Breeding animals as a business is a business idea. Profitable exotic: ostriches and wild boars

Even ancient people domesticated wild birds and began to breed them in order to obtain food in the form of eggs and meat, as well as feathers and down, which were used in everyday life. Today's birds are different from those that our ancestors bred. As a result of breeding work, the most suitable breeds for breeding were bred. In this article we will tell you which bird is more profitable to breed at home, because now anyone who has a desire and a small suburban area can breed birds.

First on our list were ducks. It is no coincidence that they were among the first to be domesticated by our ancestors. This is because these birds are famous for their unpretentiousness and quickly gain weight. The latter circumstance is especially important, because the ultimate goal of breeding ducks is to obtain meat that has an amazing taste and high nutritional value due to its fat content and fibrous content.

Duck eggs are usually not consumed as readily as chicken eggs, because they have a specific taste. However, they can be used to make sauces and other dishes. Feathers and down are suitable for stuffing pillows and blankets, so they are also valuable.

Those who maintain not only a poultry house, but also maintain a garden, will be able to use duck droppings as fertilizer.

Choosing a breed

Before you start breeding ducks on your own, you should pay attention to the features of the most popular and suitable varieties of birds, and choose the right ones for yourself. We present a selection of the most profitable breeds for breeding.

You don’t have to be a gourmet not to try a baked bird of this breed at least once in your life in a restaurant. The body weight of an adult female is 3 kilograms, and the drake weighs a kilogram more. Fibrous, fatty meat is very nutritious and literally melts in your mouth, the edible part of the duck is approximately 70%.

Peking ducks carry about 140-150 eggs per year, about 100 ducklings grow from them.

Muscovy duck

Also known as the Indian. This breed can significantly surpass the previous one in size: the weight of a drake reaches 6 kg. The resulting meat is soft and lean. The nature of these birds is always calm, which is also a plus. They don't fight in cages, they don't make noise. Disease resistance is another undeniable advantage of the Muscovy duck.

Duck Mulard

This breed is a hybrid of the above two varieties. Chicks obtained by crossing Peking and Muscovy ducks are characterized by a fast growth rate and a large weight of an adult. Hybrids do not give offspring, but this can hardly be called a minus, because the option of keeping them remains very productive due to the large yield of meat.

Video - Breeding Muscovy ducks at home

What should be the room for ducks

Any building that has been carefully equipped will become a duck house. First of all, you should take care of warming the room, since egg production and weight gain of birds directly depend on the comfort of temperature.

So an extension made of logs must be caulked and plastered from the inside, a wooden house can be upholstered with plywood, covered with plaster, puttied with clay, and so on. In hot weather, the inside of the house should be cool to give the ducks a chance to rest, and in frosty weather, they should be warm and calm inside.

When furnishing a house for ducks, pay special attention to the floor. It should be about 25 cm above the ground to prevent rats from getting inside. Peat, sawdust or straw mixed with grass should be placed on top of the floor. Dry everything thoroughly and remove impurities. For one individual you need to prepare about 12 kg.

Egg laying in ducks directly depends on sufficient light and heat. Make sure that they are always warm and dry inside your house, otherwise you risk being left without livestock growth. Be sure to consider ventilation inside the house.

Reduced daylight hours in winter can be a major problem for ducks. Increase daylight hours with artificial lighting in the mornings and evenings.

Arrangement of a duck house

First of all, decide in which part of the house the duck hole will be made. A good option would be to place it in the south or southeast. The size of the manhole is 40 cm wide and 30-40 cm high. It is a good idea to build a small vestibule to protect the manhole from wind and drafts.

In summer, it is worth fencing off the territory for walking birds so that they do not scatter around the site and do not spoil garden plantings. You can make such an aviary not only on the ground, but also on the water. As a material for fencing, you can use:

• fishing net;
• shingles;
• chain-link;
• metal mesh;
• slats.

