JF RABBITS: FOREMOST RABBIT BREEDER IN NIGERIA

We’ve been living with them for as long as we can remember. From the days man hunted them for meat till now that we raise them in our backyard for meat.     Cottontail rabbit   Rabbits are a burrowing animal, which has long ears and a tail. A male rabbit is called a buck, a female rabbit is called a doe and the children are known as kittens. They are usually reared for their meat, wool, fur and even urine/manure. Their meat is considered as white meat and more suitable for special diet people.   The rabbit meat is highly touted because cholesterol and fat levels in rabbit are much lower; almost zero (nonexistent). For this reason, rabbit meat is being used and is suitable for special diets such as those for heart disease patients, diet for the aged, low sodium diet, weight reduction diet etc.   Why should you raise rabbits in your back yard? Bad economy, the huge gap between demand and supply of rabbit meat, rate of unemployment, grotesqu...

3 Females + 1 Male = 3000 rabbits! Four out of many that have turned pairs of rabbits into thousands of rabbits Africa already boasts of a few rabbit farmers who started from nothing but have built remarkably successful rabbit farm businesses. Their success in spite of capital and skill challenges will inspire and encourage you to take action on your. Four successful African Rabbit Farmers you need to know Let’s meet them!    

Here is how rabbit farms become profitable. When farmers begin planning their rabbit farms, they will need to formulate a plan, which will often need to be submitted to an agricultural or planning board in your area in which you wish to set up this venture.   Rabbit meat is very high in protein and low in fat. Being low in calories per weight, it's not ideal for sustaining hard labor, but it can definitely do in a pinch. Rabbits also have one of the most efficient feed-growth ratios, keeping feeding costs way down. You could get about 70 lbs of fryer meat a year out of each doe, and one buck can service 8-10 does. In addition to meat, rabbits also provide great nitrogen-rich fertilizer, and their pelts are very soft and supple.   Most rabbit farms have 2 litter pens per doe, a cage per buck, and a few other extra cages for raising replacement breeders. Litter pens are ideally a minimum of 30x30 inches. I recommend 24x24 cages for bucks and replacement breeders. Ca...

Biometeorology is the study of the relationship between the environment and living organisms. In homoeothermic animals, the goal is to maintain a stable body core temperature under most  conditions.      Earth in danger of heating      Environment affect nutrition: Ambient temperature and humidity are the variables that most affect nutrition. Both directly influence the energy equilibrium of the animal, changing the flow of heat between the animal and the environment.

FA C TS  360 GENERAL FACTS ABOUT RABBITS

Rex Rabbit   Many things need to be taken into account with rabbit keeping: expenses for stable building, feed prices, purchase price of animals, etc. But let us not talk about bookkeeping although important! Most important from the management point of view is the registration of your animals: when they mate, when they kindle, who is their father or their mother, do they show disease, how fast do they grow, and so on and so on. In order to keep track of this information, proper administration is very useful.     In this post I am going to discuss the 7 most important management operations when it comes to rabbit farming.    

As I write this piece I am overwhelmed with joy because every day we keep getting new people into the rabbit industry, starting to raise their own rabbits in pairs and sometimes in hundreds.  Some new entrants in their own little way want to do just what I call ‘ Augmentation ’ of their income through the profit they will be making in their new venture. Others just want a new meat source; having lost their loved ones and country men to herdsmen carnage. Others just want to make good profit and others want to make huge and unrealistic profits from rabbit farming within a very short period of time. The last group of new entrants into the rabbit farming industry in Nigeria just want companionship and attachment to the furry creatures, in the ears of whom they can safely whisper their hearts. You  might be wondering what precisely I am talking about today. Well, am simply just want to appeal to you my dear reader to keep reading, whether you are newbie, and old...

    rabbits grazing    Raising rabbits for meat isn't a new idea, although it hasn't achieved the popularity of other forms of animal protein. Maybe part of this is due to the fact that bunnies are cute. Yet, if you can get past the looks of the animal, there are some very good reasons to consider rabbits for meat.   One good reason to raise rabbits for meat is that it requires a way less food and water to produce than other meat animals. For example, if you fed a cow and a rabbit the same amount of food and water, a rabbit will produce 6 pounds of meat and a cow will only produce one pound.   Another great thing about rabbits is that their meat is lower in cholesterol than most other meats. And it also has the highest protein ratio. It's just better for you!   Beside meat, rabbits can provide you with fur/pelt for clothing etc., manure and urine for gardening and offal for pet dog food.   Because rabbits breed and grow so...

