How to make extra money on rabbits by selling manure
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Now, when the fashion for organic fertilizers has gone, rabbit breeders have received carte blanche. After all, they have real live factories for the production of ready-made granular top dressing on the farm!
At a time when mineral fertilizer prices are skyrocketing, and commercial organic producers are raising prices for their sought-after products, why shouldn't private traders join the general trend?
Indeed, for an uninterrupted supply of organic fertilizers in the form of small round granules, a couple of domestic rabbits are enough. And now for a few marketing tricks that are quite true and will help you earn a premium price!
Cold application
Rabbit manure has all the advantages of horse and cow manure, but with a clear advantage. it has four times the nutritional value of cow and horse manure and two times that of chicken manure.
Fresh rabbit "superfood" contains approximately 2 percent nitrogen, 1 percent phosphorus, and 1 percent potassium and is "cold" manure, meaning it doesn't need to be composted before use.
Other manure from chickens, sheep, horses, cows and pigs is "hot" and needs to be composted for at least three months before being safely used without the risk of burning the plants to death.
All-purpose slow release fertilizer
Rabbit "capsules" are essentially a slow-release product, since these granules do not completely disintegrate immediately. If they are soaked in urine, which is rare (fluffy manure is drier than poultry droppings), dry them before selling, after which you can apply to all plants directly.
Cucumbers, tomatoes, roses, APPLE trees, cherries and other crops - everyone will be satisfied. An obvious plus is that rabbit droppings do not emit such sharp “aromas” as horse or cow droppings, therefore, they do not attract annoying flies in large quantities.
Rabbit manure is rich in nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, minerals and trace elements.
It contains beneficial micronutrients such as calcium, magnesium, boron, zinc, manganese, sulfur, copper, and cobalt, just to name a few.
Nitrogen (N). Rabbit manure contains more nitrogen than sheep, goat, chicken, cow or horse manure. Plants need nitrogen for strong growth.
Phosphorus (P). Rabbit dung also contains phosphorus, which helps plants convert solar energy into chemical energy, and also allows them to better withstand stress and increase the number of flowers, the formation of the root system.
Potassium (K). Potassium improves fruit quality and reduces the risk of disease.
lure for worms
Earthworms, including red wigglers bred specifically for organic gardeners, love rabbit droppings.
As the "rabbit granules" break down, they create new soil structure, improve porosity, increase stability, and retain nutrients for plants and other organisms in the soil. It is an ideal soil conditioner to use in any garden or vegetable garden.
There is a practice of breeding compost worms on the waste products of rabbits. Although there are suggestions on the Internet to simply put a bucket of worms under the cage, and then it remains only to collect the product with double the added value, in reality this is not the case.
Fresh rabbit manure is not used as a substrate in this case. The high nitrogen content, as well as the extra nitrogen and salts present in rabbit urine, can kill the worms.
If you decide to create a vermiculture system, compost any rabbit manure intended for worms beforehand.
After a few days of composting, place a small amount of manure in a plastic container and add a couple of worms. Close, wait 15 minutes, then open.
If the worms are huddled together or climbed up the walls and ceiling, then the manure is not ready. Wait a few more days.
When the test worms seem happy and have dug into the compost, you can apply it to the rest.
The vermicomposting system, based on what many consider waste, will provide gardeners with an excellent source of manure and valuable worms, and the owner of such a factory with an extra ruble, which, of course, is not superfluous at all, feed becomes more expensive every year.
One rabbit can produce 200 to 300 rabbit pellets per day and one ton of manure throughout the year. Do you understand what wealth is?
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