associated with the spread of infectious diseases.
Even such a type of business as rabbit breeding requires mandatory registration and payment of taxes. Of course, we are not talking about a dozen animals raised for their own consumption.
But if the question is raised about production that makes a profit, you still have to pay. Sooner or later, you need to think about how to properly arrange your small business. There are several options that differ in the type of registration and the amount of tax paid to the state:
The choice of the type of farm management directly depends on the volume of production and the number of workers involved in its maintenance. Each of them also has its own advantages and disadvantages, but they are justified in their own way.
An ideal option for a future businessman starting a business without start-up capital is a personal subsidiary plot. It gives the entrepreneur the maximum opportunity to start a business on their own land.
A feature of private household plots is the absence of any taxes. It is enough just to submit a certificate of ownership of a certain land plot with an area that allows the cultivation of rabbits. You won't have to pay any taxes. However, it will be possible to sell the meat of slaughtered animals, having only the conclusion of the SES on its suitability, only on the market or among your friends.
In order to take slaughtered rabbits to shops or organize your own trading network, a more serious approach with certain costs will be required. provides an opportunity for full-fledged trading, including under your own name. But for this you have to pay tax. The unified agricultural tax (UAT) is 6% of the entrepreneur's profit.
Prior to the start of IP registration, it is worth contacting the regional representative office of Rosselkhoznadzor in order to clarify all the nuances, since the legislation in this area is constantly changing.
You will also have to pay for the certification of the rabbit breeding farm, obtaining the GOST-R declaration, as well as for the phytosanitary certificate.
Considering some accounting difficulties, it will not be superfluous to learn the basic accounting postulates or hire a specialist for this, which will entail additional costs. This way of managing a business from an economic point of view will be beneficial only with an industrial approach to breeding rabbits.
In terms of the form of management, it is very similar to an individual enterprise, except that it can be owned by not one, but several entities. In other words, it is a mini-collective farm that can carry out any type of agricultural activity, having several managers with equal rights.
KFH does not require statutory and constituent documents, and it can be registered for one individual. The main advantage of such a farm is theoretically the provision of a variety of, which in reality is not always obtained.
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Having decided on the form of managing your business, taking into account the opportunities provided by the state for the development of agricultural business, and having properly registered, you should think about a place for a future farm.
For a small family business that brings a small but constant income, it is enough to have a dacha or a land plot. A mini-farm can easily be placed on a 50 m 2 area. If it is planned to put meat production on stream, at least 800 m 2 will be required.
The rabbit farm must be located at a certain minimum distance from residential buildings, which is regulated by local governments. Before starting the arrangement of the economy, you should consult where and how best to locate the future farm.
The place for rabbit cages or the complex should be on a flat surface, which is better to be concreted, asphalted or simply covered with rubble in advance. It is also good to equip a storm sewer or drainage system. This will come in handy in the future when cleaning in cages.
In addition, it is worth taking care of the timely removal of animal waste products. Mountains of manure, its smell and clusters of flies are unlikely to please people living nearby.
There are several main ways to breed rabbits:
The first method of breeding rabbits involves keeping them in a previously dug hole or several holes, where they live independently, feed, dig holes and breed.
The farmer can only feed his wards in a timely manner and clean up after them. Of course, this method will not bring a lot of capital, but for a start it will do. It should also be borne in mind that pit breeding of rabbits is applicable only for growing meat breeds, since there is no question of any valuable fur under such conditions.
For the cell method, some costs will already be required associated with the purchase of either the cells themselves, or with the purchase of building materials for them. Typically, such rabbit dwellings are made of wooden boards and metal mesh. Here, young and female rabbits are kept separately from adult males. This method is the most popular for non-commercial rearing of rabbits in your own backyard.
With the shed breeding method, animals are placed in a special complex called a shed. This is a whole system consisting of several cellular batteries arranged in several tiers.
The standard shed has a width of 3 m. Its length is selected taking into account the livestock, the usable area of the farm and the wishes of the farmer. The cells in the complex are located on both sides, which makes it as compact as possible.