For a land plot, a meter-long fence will be sufficient, but in water, the fence should fall 70 cm below and 50 cm above the surface, since ducks can dive and accidentally swim out of the fence. If you do not have a small private pond, then this can lead to a decrease in livestock.

To protect the birds from the heat, canopies are fitted to the fences in summer. A great idea would be to immediately equip the aviaries under spreading trees, in the shade of which the birds can cool off.

Birds will want to walk not only in summer, but also in winter. To do this, you must constantly keep the enclosure cleared of snow, and cover its floor with a thick layer of dry straw. When the air temperature is acceptable and there is no wind, ducks can walk from morning to evening, however, in cold weather, in no case should they be forcibly driven out for walking, as this will entail hypothermia. The poultry house must be cleaned every day, airing it carefully so as not to blow out the feathered tenants.

Interior design

Bird feeders are installed on a wide board, at least 2 cm thick. From above, it is necessary to adapt a bar to it, which will prevent ducks from trampling the feed. In addition to its main diet, the duck should receive mineral supplements that it swallowed with sludge in its natural environment:

• small shells;
• limestone;
• gravel, etc.

Since ducks need a large amount of drinking daily, about 600 ml, you should immediately equip a voluminous and convenient drinker. It can be made from metal or wood. Its height should be the height of a duck to keep the water clean (about 20 cm).

Duck nests are located in the darkened compartments of the duck house, so that ducks can lay their eggs more easily. However, do not crowd, leave room for the free movement of a person, because you will have to regularly collect eggs and clean the nests. Each side of the nest should be 40 to 50 cm long and 50 cm high. To prevent the nest litter from falling out of the perch, equip a small threshold at the exit.

Count how many laying ducks are among your wards and organize nests, one for every three birds. Eggs are collected in the morning.

When cleaning, be careful, because ducks are very shy. Severe stress can cause them to completely stop laying.

Creation and maintenance of the tribe

The main condition for creating a duck tribe is uniformity. It should consist of birds of the same age and weight. There are about eight females per drake. When picking up ducklings in your livestock, do not take hybrid chicks, because they cannot leave behind offspring.

The most important indicator for selection is the appearance of birds. The feathered constitution must be strong, it must constantly move and radiate energy. The number and health of the future offspring depends on how healthy the parent tribe is.

For high egg production of females, it is necessary to create comfortable living conditions for ducks, not to frighten them by breaking into the chicken coop, and not to let other pets offend the bird. Once you start raising baby ducklings into parent flocks, increase daylight hours by half an hour each week until it reaches 16 hours. Keep the house light to a minimum at night to avoid injury. Monitor the cleanliness of the floor and nest litter.

The appearance of chicks

Incubation is done only from those ducks that are completely healthy. To do this, select eggs that are not older than a week. They are examined and weighed. The weight should be 70-90 grams for light breeds of birds and up to 100 grams for heavy ones. Infected or spoiled eggs must be promptly disposed of.

Supporters of the natural incubation of eggs need to remember that not all varieties of ducks have a developed instinct for raising offspring. So, for example, the Pekin duck almost does not devote time to laid eggs. Below we provide a table with which you can recognize whether a duck will incubate offspring.

Preparing for hatching ducks, you can lay eggs collected earlier. It is important to consider the size of each laying hen so that she completely covers the masonry with her body.

Breeding chicks artificially is based on an uninterrupted supply of oxygen and constant ventilation. At the very beginning, the temperature in which the eggs lie should be about 38 ° C. By the 20th day, it is lowered to 30. The eggs are inspected and checked to see if the embryo develops on the 8th, 21st and 25th day.

How healthy hatched ducklings are determined by these features:

• by evenness of pigmentation;
• fluffiness of feathers;
• wings pressed to the body;
• soft stomach;
• dry navel;
• weighing 50 g.

The breeding period for this bird for meat is approximately 60 days, since after that the birds begin to lose weight.

Summing up

From all of the above, it is clear that keeping and breeding ducks is not so easy, however, it is quite acceptable. This occupation does not require specialized education and specific knowledge and brings really great benefits.

