Before entering rabbit farming to set up your rabbitry, there are a number of housing considerations to be made by the farmer.
Here are some listed housing considerations for your viewing - "Housing Considerations For Your Rabbitry".
Does a low cost housing always equels to bad housing?
In the U.S. alone, there are an estimated 5,000,000 rabbits being kept as pets in over 2,200,000 homes. Pet rabbits also popularly referred to as bunnies are cheaper to maintain, when compared to other pets like dogs and cats. They also require lesser care when compared to other domestic pets.
Here are numbers of factors that have to be considered when choosing a pet rabbit, "Rabbit Farming For The Pet Market".
Almost all breeds of domesticated rabbits can be adapted as a pet. What breed are you interested in?
The choice of breed by the farmer or breeder depends on the predefined purpose and aim for starting a rabbit farm or having a rabbit. There are quite a number of breeds groomed for specific purposes. Different breeds of rabbits are bred for meat, wool, as pets, and as show animals.
Read "For A Rabbit Farming Venture, What Type Of Rabbit Should You Breed" for more information about different rabbit breeds for your rabbit farming considerations.
What are your purpose and aim for starting a rabbit farm?
If you are just starting out as a rabbit farmer, then you may be wondering about rabbit breeding. On the other hand, you may be thinking that you will just take advantage of the prolific reproduction rate among rabbits, and have your rabbits produce as many offspring as possible. However, there is a lot the commercial farmer can learn from rabbit breeding in the wild.
And how do they do that? Read this article, "What You Can Learn From Rabbit Breeding Patterns In The Wild" for more info.
So what have you learned about rabbit breeding patterns?
In a 1994 report on rabbit production internationally, the estimated global production figure was 1.5 million tons, and Italy, Russia, France, China and Spain topped the list of global producers. That figure has remained somewhat constant over the last few years, however, there are more and more third world countries in Asia, Africa and South America that are becoming global players in the rabbit farming arena. There are several reasons for this.
Want to know what the reasons are? Read this, "The Global Growth Of The Rabbit Production Industry".
Do you now know why rabbit production is growing fast?
When it comes to commercial rabbit production, there are several factors that will make a difference in how much success your breeding venture enjoys. These include various issues relating to infrastructure, management, and the art of cuniculture itself.
To learn more about these variuos issues, click here, "Rabbit Production Methods That Produce The Best Results".
The most successful commercial rabbit production operations are the ones that combine all of this wisdom into a well managed system. Do you agree?
