Advantages of Rabbit Farming :

• Rabbits are small sized animal. There are many advantages of commercial rabbit farming in India. The main advantages are described below.


• Rabbits are small sized animal. So, they require less space, feed, care and management. You can easily raise rabbits in your farm, backyard, terrace and even at home.


• Required capital/investment for starting rabbit farming business is very low. You can start with a very little investment. (Eg: Rs 10, 000/- to Rs 15, 000/-)


• Rabbits grow rapidly and gain maturity very fast like broiler chickens. They become suitable for slaughtering purpose within 3 to 4 months.


• Rabbit meat is very nutritious and tasty. It is lower in cholesterol and fat and higher in protein. All aged and all types of people can easily consume and digest rabbit meat.


• In small scale farming, you can feed your rabbits various types of foods including waste vegetables, easily available leaves, grains available in the home etc.


• Rabbit has a very high reproduction capacity. One female rabbit can give birth of kids after every 30 days and 2 to 8 kids per delivery.


• Rabbit farming can also be a great source of income and employment.


• Unemployed educated young people can create an income and employment opportunities by raising rabbits commercially.


• Women can also raise some rabbits with other household animals or birds to earn some extra income or to full fill their daily family nutrition demand.


• Rabbit farming is also very pleasuring and entertaining. Even, you can do this business with your current job or occupation.

Rabbits Breeds
There are numerous breeds available throughout the world. Some of them are highly productive. Some breeds are very suitable for farming in India according to our weather. Most productive and suitable rabbit breeds are listed below.

• White Giant


• Black Giant


• Grey Giant


• Flemish Giant


• New Zealand White


• New Zealand Red


• Californian


• Dutch


• Soviet Chinchilla

Farming Methods
Rabbits can be raised in both deep litter system and cage system. You can easily make a small shed at the backyard with a very small investment. Good housing or shed is necessary for keeping the rabbits free from weather conditions, rain, sun and various types of predators like dogs or cats etc.

Feeding Methods

• Good food always ensure good health and proper growth. So, always try to feed your animals high quality and nutritious food. Generally, rabbits can eat and consume all types of grains, legumes and green fodders like Lucerne, Hedge Lucerne, Agathi, and various types of kitchen wastes including carrots, cabbage leaves and other vegetable wastes. In case of raising rabbits by feeding concentrate food, try to provide them some green food.


• For 1 kg body weight of rabbit, you can feed those about 80 grams of concentrate food and 100 grams of green food. Along with good and nutritious food try to provide them sufficient amount of fresh and clean water according to their demand.

Breeding
Rabbits become suitable for breeding within their 5 to 6 months of age. You should use male rabbits for breeding purpose at their 1 year of age to get quality young rabbits. Always use healthy rabbits for breeding with proper age and body weight. Take extra care of the male rabbit used for breeding purpose and take good care of pregnant rabbits.

Management
For better production, you must have to take good care of your animals. Generally, diseases are less in rabbits. Healthy rabbits become very active with a shiny hair coat. But if anyhow something goes wrong, then you have to take necessary steps immediately.

AKN Farm benefits for the members :
Below listed service are provided by us for our members.

• Training and certification will be provided on Rabbit farming


• High quality animals will be provided for members with minimum age of 7 to 8 months on chipper price.


• Equipments will be provided for rabbit farming which includes (Rabbit cages with different size, Drinker Nipple, Feeder box, User guide, Rabbit farming information CD, Meat Slaughter equipments, Hydroponic system trays)


• We provide concentrated feed for high growth, Feed supplements, Grass seeds, Medicines.


• Online payment through gateway options and buy back facility with multi options.


• Member ship cards


• Annual best farmer recognition awards.


• Rabbit meat cooking guide.


• Regular consultations from expert vet doctors.


• Helping to avail Bank loan and project reports for the same.

WHY Duck Farming.?

• Duck farming is very popular and absolutely a lucrative business. Ducks are highly available around the world. There are numerous meat and egg productive duck breeds available throughout the world. All the present domestic ducks around the glove come from the wild birds. Those wild birds wonder around the world, and some of them have been domesticated as a good source of food. Almost all those wild birds are from mallard species. Incidentally, all hen of the world comes from red wild hen. You might know that, ducks are aquatic organism.
• Duck farming is the important poultry after chicken farming in India. They are mainly farmed for their meat and eggs. Ducks prefer to stay outdoor during the daytime and even during winters and in rain. The night shelter should be properly ventilated, dry and rat proof. Ducks are water fowl and very fond of water. Their main foods are water weeds, snails, fish, insects and worms. In the market nutritionally rich duck feeds are available. It eat grains, but the duck should never have access to feed without water. The first eight weeks duck chick (duckling) should have always access to the food then later they may be fed twice a day 200 to 250gm per day.
• Ducks lay more eggs per year than chicken and the size of the duck egg is larger than that of chickens. After 16 to 18 weeks the ducks will start laying eggs, usually the eggs are laid before 9AM. Good breed of duck can lay about 300 eggs per year. The grown up duck gain weight between 2.5kg to 2.7 kg.
• Some people think that, duck without water and pond without water are the same. Even, some people think, ducks can’t live without water. But it’s totally wrong. You cannot imagine pond without water, but duck can be raised without water. Thousands of ducks can be raised without water by keeping them inside house, in the same way you raise chickens or other types of poultry birds. But, keep in mind that, in case of raising ducks without water ‘your ducks will lay unfertilized egg’. That means you can’t hatch the eggs for producing ducklings. If you want fertile eggs, male ducks and water are essential. You can easily raise ducks without water, they just need water for reproduction or mating purposes.

Advantages of Duck Farming :

• There are numerous advantages of starting duck farming business. In many countries, ducks rank next to chicken for meat and egg production. You can raise ducks in both commercial and small scale meat or egg production purpose. Even, you can raise some ducks on your own backyard with other birds or animals. Some notable advantages of duck farming business are shortly described here.
• Ducks need less expensive, simple and non-elaborate housing facilities. As a result housing costs are very less for setting up commercial duck farming business.
• Ducks are very hardy bird and they need less care or management. They can adopt themselves with almost all types of environmental conditions.
• They lay eggs either at night or in the morning. So you can collect their fresh eggs every morning. And you can do your other work during rest of the day and you don’t have to spend time for caring your ducks.
• You need comparatively less space for raising ducks. Ducks have comparatively shorter brooding period and ducklings grow faster. Ducklings grow so fast that, you can dispense artificial heat within their 5 to 7 days. Although they will require a little longer heating period during cold months.
• Ducks are highly resistant to the common avian diseases.
• You can feed your ducks with a wide variety of foods. A duck’s regular food includes corn, rice, wheat, ground nut cake, poultry feed, Fish waste, fruits and any other low cost and easily available foods. They also have the natural tendency of foraging on aquatic weeds, algae, green legumes, fungi, earthworms, maggots, snails, various types of insects etc. which directly reduce feeding cost.
• You can also use your ducks for controlling apple snails or some other harmful insects from your garden.
• Ducks have less mortality rate and usually they live longer than chickens. In case of egg production, ducks lay eggs for a long time period.
• Duck products such as eggs and meat have a great demand in the local and international market. So commercial duck farming business can be a great source of earning. There are already many successful farmers who are making a high profit from their duck farming business.
• Duck farming business can also be a stable employment source.
• Young unemployed educated people can join this business and make their own employment source.