Goose breeding

Geese, being close relatives of ducks, are also unpretentious in keeping. Juicy goose meat has long been an integral part of Russian cuisine, decorating holiday tables. Goose down is used for stuffing bedding and winter clothes.

Goose meat is a frequent guest on the festive table

Breed selection

To date, a large number of different breeds of this bird are offered for purchase. Almost all of them are resistant to any climatic features of the territory of residence. However, given the characteristics of each variety, it is better to choose the ideal one for breeding in your area, since the regularity and completeness of offspring depends on this.

We present you a list of the most profitable breeds for breeding.

Gray Kholmogorov geese

Perfect for beginner birders. This ancient breed is considered large and meat-fat. Adults have a strong skeleton, disease resistance. They were bred specifically for keeping in grazing conditions. The ability to acclimatize to any weather is their undoubted advantage. Cultivation of the Kholmogorov breed for meat is very profitable: an adult drake reaches a weight of 12 kg, and a female - 8 kg. Egg production is about 30 eggs per year, which is a high rate.

Roman geese

Graceful southern birds. Perfect for natural incubation of offspring. Adults reach a weight of 5.5 kg for females and 6 kg for males. Despite the small final weight, the popularity of their breeding does not decrease due to the special delicate taste of their meat and a large amount of down and feathers. Egg production is 20 eggs per year.

Shadrinsk geese

In other words, the Urals. Real extreme people are able to live in the harsh winter conditions of Siberia. The body weight of adults corresponds to Romensky geese, however, egg production is 25-30 eggs per year. They quickly gain weight and are suitable for rearing in pasture conditions.

Another heavyweight on our list. They have a formidable appearance, but a calm character. The weight of an adult goose reaches 11 kg, the goose weighs about 8 kg. This variety is bred specifically for fatty liver, which weighs only 500 g, but its nutritious fatty meat is also popular among lovers of delicious food. This bird denies natural incubation, but lays eggs stably - up to 30 pieces per year.

The French by nationality are also suppliers of the liver delicacy. The liver of a fattened drake reaches a weight of as much as 700 g, while its body weight is 8 kg. Egg production remains at the level of 25-30 eggs per year. Great for crossing and breeding hybrid breeds that will be even heavier than their parents.

Arrangement of the territory and the poultry house

First of all, it is necessary to put in order the land for breeding. The site on which the poultry house will be located should be located outside the city. Supporters of free grazing of geese should have a plot based on livestock: an average of 10 meters per goose.

For a comfortable life of the bird, organize a poultry house. This should be a permanent building, the area is also calculated according to the livestock: 1 m 2 for 4 birds. Since the air temperature in winter should not fall below 10 ° C, take care of bringing the heating system to the goose. It can be self built brick oven, diesel oven, batteries or any other appliance.

The floor of the room should be made of wood or any other strong and high-quality material, as geese spend the night right on the floor. It is lined with a deep bedding of peat, shavings or straw. This is necessary to protect delicate paws from cooling. The house should always be kept clean, so prevent rotting and heavy soiling of the bedding by cleaning the inside more often. A large volume of water evaporates from the feather surface of geese, for 10 birds it is about 2 liters. Constantly air the bird house, otherwise its residents will start to catch a cold.

Dryness and long daylight hours inside the goose coop are the key to productive egg-laying of geese.

In the summer, geese spend the entire daylight hours on the pasture, and they are driven into the house to spend the night. During the day, birds eat up to 2 kg of green grass, so the quality of this natural food on the pasture should be high. Bad grass from dry or swampy fields, as well as tall grass, are not suitable for birds to eat. Here is a list of herbs that geese prefer:

• bindweed;
• sorrel;
• dandelion;
• yarrow;
• nettle;
• sow thistle, etc.

So that the birds can hide from the lunch heat, you should organize a canopy.

If there is absolutely no way to dig a pond on your site, use the trick and buy a spacious children's pool with low sides for the geese.

Feeding

Egg laying in geese is short. To get the most out of it, provide your geese with complete rest and intensive nutrition.

