Chinshill breeding

Today, chinchillas are engaged in most developed countries in Europe, Asia and Australia. In Russia, the interest in breeding chinchill appeared relatively recently, although experiments on the breeding of these animals were from the 60s of the last century. But if earlier about chinchillas about the apparatus, they were told about the hobby, then currently chinchilla attracts views as a promising business object.
The profitability of cultivation of these rodents can be above 100 percent due to the ratio of low costs for their content and high prices for fur. For this business does not need specialized premises, and all the necessary components are relatively inexpensive and available.

Profitable business
Valentin Vasilyevich and Svetlana Dmitrievna Meshcheryakov from Voronezh region are engaged in breeding chinchillas just over five years. Before moving to Chernozemie, they lived in Kiev. It was there that they first and "met" with chinchillas, accidentally seeing them from their families. Initially, six pairs of fluffy animals were purchased, today their farmers have about three hundred individuals.
As Valentin Vasilyevich says, Chinshill breeding is a fairly profitable business. Judge for yourself. Feeding costs Minimal - On the day, an adult animal eats about 15 g of a feed (this is about 2 tablespoons), a handful of hay and additives (dried rose hips, seedlings of oats, etc.) and drinks a slightly water. Sometimes pet can be "pamping" dried fruits, raisins, nuts, seeds. The main rule in feeding chinchilla is not to give anything superfluous and be very careful with delicacies, otherwise it can lead to health problems. Once a week it is necessary to remove the cells and from time to time to replenish stocks in the feeders and drinkers.
Of course, it is possible to talk about the breeding of chinchillas as a source of income, starting only from one hundred individuals. The convenience of commercial cultivation of these animals is their great value compared to other agricultural animals and small feeding costs. A pair of tribal chinchillies now costs about 7-8 thousand rubles.
Conditions for breeding chinchillas:
If you create favorable conditions, then chinchillas live up to 20 years, including until 14-16 years have multiplied. With proper content, the family gives 4-5 young per year. Pregnancy at chinchilla averages 115 days. For the year, the female brings offspring 2 (in rare cases - 3) times.
Another advantage is that Chinchilla is a very clean animal: her urine and litter does not smell, she has no seasonal molting. In addition, these animals are not particularly painful (in contrast, for example, from rabbits). Perhaps the only birth that they suffer is digestion disorder (due to overeating or use of poor-quality feed).
Mini-farm from Meshcheryakov is a small shed, on the wall - iron cells in several rows, each - a feeder, a drinking bowl and an individual bath. Chinchillas, it turns out, too clean, and once a day they need to take baths of sifted river sand. In nature, these animals bathe in volcanic dust, thus cleaning their fur and protecting it from moisture.
Warmly:
"Apartments" is not a god of news that, but with all the amenities: a heater and air conditioning that allows you to maintain the desired temperature. It is advisable to use gas heating if you plan to grow on an industrial scale, buy pipes, radiators, gas meters (we advise you to pay your attention to the following manufacturers when choosing a gas meter: RVG, betar, NPM, BK, SGBM-1.6, RL, SGB 1) - All this is quite quick to pay off.
In the breeding chinshill there are their own features. These fluffy ears are very temperament on their nature. At night, they are awake, in the afternoon, they are sleeping. Like any animal, chinchillas require rest and care, do not like drafts. The air humidity in the room should be no lower than 65 percent, but due to the too strong humidity, the animal may get sick and die. And if you use low-quality feed and care products, then the fur of animals will not be very good quality.
Valuable fur
Svetlana Dmitrievna and Valentin Vasilyevich, Svetlana Vasilyevich, are told with a special warmth in his voice. And it is not surprising, because they grow them not for the sake of valuable fur, but to sell offspring. So no animal on the mini-farm of Meshcheryakov was killed.
The main livestock in the Voronezh farmers of standard gray color. In general, except gray, there are such rare colors, like beige, black velvet, phio-years, sapphire, etc. Between them there are various combinations.
Every year breeders remove tribal chinchillas with new colors. The demand for fur is growing every year, and products from it are traditionally considered the "royal level".
For example, chinchilla coats cost from 5 to 20 thousand dollars, depending on the style, quality and color of the skins, and weigh no more than two kilograms. By the way, the fur of about 40 chinchillas is leaving for a short fur coat. In terms of cost, one chinchilla skin is equated to 2-3 mink skins, although it is less than several times.
The fur of this animal is absolutely unique. Unlike other animals, the chinchilla from one hair onion is growing not one hairs, and a whole beam, due to which the chinchilla fur is very thick and fluffy (for 1 cm2-25 thousand hairs).
By the way, abroad the breeding chinchilla is waste-free production. There, in addition to the profitable sale of the skins, farmers have found use and carcasses - they are surreated to local restaurants. Dishes from chinchilla are considered delicacies. The domestic chefs to such exotic are not yet ready.