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cuniculture Do you want to start Rabbit Farming business? Here are few things which you may need to consider: Rabbit farming is not at all an expensive venture. It doesn’t need much money like every other farming does. Rather it takes a lot of knowledge about the animal husbandry and how best to raise animals. You should start with a profitable rabbit farming business plan to gain high profit in short term. Rea full article: Here

rabbit farming equipment     Rabbit farming, ( cuniculture ) is an undertaking in the agricultural industry, which is one of the biggest sectors of the economy. Rabbit farming in Nigeria has been growing because of its less requirements compared to other forms of livestock in relation to capital operating costs and maintenance yet they have high returns and high demand.   A rabbit is a burrowing animal, which has long ears and a tail. A male rabbit is called a buck, a female rabbit is called a doe and the children are known as kittens. They are usually reared for their meat, wool, fur, meat and even urine/manure. Their meat is considered as white meat and more suitable for special diet people.  

 artificial insemination   This is the method of introducing sperm into the vagina of the female animal by artificial means. The sperms are collected by using teasers .   Artificial insemination (AI) in rabbits can be a useful aid to colony management. In this review, simple non-invasive techniques for semen collection and AI are described.   Conception rates following AI can be equivalent to, or better than, those achieved by natural mating, with the added advantage that contact between animals is avoided. Ovulation can be induced reliably by the administration of a gonadotrophin releasing hormone analogue, buserelin , as an alternative to the use of a vasectomized buck or the injection of luteinizing hormone. The use of enzyme-linked immunoassay kits for progesterone assay can assist colony management by rapidly identifying non-pregnant animals for re-insemination. Frozen-thawed sperm have been inseminated but careful attention to the cryopreservat...

  cuniculture Small body size makes it easier to maintain and a small unit requires limited space.   Rabbit is a prolific breeder and can be bred at any time of the year. With a shorter gestation period of 30 days only, 5-6 litters (births)can easily be obtained in a year from a single female rabbit.   Rabbit matures at an early age and becomes ready for production by 6-7 months.   Rabbit grows fast and attains a body weight of 1.5-1.8 kg within 12-14 weeks and provides nutritious and wholesome meat.       Related: How to run profitable rebbit farm   How to run a profitable rabbit farm  

Cuniculture is the agricultural practice of breeding and raising rabbits, usually for their meat, fur, or wool. This differs from the simpler practice of keeping a single or small group of rabbits as companions, without selective breeding, reproduction, or the care of young animals. Some people, called rabbit fanciers, practice cuniculture predominantly for exhibition. The distribution of rabbit farming varies around the globe, and while it is on the decline in some nations, in others it is expanding.

Sprouts   Rabbit farming is fast becoming a profitable business in Nigeria with more youths daily going into the business. Thanks to but regrettably the deep recession   Nigeria is into, you can feel it’s waves sweeping through the country.   Rabbits can be raised in backyards, garages, storerooms, sheds or cages.   In the past years I have been researching on the best and cheapest feeds I can give my over 100 rabbits to grow big and mature fast. Check out my venturesome search for free rabbit feed   In just a moment I will share with you a simple, cost saving and efficient method I have been using to feed my rabbits optimally and keep them healthy the year round.

Common Causes and Treatments There are many reasons a rabbit can lose fur, some of them completely normal, and others a sign of health or behavior problems. In this article, Dana Krempels , Ph.D. highlights some of the causes of normal and abnormal fur loss

In this article I will highlight what influences milk intake, solid feed intake, feed composition, restricted mode of feeding, hunger and thirst, feeding behavior in young and adult rabbits and restricted access to drinking water. The results of the research conducted by: Dr. Zsolt Szendro , Dr. Zsolt Matics , and Dr. Zsolt Gerencsér explains these factors that influence how rabbits feed.      suckling kitts   

    Factors affecting cuniculture in Nigeria   Cuniculture in Nigeria has not been without its setbacks, factors such as climate, disease, time and a host of others have had their turns in militating against the development of cuniculture in Nigeria. Over the years, it has been climate in one region of the country and a different factor in another. I have taken time in this post to briefly discuss the most common problems affecting rabbit production in Nigeria.  

  Starting on a sad note, it is true that the country is in recession and is not recovering well. Citizens now taste, smell and feel the recession’s unhealthy pot. It is even worse and appalling out there were a population of teeming youths are only good at designing eye catching CVs and waiting for white-collar jobs without making use of their youthful vigor and education to invent and workout positive ideas that will positively affect and turn around the economy. Such is the case with Nigeria.   In this post  I am going to share with you some financial benefits of starting a rabbit farming business and hoping you start one tomorrow and get yourself out of that job seekers zone. Or perhaps diversify your farming project, or better still make a decision to save money and your family's health by raising your own meat rabbits at home.  

Nutritional value of rabbit meat Some people see rabbits as pets, however, these small furry animals were designed by Mother Nature to serve as healthy source of high-quality protein. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service encouraged families to eat rabbit during periods of food rationing during World War II , when meat was hard to find. While there's no longer a meat shortage in the U.S., eating rabbit is still a healthy meat choice with a tasty flavor. rabbit meat Is rabbit meat healthy?