The diet in winter for one head is 150 g of grain flour, 100 g of legumes, 400-500 g of root crops. Add chopped dry and steamed hay and mineral supplements to the list: chalk, gravel, etc. You can feed the bird puree made from carrots, potatoes and hay. In the evening, feed the geese with grain without impurities of other products.

During the period of laying eggs, the daily food intake of geese increases by 100 g of grain flour feed and 30 g of feed of animal origin - milk and cottage cheese. If laying hens cannot cope with the increased food intake, reduce it by cutting root clubs.

A month before the start of the breeding season, males need to start feeding. Sprouted oats are perfect, in the proportion of + 100 g per bird.

It is necessary to give clean water both in summer and in winter, despite the fact that in cold weather geese will eat snow.

Receiving offspring

The laying season for geese begins at the end of February. The process begins with 1-2 eggs, next month, with proper feeding and comfort of the bird, up to 10 eggs are laid, in April there are up to 9 eggs and 5 in May.

Preparation for the season begins in early February. Nests are set up on the floor, one for two females. The standard perch should be 50 cm wide and 75 long. Its front part should not exceed 50 cm, the back part should not exceed 75 cm. It is best to fence off the nests from each other so that the birds do not fight among themselves and do not damage the eggs.

The offspring usually occurs in the morning. After the laying hens go for a walk, it is necessary to remove the eggs from the perches and store at a temperature of 12 o C.

Summing up

No wonder the goose is a universally recognized favorite of poultry farmers. Resistant to any climate, unpretentious in food and care, he gives much more than was invested in him. It doesn’t matter if it’s for sale or for food, breeding geese is very profitable.

Chicken breeding

The chicken has long been the heroine of almost all Russian fairy tales. This is because even in the conditions of past years, keeping chickens was simple and very profitable. It is chicken meat that is consumed in our country every day and on holidays. It is prepared by hospitable housewives, losing weight models, and athletes. And fried eggs from two eggs has long been a traditional breakfast all over the world.

Choosing a breed

Let's move on to listing the most popular chicken breeds. They are distinguished primarily by egg production.

broken brown

Chickens with brown plumage, the egg-laying period of which lasts as much as 80 weeks. More than 300 eggs are produced per year.

Russian white

As the name implies, these chickens have elegant white plumage. The egg laying of this variety is about 200 eggs per year. Chickens themselves grow dense, with tender meat. Suitable for both mass and private breeding.

hisex

high line

They produce approximately 350 eggs per year, which is an amazing result. Perfectly acclimatize and adapt to any conditions of detention.

Kuchinskaya

Meat breed, chickens can weigh up to 3 kg. Egg production is approximately 220 pieces per year.

Isa Brown

The weight of one egg produced by a hen of this species can exceed 63 g. The productivity is 320 eggs per year.

Conditions of detention

Building and equipping a chicken coop does not require large financial investments. You can build a bird house with your own hands, using boards, beams, cinder blocks, etc. Do not forget to insulate it before the winter season and install a stove inside so that the chickens continue to lay in the winter.

The height of the room in which the birds will live should not exceed two meters. Be sure to have ventilation and a source of natural light, as well as lamps for artificial lighting, to compensate for daylight hours in winter conditions for chickens. Inside, it must be cool in summer and warm in winter, otherwise birds can get sick.

It is necessary to regularly clean the premises, replace the bedding on the floor and in the perches. You can cover the floor with moss peat, shavings or sawdust of coniferous trees, as well as straw.

The entrance to the chicken coop should be located on the east or southeast side. Inside, the building should be equipped with nests and common perches, as well as feeders and drinkers. There is one place for every four hens to lay eggs.

Chicken feeding

The easiest way to save yourself from the hassle of organizing poultry nutrition is to buy ready-made feed. However, it costs money, and this can put a stop to beginner poultry farmers. In this case, the optimal diet per bird will consist of corn, carrots, potatoes, millet, bone meal, common grass, and mineral supplements such as shells, sand, and gravel. A laying hen eats only 120 g of feed per day. If you personally take up the preparation of the leaf and herbal part of the diet, as well as purchase grain products at wholesale prices, then only 35-40 rubles per chicken will go a month.