Video - rabbit farm with cages in the form of sheds:
The advantage of a shed is that on a relatively small plot of land you can organize a full-fledged farm for the industrial production of rabbit meat. One two-tier complex 10 m long includes 80 individual cages. It can grow up to 500 young animals per year.
Mini-farms, developed by Russian professor I. Mikhailov, are by far the most effective way to breed rabbits. Their design allows you to feed, water and clean up after animals in a semi-automatic mode. One mini-farm has 3-4 spacious cages equipped with drinkers, feeders, a manure collector, as well as ventilation with natural exhaust.
Mikhailov's method consists not only in the proper equipment of housing for rabbits, but also in the creation of other favorable conditions for their rapid cultivation. This system allows for 4 months to grow a full-fledged individual weighing 4-5 kg, which would require at least 6-7 months with the cell or shed method.
Video - rabbit farm according to the Mikhailov system:
To implement the idea of industrial breeding of rabbits according to the Mikhailov method, at least 2000 m 2 of area will be required, which should accommodate at least 300 mini-farms with a population of 500-700 animals. This type of rabbit breeding is the most expensive, but due to its high efficiency, the fastest payback and cost-effective.
First you need to decide on the location of the future farm. If you have a house, cottage or land outside the city, the problem is solved. If not, then they can be rented. This, of course, is an extra cost, but you can’t get away from it.
The next step towards realizing your dream will be obtaining all the necessary permits from the local authorities. The content of the package of documents will depend on which method of business management will be chosen.
Video - what problems you may encounter when organizing a rabbit farm:
When all the documents are collected, you can start building the farm. Do-it-yourself cage construction or the purchase of ready-made mini-farms is a matter at the discretion of the future farmer. In order not to immediately risk a large amount of money, you can try cell cultivation. This will show how profitable this type of business can be, as well as help you understand the basics of farming.
It is worth stocking up on food in advance. It is good if there are acquaintances in the agricultural sector who will help with the purchase of feed at convenient wholesale prices, since it is certainly not profitable to feed rabbits from the market.
In order for young animals to fully develop, have good immunity and grow quickly, they need to be given properly balanced, nutritious food. The standard rabbit diet should include:
When calculating the amount of feed when purchasing, it should be borne in mind that the average rabbit, in order to gain a mass of about 4 kg, will need 15 kg of feed and 10 kg of hay. Other types of feed are added to the diet additionally, taking into account the time of year. In spring and summer, green and roughage is preferable, in autumn and winter - juicy and ensiled.
Video - rabbit bunker feeder device:
To save on rabbit food, you can purchase a small grain mill and granulator. This solution will allow the production of flour, bran and mixed fodder, as well as significantly reduce feed costs.
When the future farm is ready to receive the first "guests", you can start buying rabbits. First of all, you need to decide on the breed. For raising rabbits as meat, it is better to purchase such well-known breeds as:
Usually their representatives reach a weight of 4 kg by 4 months, which is an excellent indicator of growth.
You need to buy rabbits only from farmers involved in breeding. In no case should you buy future producers in the bird market or through an ad in a newspaper.
You must personally make sure that the rabbit you buy is a representative of the declared breed, and not an overgrown animal grown on high-calorie feed. In addition, an experienced owner will give his recommendations regarding the feeding and maintenance of animals.
If you plan to buy not young animals, but adults, which will soon give their own offspring on your farm, you need to purchase them in such a way that there is one male for 10 females. However, even the smallest farm should not have less than 2 males.
The most common problem that farmers face when raising rabbits is infectious diseases. If appropriate measures are not taken in time, the entire tribe may die. The most dangerous diseases are:
The treatment of these ailments does not bring high efficiency. To avoid mass infection of rabbits, they must be vaccinated in a timely manner.. These, of course, are also costs, but you can’t do without them.
In addition to infectious diseases, rabbits are very sensitive to various disorders of the digestive system. If they eat grass with dew or spoiled vegetables, problems cannot be avoided. Draft can lead to inflammatory diseases of the respiratory system: rhinitis and pneumonia, so in winter you should worry about warming the cells.
