1. The difference between cage, stocking and fence
1. Characteristics of cage
Caging means keeping rabbits in special cages, that is, raising them in rabbit cages. This is the most ideal way to raise rabbits. Generally, rabbits need to be raised in cages. This is also the feeding method mostly used by large rabbit farms or large rabbit farmers.
Advantages of cage culture: more careful breeding management, regular and quantitative supply of feed; control of rabbit breeding and breeding, which is conducive to seed selection; reduction of disease transmission among rabbits, etc.
Disadvantages of cage breeding: high feeding cost, laborious management, and insufficient exercise of rabbits, which will have a certain impact on the health of rabbits.
In addition, cages can also be divided into indoor cages and outdoor cages. Indoor cage breeding is to build a special rabbit house for rabbits and keep rabbits indoors. Its main advantages are heat protection in summer, cold protection in winter, moisture protection in rainy season, and protection from natural enemies of rabbits and animal damage.
Outdoor cage is to keep the rabbit cage outdoors all year round, and set a lid on the top of the cage to raise rabbits in the cage.
2. Features of stocking
Stocking is also known as group farming and free-range farming. It means that the rabbits are scattered on the farm for a long time, so that the rabbits can move freely, eat food, and breed.
The main advantages of stocking are: saving manpower and material resources, low cost of feeding; providing sufficient sunlight and fresh air for rabbits, which is more conducive to growth and reproduction. However, it must be determined that the origin is safe.
Disadvantages: Unable to control the breeding and reproduction of rabbits; easy to cause breed degradation; rabbits are susceptible to diseases; rabbits fight frequently, etc.
3. Features of fence breeding
Pen fence means small group breeding. Generally, a fence is made of bamboo, wooden sticks or barbed wire in an open space outdoors or indoors. Each fence is about 8 to 10 square meters, and 20 to 30 rabbits are generally raised.
The advantages of fence breeding: low cost of raising rabbits, easy management, can make the rabbits get enough exercise, no worries about the lack of fresh air and sufficient sunlight, which is beneficial to the growth and development of rabbits.
Disadvantages: It is impossible to feed rabbits quantitatively, infectious diseases are difficult to control, and fighting is easy to occur; it is not suitable for breeding rabbits.
Pen-raising is the most suitable way to raise meat rabbits, but the main thing is to keep the fence clean and clean, and regularly clean the inside and outside of the circle. . The bedding method can be used in the circle, that is, when the floor is dirty, a layer of bedding is placed, and when the bedding reaches a certain thickness, it is completely removed and replaced with a new bedding. The circle must be regularly cleaned and disinfected to reduce parasitic infection and the spread of disease. And place rabbit drinking utensils in the grid to meet the feeding needs of rabbits, install fecal floor and so on.
The above is our introduction to the different ways of raising rabbits such as cage, free range and fence. Each way of raising has its own advantages and disadvantages. A suitable feeding method should be selected according to the actual situation of domestic rabbits, and meat rabbits are more suitable for grid breeding.