Cultivation and diet of offspring

Chickens are one of the few poultry that have a developed parental instinct, so they are perfect for natural incubation. Chicks can also be raised in an incubator by transferring them to a makeshift aviary after hatching - a large, hard box lit by a heat lamp.

The menu for kids should consist of fortified food. In the morning, boiled egg white, crushed shells, chopped green onions and wheat should be given, mixing it all together.

In the evening, mix the cottage cheese with kefir and put it in the feeders along with river sand, which acts as a mineral additive.

Shells - mineral supplement for chickens

Summing up

Breeding chickens requires the least material costs throughout the entire process and pays off with a large number of eggs and healthy chicken meat. Beginners should give their preference to these particular birds.

Breeding turkeys

Turkey meat is becoming more and more popular in the health food market. Breeding this species of birds today is considered very profitable.

Choosing a breed

Usually, the choice of breed is carried out after all the characteristics of the location of the future turkey house are known, such as the climatic features of the region. However, there is a list of turkey varieties that are most profitable to breed.

Big 6

Highly productive beef breed, gaining weight much faster than other varieties. The mass of an adult male is approximately 19 kg, and females - 11 kg.

bronze broad-breasted

Very suitable for breeding for meat, the weight of turkeys reaches 15 kg, turkeys - 9 kg. The disadvantage of this breed is the complete inability to pasture type of food, as it was bred for keeping inside the house. It is characterized by high fecundity - up to 120 eggs per year.

North Caucasian bronze

suitable for pasture feeding. The weight of males is 14 kg, females - about 10 kg. Reduced egg production - up to 80 eggs.

White broad-breasted

Quickly acclimatizes in any conditions, egg production is maintained at a level of 120 pieces per year. One of the most profitable breeds, as turkeys reach up to 25 kg. live weight, females remain at the level of 10 kg.

Cross Big 6

Heavy, meaty breed, characterized by instant growth. It is bred and bought to obtain tasty and nutritious, dietary meat. A negative feature is the need for artificial insemination of birds to breed this variety.

Breeding chicks

The turkey house should be spacious, equipped with straw nests, the width and length of which are 40 cm. There are about 15 eggs per female, so there should be enough space.

Hatched chicks should immediately drink boiled water with the addition of green tea and sugar to increase immunity. This solution replaces water for the first four days of life, then it is introduced into the diet.

Young turkey poults should always be with the light on, which should be gradually reduced by 30 minutes so that by 20 days of life they have enough 15 days of light. The temperature should not be high, but also too low, as the chicks are highly susceptible to colds.

Since turkeys are characterized by rapid weight gain, it is better to spend money and buy feed for them, which already includes vitamins, amino acids and minerals. However, to save money, you can feed the bird with a mixture of corn, barley and bran, as well as cottage cheese, carrots and even fish giblets. To saturate food with vitamin A, dry yeast can be added to it. The presence of mineral additives is mandatory, in the role of which ordinary chalk can act.

Conditions of detention

Turkeys are self-willed birds, so at a young age they should not be kept with chickens, geese or ducks. In the southern regions, it is possible to grow turkeys without a special room, as they are very resistant to weather changes, but in the northern regions, an insulated building is necessary.

Pens for walking turkeys are fenced with a metal mesh or any other material. Feeders and drinkers are installed inside the turkey house, vacuum is best. The temperature regime of 27 degrees is provided either naturally or with the help of special heaters.

Drinkers should be rinsed several times a day, avoiding heating the water, which should remain cool and clean. You also need to constantly keep the house itself clean, otherwise the development of infections cannot be avoided.

An important point is the observance of the feeding regimen for turkeys and turkeys. Food is served 4-7 times a day at the same time. This schedule significantly affects egg production and weight gain.