For a home mini-farm producing up to 500 rabbits per year, there are no special problems with the implementation. Rabbit meat can be freely traded on the market yourself or handed over for sale after passing a sanitary and epidemic check. You can also sell meat among your friends.
For large volumes, you cannot do without the relevant documents such as a farm certificate, a phytosanitary certificate and a GOST-R declaration. But if the documents are in order, the meat will be accepted for sale by shops, supermarkets, cafes and restaurants without any problems.
In parallel with this, part of the production can be put on the market. If you are lucky and you manage to conclude a long-term contract with a wholesale buyer, the problem of distribution will disappear altogether. Over time, you can open your own outlet or even a network specializing specifically in rabbit meat.
Rabbit skins can also be considered as an additional source of income. Of course, their implementation will not bring such income as meat, but it will still cover at least some expenses.
We will try to draw up an approximate business plan for a mini-farm of two sheds with the purchase of 60 young animals (50 rabbits and 10 males). Given that the capacity of such production is rather low, additional costs for land lease and the purchase of succulent feed will not be taken into account. To start the calculation, you will need the main indicators of production, costs and profits:
Based on these indicators, the total costs for the construction of cages, the purchase of young animals, feed, the prevention and treatment of diseases, and staff salaries will amount to 330 thousand rubles. The amount received from the sale of 1000 heads, taking into account the wholesale price - 500 thousand rubles. Adding the amount received from the sale of skins, we get 550 thousand rubles.
As a result, net profit will be about 220 thousand rubles.
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Of course 220 thousand rubles. - this is not super profit, but with an increase in production capacity, costs will decrease, and net income will increase. of such a home business is a little over 65%, which is not bad for the first year.
The funds spent on the construction and purchase of young animals will be returned the next year. If things go well, then with the same livestock, but without the cost of sheds and the purchase of rabbits, next year the net profit can be about 300 thousand rubles, and profitability will increase to 80-90%.
Video - planning and systematic approach in rabbit breeding (useful practice experience):
Looking for a profitable business idea in the countryside? You found her! This is rabbit farming!
Rabbits are animals that breed well, give tasty dietary meat and fur. They do not require special technologies to grow them. Home cultivation differs from industrial cultivation only in scale, so if you are a little familiar with the maintenance of these animals, you can easily increase production to the size of a farm.
Sanctions and the crisis situation in the economy affected the domestic meat market. This, as well as the program of state support for small and medium-sized businesses, contribute to an increase in the volume of domestic meat production, cattle breeding, pig breeding and rabbit breeding.
Rabbit meat is a dietary, easily digestible meat, the taste of which will satisfy the needs of the most sophisticated gourmet. Most rabbit farms are small private farms oriented towards small wholesalers and retailers.
Having opened your own business in this segment, you will quickly find your buyer, subject to well-established management and active advertising.
Benefits of a business idea:
Flaws:
In a year, one rabbit reproduces a mass 50 times greater than her own. Using meat hybrid breeds, farmers increase this figure several times more. Rabbit breeding is a promising industry in which production volumes can be quickly increased.
Its weaknesses are dependence on temperature fluctuations and morbidity of livestock, but they are overcome by the right approach to the production and organization of the farm, as well as timely disease prevention.
The level of competition varies by region. In some (for example, in the Urals), the majority of rabbit farms are concentrated. In the Central, Volga, North-West regions, the breeding of these animals occupies only 5-10% of the market.
Bearing offspring in females lasts only 1 month. At one time, she gives 5-7 individuals of a young offspring. After 4-5 months, the rabbit reaches adulthood and can be slaughtered for meat.
The success of any business is the well-established sales of products. Look for ways to sell meat and fur even at the stage of building a rabbit farm. Start active advertising a month before you are ready to sell the first batch of meat.
Most buyers consider rabbit meat to be an expensive dietary product that you can treat yourself to during the holidays. When advertising products, focus on the beneficial properties of meat.
