Rabbits of the Rizen breed are descendants of the Flanders, who, as a result of successful breeding, acquired a modern impressive appearance. The breed was produced in Germany. Translated from the German Risen means huge, gigantic, enormous. And it is true. Their magnitude impresses even worldly-wise farmers.
Description
These are nice, calm and very intelligent animals. Rabbits of the Risen breed are: gray, white, Belgian giant. Vienna rabbit, German giant rabbit.
The white giant was the result of crossing with a chinchilla. He has excellent fur and very tasty juicy meat.
Gray giant bred in Russia. It got its name for the gray color. Its weight is really rather big (5 - 7 kg).
The Belgian giant rabbit is the progenitor of rabbits of the giant size Rizen breed. Very whimsical in food.
Viennese rabbit has a gray or dark gray color. The smallest of the breed Risen (3 - 5 kg) and the most prolific. Valued for high quality meat.
The German giant rabbit Risen - due to careful selection, currently reaches 12 kg in weight.
Appearance
These rabbits are the biggest in the world. The average weight is 6-10 kg, and in some copies - up to 14 kg. The body is massive, muscular. Length 70 cm. Ears long, covered with fur, fleshy (17-20 cm).
Rabbit Risen refers to the meat and animal breed. The fur is silky, short. It does not require special care. The color is dark gray, yellow-gray, sand, agouti, black, blue.
Productivity
Slaughter yield of an adult rabbit with good fatness is 60-61%. The skin area is 2,500-2,700 square centimeters, with large specimens up to 3,000 square centimeters.
Advantages and disadvantages
Breed virtuesRisen are:
Soft, juicy and very tasty meat;
High-quality large skins with thick and dense fur.
The disadvantages of the breed include:
Late puberty of rabbits;
Slow growth;
High feed intake;
Large areas for breeding.
Breeding characteristics, care
Because of the large size of rabbits, Risen is bred in aviaries. In the house they are not worth breeding. Especially if small children live there. A rabbit just might inadvertently pin them down. Floors are covered with natural filler (straw, sawdust). There should be a constant cleanliness, always stand fresh clean water in drinking bowls.
Because of the huge size of the hair of rabbits requires careful care. The farmer who breeds Rizens in the kit should have brushes for combing the pets, scissors for cutting the claws.
Rabbits easily tolerate frosts, practically do not get sick, have a strong immunity.
Preventive vaccination is carried out in early spring. Young animals are vaccinated at the age of 1.5 months. Rabbits can be vaccinated at any stage of pregnancy.
Because of the unprofitability of the breed (gluttony and slow growth of rabbits), rabbits are practically not raised for sale. Farmers grow them for themselves.
For breeding take young rabbits 10 months old. It is necessary to select selected individuals from different nests.
Feeding features
Risen unpretentious in the diet, but they eat a lot.
The summer ration includes grass, branches, roots, vegetables, fruits, grain, feed.
In winter, Rizena is fed with twigs, hay brooms, and they also prepare wet mash made up of vegetables, grains, meat and bone meal, vitamins, and mineral supplements. If necessary, add drugs to the food.
Okrol
Rabbits of this breed are very prolific. For one okrol bring 10-12 rabbits.
Very carefully take care of the kids. Rarely refuses cubs.
During suckering and feeding requires enhanced nutrition, plenty of water.
h2] Baby Care
As well as other breeds of rabbits, on the eve of the outskirts, Rizen makes a nest for their future babies from down and straw. Feed babies once a day.
In the cage where the babies are located should always be clean. Unless absolutely necessary, mothers with babies should not be disturbed.
Rabbits, unlike pups of other breeds, begin to feed independently at the age of about a month. Grow slowly, while consuming a large amount of feed. Because of this, they are called late-ripening.
Newborns often die from bloating. To avoid this, they add biomitsin to food. It in a mixture with a salt and meat and bone meal is given with lure. Meat and bone meal enriches the body of rabbits with calcium, which is necessary for the growth of bones and muscle mass.
In the first months of life, the size of the pups is not inferior to the size of adult rabbits of other breeds. Therefore, 3-month-old individuals are already going to be slaughtered. They become sexually mature in 3 - 4 months. But they are suitable for breeding only in 8 - 10 months.
Currently, breeders are actively working to improve the breed. In particular - over the acceleration of the growth of young.