Summing up

Breeding of turkeys is carried out precisely for the purpose of obtaining and selling meat, however, eggs and chicks can also be sold. Caring for this bird is not as easy as for others, so experienced poultry farmers should choose it.

Video - How to breed and keep turkeys

Now that you have learned about the breeding of the most popular bird species, you can get to work fully equipped and achieve real success.

The proposed business idea is perfect for people who love animals very much and who are ready to devote a lot of time to them. To make money on breeding cats, you need not just to buy a kitten in the bird market, but to buy exactly a thoroughbred individual with a pedigree and documents.

If your backyard has a pond or is able to build one, try fish farming - this is a very lucrative small business idea.

Rabbit meat in terms of vitamin and mineral composition is superior to any other meat, it is indispensable for dietary nutrition. Products made from the fur of this animal are also in good demand. Cultivation of rabbits is a promising direction of entrepreneurial activity.

In our country, this exotic type of entrepreneurial activity is just beginning to develop. Breeding Emu ostriches, in comparison with other poultry, has a number of advantages, therefore it is considered the most profitable.

Breeding geese is quite common, taking second place after breeding chickens. Goose meat, liver, feathers and down are actively in demand. You can arrange a mini-farm in your backyard for growing and breeding these farm birds.

If you can allow free range birds in your backyard, try raising turkeys. An adult bird tolerates severe frosts well, so it is bred even in the northern regions of our country.

Canaries are one of the most popular birds that are bred for trade in bird markets. If you sell at least a couple of birds every month, you are guaranteed an income equal to a pensioner's pension.

The technology for growing chinchillas is not very complicated, they can be grown both on a personal plot and in a residential apartment, they emit almost no smell and rarely get sick. A spare room is suitable for a small mini-farm.

For this type of business, of course, you will need a small investment. It will also take a long time to breed aquarium fish, as a large number of fish cannot be left for a long time. But if you are ready for it, then this business idea is for you.

Hunting has always been a hobby of wealthy people. Thus, today we are witnessing an increase in the number of hunters and a catastrophic decrease in fauna resources. That is why the business idea for breeding pheasants for further implementation in hunting farms will be a promising investment.

Recently, business ideas for breeding crustaceans have become very relevant. Now we want to offer you a new, not yet fully mastered business in the same direction - the cultivation of giant freshwater shrimp.

Leeches have been used in medicine since ancient times. This ancient method of treatment has become very popular again. Few people thought about the fact that in this case you can build a profitable business.

Breeding pets is a promising and fast-paying business area. Starts with a small investment and minimal experience. At the first stages, unpretentious animals are brought in: chickens, turkeys, rabbits. As knowledge expands, they accumulate, and farmers begin to breed more exotic animals - indoutas, nutrias, ostriches.

Animal husbandry as a business from scratch: main advantages and disadvantages

Benefits of animal husbandry as a business:

• high demand for environmentally friendly products;
• quick payback, profitability;
• it is not necessary to hire staff and bear the expenses required when running another type of business;
• starting capital from 5,000 to 100,000 rubles.

Animal breeding as a business from scratch has one major drawback:

• lack of active inflow of money immediately after the creation of the business.

To determine the shortcomings, it is necessary to take into account the characteristics of animals. Individuals can be highly productive and unproductive, egg-laying and not able to rush well, disease-prone and disease-resistant.

Popular types of animal breeding business

- the most popular and profitable branch of animal husbandry. Pork is a popular meat. The demand for environmentally friendly products is growing, so pig farming is very popular. The payback period for the business is 2-2.5 years. Pigs gain weight in a short time, multiply rapidly. Their meat is delicious and nutritious.

profitable and fast payback. Goat milk is successfully used in cooking, medicine and cosmetology. Milk is a tasty and nutritious product with a low calorie content, hypoallergenic, recommended for use during a diet and for children. Also in the process of breeding these animals get soft wool and meat.

Before organizing animal husbandry as a business from scratch, it is necessary to consider (draw up) a business plan, assess profitability, demand and competition. Competition in the goat breeding business is low, and goat milk, wool, and meat are in demand. From here it is possible to judge the profitability of the activity.