Do not forget about the possibilities of advertising on the Internet. Create your own website dedicated to your farm, tell about yourself on social networks, invite acquaintances and friends to spread the word about your business. Post photos and videos about your pets and their conditions.
When selling meat at the market, decorate a showcase, offer customers not only raw meat, but also rabbit stew, spices and seasonings for meat dishes. Make a bright signboard, car stickers.
To open your own rabbit farm, you need to choose a suitable land plot, purchase cages for animals, hire staff, and buy young livestock.
Let's dwell on each stage of the production plan in more detail.
For a rabbit farm, you need a dry, flat piece of land. For convenience and cleanliness of the territory, concrete the space between the cells. To create a mini-farm, a plot of 16-20 acres is enough. In the first couple, use your own personal plot. Shed system of building cages in two or three tiers will allow you to increase volumes over time.
If you are renting a site, make sure it is not damp and not flooded with water during floods, as these animals do not like dampness. For a large-scale farm, you need a plot outside the village.
The leased area must include:
Shed cage system - safe and convenient keeping of rabbits Cells at the initial stage of production can be made independently. To make them, you will need wood, brick, fine mesh netting, slate. If you order the production of cages to order in a carpentry workshop, it will cost more than purchasing ready-made sheds.
For a large farm, purchase prefabricated stationary tiered cages, as well as carriers for moving animals to the slaughterhouse, selling live, transferring individuals from one shed (tiered cage system) to another.
If you organize a mini-farm in your own backyard, you can easily manage on your own and with the forces of your family members.
For a large-scale farm, you will need staff. 6 people are enough to perform the duties of maintaining cleanliness in the production area, feeding animals, cleaning cages. We also need one slaughterer and one driver to deliver the carcasses to the place of sale.
For maximum farm productivity, choose several breeds for breeding.
Be careful, not all breeds are suitable for growing for meat The optimal ratio of livestock breeds presented in the table will provide you with meat, skins and down:
When buying young animals from farms, make sure that there is a veterinary certificate confirming their health.
For more information on the topic of rabbit breeding, see the articles Breeding rabbits as a business and .
The main directions of product sales are retail and small wholesale trade.
Sales ways:
For free trade, register your farm with the tax authorities, receive a veterinary certificate on compliance with animal welfare standards and a certificate from the laboratory confirming the quality and safety of products.
The ideal sales option is the search for stable wholesale buyers.
Offering cooperation to restaurants and supermarkets, demonstrate the quality of meat, documentation confirming its safety, leave a small trial batch. You should have a certificate from the SES, a phytosanitary certificate, as well as a GOST-R declaration on hand.
Breeding rabbits as a business requires mandatory registration with the state and tax control authorities.
There are several forms to choose from: personal subsidiary farming, individual entrepreneurship or peasant farming. Let us dwell on each of the legal forms in more detail.
Registering an individual entrepreneur will provide you with more opportunities in the rabbit meat trade, finding customers, wholesale buyers. For registration, you need a passport, IND, payment of the state fee, an application for registration, certified by a notary.
When you become a self-employed person, you are obligated to pay taxes. Choose a simplified system or a single agricultural tax, as a representative of a small business in the agricultural industry.
OKVED code 01.25.2 is the same for all forms of management: "Breeding rabbits and fur-bearing animals on a farm."
This is a simplified form of IP without statutory documents, names, contracts. Having issued a peasant farm, you can apply for state support in the form of a grant, subsidy, and loans on favorable terms. You also have the right to associate with other peasant farms for mutual benefit. Your farm is eligible for preferential taxation.
Personal subsidiary farming is the best form of farming if you manage with your family members without involving hired labor, and also if you intend to breed rabbits on the territory of your personal plot. LPH claims to receive state support. Selling products grown on a personal farmstead, you have the right not to pay taxes.
For a novice entrepreneur, it is preferable to use private household plots or peasant farms. You will be able to issue an IP when the volumes of production and sales become steadily large.
The costs of opening a rabbit farm must be calculated at the project launch stage. To do this, find out the cost of cages, breeds of rabbits, feed, renting a plot of the area you are interested in.
