Rabbits of chinchilla breed: description

Rabbits of the chinchilla breed are the most popular and widespread in Russia. Almost every rabbit breeder started with this breed. Probably, knowingly. Those who have only thought about breeding rabbits, it is first of all to learn everything about this breed.

Rabbits chinchilla: a description of the breed

The full name of the breed is the Soviet chinchilla. As the name suggests, it was bred in the Soviet Union. The breed was registered in 1967. Also from its name you can understand that it has something to do with animals with valuable fur, chinchillas. If you look at photos of rabbits, you can see that their color is very similar to the fur of a chinchilla animal. A light-smoky undercoat and a blue awn with black tips make the rabbit's skin very beautiful. It seems that the rabbit casts silver. Undercoat very dense and delicate. Therefore, rabbits can be kept in winter in cold cells right on the street, they are not afraid of frost. Eyes are dark brown, and around them are bright "glasses." The wool on the abdomen is light.

The rabbit's body is powerful. Especially if you compare it with California bunnies, which in comparison with the Soviet chinchilla look just elegant. Wide back, the back looks round due to the well developed muscles of the hind legs.

Pros of the breed by productivity

Characteristics of rabbits of the chinchilla breed is reduced to the fact that these individuals are highly productive. The breed refers to meat-skins, which indicates its universality. Rabbits are large, adult individuals 6-8 kg in weight. Scoring for meat can be as soon as the skin ripens, it's about 5 months. From such a rabbit you can get a carcass of about 3 kg in weight and a beautiful skin.

Rabbits of chinchilla breed are unpretentious in food and possess very high immunity. They are resistant to many adverse natural phenomena, very rarely sick. There are farms that grow rabbits for laboratory research and experiments. Such individuals can not be vaccinated for the purity of the experiments. So, on such farms the livestock of the experimental animals is composed exclusively of rabbits of the chinchilla breed. And not in vain, all this is due to their vitality and good appetite, as well as high fertility.

Rabbits of the chinchilla breed: breeding

In the mating of the rabbit this breed can be allowed from 6 months. By this age, females have already gained the right body weight and are ready to bear a full offspring. For the year, the female can be allowed to moult 6 or more times. For one sexol the rabbit gives birth to an average of 10 rabbits. Soviet chinchillas are good mothers, they have a highly developed maternal instinct. They have a balanced calm character and are therefore rarely scattered and eaten by rabbits. If this happens, it is mainly the fault of the owner. Most likely, the rabbit breeder did something wrong. He did not put a nest in the cage in time, did not put more hay in the manger, or there was no water in the water bowl.

The rabbit always has enough milk. Therefore, even when the rabbit is born very much, it is better not to intervene and not to transplant newborn babies to females that have little cubs.

After childbirth it is desirable to distract the female, for example, to give her a piquant carrot, and at this time to check the newborns to remove the dead, if any. Before this, it is advisable to rub your hands about your mother and hay so as not to leave your scent on the rabbits.

Rabbit chinchillas

Rabbits are born naked and blind, but they are warm in the nest, which the female pre-pours down. Pooh she pulls out of her fur, mostly from her chest. Chinchillas always have enough fluff to make the nest warm.

Rabbits grow very quickly. In a month they can be separated from the mother, they are completely independent and can already do without the mother's milk, eating like adult rabbits.

First, the rabbits are just gray, by the end of 5 months they are finishing molting, and they acquire their beautiful chinchilla color corresponding to the breed.

Soviet chinchilla and not only

Of course, rabbits with chinchilla color were taken not only in the Soviet Union, but also in other countries. There are several breeds similar to our native, but they are inferior in weight, in color or fertility, or in need of more thorough care.

• The breed of rabbits is a chinchilla, the smallest.
• The breed is a giant chinchilla, in size close to the Soviet chinchilla, but is bred in America.
• The breed of rabbits is an American chinchilla. It is also of medium size, also in America.

Also with the Soviet chinchilla has a similar breed of gray giant. In gray giants, the color of the skin often has a rusty hue, and they are not as silvery-blue as chinchillas. Their fur is not so beautiful, and before it is made of it, it is usually painted black. The fur of the Soviet chinchilla does not need painting, the hats made of it and the fur coats are very beautiful. Adult gray giants have a longer body than rabbits of the chinchilla breed. True, small rabbits are difficult to distinguish, they are very similar. Therefore, if you want to buy rabbits of the Soviet chinchilla breed, then it is better to do it in specialized farms with documents.

Beauty rabbit fur chinchilla

Rabbits of chinchilla breed give fur of excellent quality. Different shades of gray-blue with a touch of black veil are cast in silver. The abundance of soft fluff, which makes up a thick undercoat, and soft, curved hair make fur very pleasant to the touch. Products made of these rabbits are light, durable and very effective. Recently, their fur has learned to process so that it is difficult to distinguish it from the valuable fur of a chinchilla animal.

There is not a single rabbit breeder who does not know what they are - rabbits of the chinchilla breed. Photos of them are everywhere in large numbers. Because every rabbit breeder started breeding animals from this breed. No matter how many breeds there are in the household, there is a Soviet chinchilla for everyone. And every rabbit breeder is grateful to her for unpretentiousness in the content and quick payback.