Bird breeding business- a profitable and promising type of activity. Demand for meat of chickens, ducks, turkeys is always high.

There are two lines of bird breeding business:

• Raising chicks for further sale. They are hatched in an incubator and sold at the age of 3 days to 2-3 weeks.
• Cultivation of chicks for sale of meat, eggs.

If you do not have experience in poultry farming, it is better to start with and. These birds are unpretentious, egg-laying and do not require special conditions of detention.

It quickly pays off, but it requires a lot of effort on the part of the entrepreneur, the creation of special conditions for keeping birds. Turkeys grow up to 20 kg, so the market value of one individual is higher than chickens or ducks. In addition, poultry meat is less common commercially and highly valued.

Farmers with sufficient experience start,. Birds have high egg production and rarely get sick.

even farmers with no experience can do it. The fur and meat of these animals is of high value, so the demand for products will be high. Rodents do not require special conditions of detention: it is enough to purchase cages, food. The rabbit breeding business is expanding rapidly, and new equipment has to be gradually purchased.

- a new direction that brings a stable income. The main consumers of products are pet shops, terrariums, zoos, pharmaceutical companies and people who want to go into the vermi business. Entrepreneurship requires minimal investment and is suitable for novice farmers with no experience in agriculture.

When implementing an animal breeding business, it is important to register an individual entrepreneur or LLC. In this case, you are eligible to receive a government grant for the establishment of agriculture or funds for home improvement.

Breeding and selling animals is one of the most profitable business ideas for entrepreneurs who are interested in the livestock topic. The profitability of a business largely depends on its development strategy, approach to organization, and the amount of investment. Animal breeding cannot be called super-profitable, it requires a lot of time and investment, but if you want to achieve a good income, it is quite possible.

How to make money breeding animals?

With the proper approach to business, breeding animals can build a profitable business. Profitability depends on the scale of development, attitude to the process and reaches an average of 50-3000%. When choosing a niche of activity in this segment, it is important to take into account your capabilities, including financial ones, the level of knowledge of breeding technology, the specifics of the occupation (for example, fur farming is a seasonal business, and the largest feed costs usually occur in the summer).

The main problems faced by livestock breeders:

1. High prices for feed, especially imported feed (while in the cost structure, feed costs are up to 70%), which are often of poor quality.

Advice: you can find a list of profitable ones using special catalogs in specialized periodicals and on the Internet.

1. Reducing the production of by-products at meat processing plants.
2. A limited number of competent veterinarians, which often forces entrepreneurs to study diseases and treatment regimens on their own.
3. Difficulties in finding a good specialist in dressing fur in the regions.

Skins of fur animals are sold to private entrepreneurs, fur factories (including foreign ones). Clients for the sale of pets are found through acquaintances, the Internet, and profitable contacts are established with partners, owners of farms.

What animals are best to breed for business?

You need to choose the breed of an animal very deliberately, focusing not on the brand, but on the amount of your resources, the possibilities of the sales market. With a responsible approach to business and the availability of capital investments, it is possible to create a profitable farm even by breeding not very promising animals (cows, sheep, poultry).

Chinchillas

Keeping chinchillas is not very expensive, but they breed slowly (2-3 cubs 3 times a year, but, for example, a muskrat brings 12-15 individuals 4-5 times in 12 months). It will be possible to organize a profitable mini-farm even on 50 m² of area. It should be borne in mind that not all animals can achieve a good income. As a rule, about half are rejected for the quality of the fur, physiological indicators - a flattened nose, small ears at a certain distance from each other, coat color. The price for 1 animal starts on average from 500 rubles. Most often, pets that have not passed quality control are evaluated this way, they are sold to pet stores or as breeding. The most expensive copies cost several thousand dollars. There are several evaluation criteria - color (traditional gray, white, beige, black, white-pink, with a purple tint), length, fur density. When planning, it is important to understand that you can only get healthy offspring by exchanging males with other farms or buying new ones. The diet of animals is inexpensive: one pet eats only one tablespoon of special food per day, but requires additional feeding (dry apples, rose hips, hay, carrots). The profitability of the business reaches 300%.

