How many times a day to feed rabbits: the amount of feed and the table of norms

A complete daily diet is the key to the full development of rabbits and rapid weight gain. Therefore, important questions for farmers are how many times a day and what to feed the rabbits. At the same time, it is necessary to take into account the purpose of raising animals - for meat, to obtain fur. As a rule, a balanced diet includes succulent feed, compound feed, grass. The proportions of the daily ration are calculated based on different parameters.

Rabbit nutrition basics

Balanced nutrition ensures the normal life of animals, is the key to quality growth. The taste of dietary meat, the beauty of the skin is also determined by the diet.

Basic nutritional requirements for rabbits:

• balanced diet for each age group, different types of animals;
• presence of coarse grinding elements in feed;
• plenty of clean water.

Rabbit eats green food very well. You can use both plants from the garden, beet tops, and wild crops (nettle, spurge, sow thistle, yarrow). Additives in the form of tree foliage are allowed (aspen, linden, mountain ash, willow).

When using plants, remember that they are given washed, dried.

Significant sources of vitamins are vegetables and fruits. Not only raw root crops (beets, carrots), cabbage are useful. Cake, chopped or herbal, bone meal is mixed with boiled pumpkin, potatoes. Of fruits, apples complement the diet well.

A significant part of the diet is combined feed, which allows you to quickly and fully feed the rabbits. Feed advantages: convenient to store and transport, balanced composition, reduced time for preparing food for animals.

Number of livestock feedings

When compiling a diet, you need to take into account the correct ratio of proteins, carbohydrates, fats. By mixing products, they are repelled by their energy nutrition.

At the same time, they use the conditional concept of "feed unit", which corresponds to the nutritional value of 1 kg of oats.

For a daily fattening of an adult, 160 feed units are required. The most popular feed recipe: oats 1 kg (1000 feed units) + corn 650 g (890 feed units) + bran 300 g (210 feed units). This volume of compound feed is sufficient for daily feeding of 13 adults (2100 feed units (1960 g) / 160 feed units).

The daily portion of food is given three times a day (compound feed in the morning, juicy feed in the afternoon, compound feed in the evening) or in 2 runs, dividing the food into two parts. It is recommended to maintain the following consumption rates:

• 60-110g adult compound feed;
• 100-130 g pregnant rabbit (140-160 g during the feeding period);
• 40-150 g young rabbits (when the animal grows up, add 10 g of feed monthly).

Similar portions of compound feed are used in the absence of other products. If a mixed diet is being prepared (with green or vegetable additives), then the proportions of the components are reviewed.

Normal daily diet for the seasons

During the year, the diet of rabbits is changed. Usually the composition of products is selected in relation to the seasons. At the same time, the age needs of animals in the quantity and quality of feed are necessarily taken into account. Experts recommend adhering to the norms described in the tables.

For summer nutrition, it is desirable to withstand the following composition.

cereal additives 3010 10 Rabbits up to 3 months4006020 10 Youngs over 3 months old60010030 20Individuals during the launch period 80010040 30Individuals in mating season100015070 50 9070 Feeding Bunnies 2000400130100

Age characteristics of rabbits	Type and weight of food, grams concentrates
		Rabbits over 18 days old	100
	Pregnant females	1500	200

In winter, in principle, almost the same composition of components is used, but their ratio in the diet is changed.

Recommended set per day.

cereal supplements Rabbits over 18 days old203020 15Rabbits before 3 months1506030 30Youngs over 3 months old200100 50 70 Individuals in mating season30015015085 Pregnant females30020020080 Feeding Bunnies400 400300120

Age characteristics of rabbits	weight of feed, grams
				40
	Individuals during the launch period	300	100	100

Important! When compiling the diet, the type of products obtained from animals (meat, meat-skin, downy breeds of rabbits) is taken into account.

How much feed one rabbit eats before slaughter

To make the right calculations, you need to take into account the age of the rabbit, the breed. If rabbits are grown for the purpose of obtaining meat products, then it is most profitable to raise them up to 4-5 months. In older individuals, weight gain slows down (does not apply to animals of late maturing large breeds).

Weight of five-month-old animals of different breeds:

• small - 2.2 kg;
• medium - 3.4kg;
• large - 4.6 kg.

The best way to get meat products is to grow rabbits of large breeds (white giant, hipplus). Until the moment of slaughter, animals aged 3 months gain weight of 2.8 kg. The skinned carcass has a mass of 1.4 kg - such products are in the greatest demand.

Animals consume 100-120 g of feed (the livestock is taken into account, consisting of adult females and rabbits who have begun to feed on their own). For a weight gain of 1 kg, a rabbit eats about 3 kg of feed. Based on the available indicators, 9 kg of feed is spent on fattening the animal before slaughter. This norm must necessarily include concentrates, roughage, greens, succulent products (potatoes, vegetables), silage, mineral elements (bone meal or chalk).

When compiling the daily diet of rabbits, the following factors should be taken into account: type of feed, season, feeding method, age and breed of rabbits. If the number of pets is small, it is more profitable to prepare food yourself. For the maintenance of a large number of animals, it is more expedient to purchase a balanced ready-made feed.

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