An approximate list of costs for opening a farm is presented in the table. It displays the mandatory costs that you will face regardless of the scale of your production and the chosen business legal form:
| № | Nature of costs | Amount in rubles |
| 1. | Plot rental | 30,000 (average) |
| 2. | Buying cells | 50 000 |
| 3. | Purchase of 100 young animals | 30 000 |
| 4. | Primary feed purchase | 70 000 |
| 5. | Veterinarian services + utility costs | 20 000 |
| 6. | Purchase of equipment (drinkers, feeders, small inventory) | 20 000 |
| Total: | 220 000 | |
For regions with a harsh climate, add the cost of building a facility for keeping animals to the list.
Difficulties await the novice rabbit breeder. However, having a good business plan and sufficient theoretical background, he can easily overcome them.
Risk factors include:
To overcome the difficulties associated with raising animals, regularly consult veterinarians for preventive measures for the incidence of infectious diseases. Keep livestock indoors without drafts and dampness.
Carefully inspect breeding individuals so as not to bring new diseases with them. Monitor the quality of the feed so that there is no mold or rot in it.
The development of a detailed business plan with a summary of the project and calculations of income and expenditure is your insurance against unnecessary expenses and failures. The more you develop it and prepare a presentation of your project, the more chances you have to receive state support for the peasant farm.
Download a free sample business plan. Take one or more of the examples as a basis for writing your own document.
Any ready-made sample from the Internet is just a typical project that does not reflect the features of your idea. Do not use a project identical to yours without modification. Develop your own. In the course of its preparation, you will deal with many aspects, gain the necessary knowledge about raising animals and marketing.
To help novice farmers, a video from the famous rabbit breeder E. Maklyakov:
Interest in healthy, dietary food is growing, which means that the demand for rabbit meat will be consistently high. Rabbit breeding is a legal and predictable type of business. By gradually increasing the scale of production, you will come to the fact that the cost of production will become lower, and the size of the net profit will be higher.
According to experts, the profitability of rabbit breeding at the initial stage ranges from 60-65%. For the next year of keeping a rabbit farm, you will increase profitability to 80-87%.
The most costly and difficult part of your journey is the start. Overcome difficulties and you will have an asset that gives a stable increase and good profit.
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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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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:
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:
It is worth doing a rabbit breeding business in Russia for the following reasons:
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:
Breeds of meat rabbits:
The best place to buy pedigree young rabbits in Russia are agricultural exhibitions and large farms.
Breeds of meat-hide rabbits:
Breeds for industrial breeding:
The breeds of rabbits that are best kept at home in Russia are described in the video presented. Filmed by the channel: "Smart City".
By size, rabbit farms are divided into:
Rabbit business can be classified according to the method of breeding:
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.
Trends in the Russian rabbit meat market:
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:
Most often, rabbit meat will be bought by people with medium and high incomes due to its significant price (500 rubles per kilogram).
In order to understand how to start a business in the field of rabbit breeding, you should read the step-by-step instructions:
To conduct business, the farmer has the right to choose one of the two most acceptable forms of its legal registration:
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:
When registering, the following types of activities are indicated according to the current classifier:
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:
Farm location requirements:
A farm with an annual output of 1,500 rabbit carcasses will require:
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
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:
The farm manager performs the following functions:
The zookeeper performs the following functions:
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 major repairs, preventive and emergency repairs to the equipment.
The worker-operator, who is engaged in the basic care of the herd, performs the following functions:
The worker-operator for servicing young pets on fattening, performs the following functions:
The worker performs the following functions:
Whether or not rabbit breeding is profitable as a business will become clear after a thorough calculation of all costs.
Financial planning is 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.
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 |
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 |
| Expendable materials | 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 |
Initial data:
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:
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.
Experienced rabbit breeders testify that the greatest business risks are veterinary and zootechnical.
Breeding rabbits as a business has the following risks:
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.
Strengths of the idea:
Weaknesses of a business based on rabbit breeding:
This business has its pros and cons, but the reviews of experienced farmers indicate that its advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
