What is the cost of raising one commercial black guinea pig?

Black guinea pig farming costs

Young guinea pigs basically do not need to be fed food from birth to 20 days. From 20-35 days, they need an average of 100 grams of green grass and 2 fen worth of feed per day. From 36-60 days until they are ready for market, they need an average of 200 grams of green grass and 3 fen worth of feed per day. Over 60 days, they consume about 6.5 kg of green grass, which at 0.16 yuan/kg comes to 1.04 yuan, feed costs about 1.05 yuan, each one subsidizes breeding guinea pig rearing costs of 1.3 yuan, wages and other expenses 0.6 yuan. The combined total rearing cost is 3.5-4.5 yuan per animal. Even if the rearing time is 100 days and the weight is 600 grams, the cost is still below 5.5 yuan, with each animal weighing 500-800 grams. If calculated at the current market lowest price of 15 yuan/500 grams, the profit per animal is 10-15 yuan. No matter how you put it, it is absolutely much higher than the price of chickens, ducks and geese. (They are not even available on the market, so how could the price not be high?) (In the Guangdong region, green feed resources are abundant, and commercial black guinea pigs almost do not need to be fed concentrated feed. Corn stalks, corn leaves, and other green feed do not need to be bought with money; you can cut a huge pile for free.)

1. Compared with raising chickens. One chick costs about 2 yuan, medicines and vaccines cost about 1.5 yuan, feed costs about 8 yuan, and the profit per chicken is only 1-1.5 yuan.

2. Compared with raising ducks. One duckling costs about 1.6 yuan, medicines and vaccines cost about 1 yuan, feed costs about 8 yuan, and the profit per duck is only 1-2 yuan.

The economic benefit of raising guinea pigs is 10-30 times that of raising chickens, ducks and geese, the technical difficulty of raising them is only one fifth that of raising chickens, ducks and geese, and guinea pig meat tastes better than all of them.

Is it hard to find sales channels? Not now! Take them to restaurants, hotels and guesthouses and try promoting them, and you will feel confident. Give a few to restaurant, hotel and guesthouse owners to eat, and give some to local officials to taste, and sales channels will soon open up.

In the future, even if they are sold at 6 yuan per jin, that is still more than double the benefit of raising chickens, ducks and geese. By then they may sell even better than chickens, ducks and geese!!

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Note: Some people cannot reach the standard weight after 60 days of rearing. There are many reasons for this, for example, feed formulation does not reach the standard level, management problems such as disease or frequent frightening, insufficient water tolerance of female guinea pigs, temperature too high or too low (above 35 degrees or below 0 degrees without measures will affect growth), insufficient green feed or insufficient nutrition (for example, if wild grass is used, it definitely cannot compare with king grass). Our calculations are based on tests under our rearing standards, so it is very normal for there to be differences with farmers. Ordinary farmers generally need about three months before the animals are ready for market.