According to statistics, the fur of this animal is in the greatest demand - about 60% of all sales. In Russia, the cost of one skin is an average of 2,000 rubles. But to grow a mink, you need to invest a lot of money. It is necessary to provide the animal with good nutrition (sea fish, meat feed, laboratory mice). If this condition is not observed, not only diseases, poor growth, but also poor quality wool are guaranteed. The price of one skin starts from about 500-600 rubles. (if you enter the Western market, the minimum cost increases significantly and reaches $35-50, but the requirements for the quality of fur are slightly higher). To organize a profitable mini-farm, you need to purchase at least 20 minks.

It is important to take into account some features of breeding these animals - about 10% of females may not give offspring at all, you need to be prepared for a certain percentage of mortality of individuals. Estimated profitability reaches 50%, but much depends on the size of the sales market that the owner can form. Also profitable, ferrets, rex rabbits (this is the name of an artificially bred breed obtained by crossing a rabbit and a chinchilla). You can learn how to organize the sale of nutria at home with the help of specialized literature, expert advice, and analysis of information on specialized forums.

Advice: engaged in animal husbandry in rural areas, it will be possible to organize additional income thanks to ecological agrotourism. A guest estate based on subsistence farming can successfully function on self-sufficiency without large capital investments. Many successful farmers have relied on identity, mentality and have not lost.

Pedigree cats, dogs

It is possible to breed thoroughbred cats and dogs even at home (of course, if the area allows you to provide the necessary conditions). The specificity of this business lies in the entrepreneur's interest and love for these animals, the need for accurate knowledge of breeding technology, and care for a particular breed. Among the popular dog breeds, breeders often choose such as Pekingese, Spitz, Yorkshire Terrier, Rottweiler, and among cats - British Shorthair, Scottish Fold, Persian, Don Sphynx.

The cost of one animal depends on the purity of the breed, the presence of regalia, titles that he or his parents received at exhibitions. For some breeds, prices have not changed for years (for example, a Russian toy terrier has cost $300-500 over the past 10-15 years). Owners of many once popular dog breeds have experienced a significant drop in prices - Cane Corso was sold for 2-3 thousand dollars a few years ago, and now the average price is only $ 1000, the cost of pit bulls has decreased. But there are breeds that are now valued much higher than before, for example, at the moment, an English bulldog puppy is valued at about $200-400. To choose a dog breed that is beneficial for you, you need to objectively assess your resources, knowledge, and sales market opportunities. You can increase your income from breeding and selling puppies if you combine it with the creation of a pet store, grooming salon, trimming (pet grooming). The amount of expenses and profitability depend on the breed, the number of puppies, the quality of advertising, the sales market.

Breeding cats also requires certain investments to buy the first animals, food, and provide the necessary conditions for keeping. To decide on your breed, experts advise visiting specialized exhibitions, reading profile books, and going to felinology courses. It should be borne in mind that in order to create a successful business on this idea, it is necessary to prepare significant investments. They will be used to buy manufacturers, supplies, pet registration, expenses for growing and maintaining, and advertising.

It is less profitable to breed a fox, arctic fox, sable in a mini-farm format. It is more difficult for them to provide optimal conditions of detention, the right diet, and create a sales market. For example, breeding chickens and rabbits is not so profitable, and the loss of time and resources is not so small. It also requires the availability of free space, the ability to care for animals. But if a person has free time, knowledge of breeding technology, a technical base and, most importantly, a reliable sales market, creating a good business in growing and selling poultry (domestic species, pheasants, guinea fowls, quails), rabbits, pigs is quite realistic. But the profitability of this business will be lower than the breeding of fur animals. It is not difficult to study the technology, but in order to get a good profit, you must first form a sales market. When there is a large investment, it is profitable to engage in