Mr. Nguyen Van Hai (living in Cai Nuoc district, Ca Mau) said that his family has nearly 2 hectares of extensive shrimp farming land. “Before that, when I came to the water of the square (full moon or thirty), I set a trap to catch tens of kilograms of wild goby fish, which was normal. But, now it is no longer,” Mr. Goby fish has soft and sweet meat, so when processed into dishes such as: grilled with salt and pepper, dried, cooked with sour soup, etc., it is usually very delicious. In particular, it is impossible not to mention the dried goby dish, which is one of the favorite dishes indispensable in the family meals of many households on Tet holidays. Facing the needs of the market, many households in Ca Mau have chosen the goby fish farming model to develop their economy and bring about unexpected results. People’s lives have gradually improved and become quite rich. Witnessing the scene of people using mouse tails to catch goby fish, many people coming to Ca Mau couldn’t help but admire and enjoy. Ca Mau farmers use “rat tail” to harvest goby fish in ponds Mr. Nguyen Van Dao (41 years old, living in Cai Nuoc district) said he has been working with goby fish farming for more than 5 years. “Around July every year, I buy goby fry from Ngoc Hien (Ca Mau) for stocking. After the care period, by December of the lunar calendar, the fish reached the weight above or below 40 fish/kg, then started to be harvested. Farmed goby fish is the same as in the wild, when it comes to square water, it is normal to run several dozen kilograms, “Dao said. Goby fish after being harvested by “rat tail” is brought into the nets waiting for traders to come and buy. With two ponds of goby, the last crop has helped Mr. Dao earn a profit of over 100 million dong after deducting all costs. To catch goby fish, people often hire workers to pull or place rat tails to sell them gradually. “In the last goby case, I saved millions of dong because I didn’t have to hire someone to pull but used a mouse’s tail to catch fish. Harvested in a rolling pattern, so I can sell at a high price and even have traders come to my house to buy it,” said Nguyen Kieu Tien excitedly. Traders come to the pond to buy and use the profit shell to transport it Currently, commercial goby fish (30-40 fish/kg) is bought by traders coming to the pond with prices ranging from around 75,000 VND/kg (depending on the type).

His rabbit farm started operating from December 2019. Mr. Hai analyzed: Rabbit meat is delicious and nutritious, processed many attractive dishes, is one of the foods that are currently favored by many consumers and the market …

Mr. Hai’s rabbit farm has a regular scale of 6,000 animals and is well-invested. Photo: Nhu Cuong.

His barn is about a few hundred meters from his house, on an area of ​​300 square meters of tender land during a period of 50 years. The cage is built in a closed and sustainable way with the entire iron frame, anti-heat roof, and a bright glass window system.

He designed and built a cage with 6 rows of compartments to separate mother rabbits, meat rabbits, breeding rabbits to suit breeding and care. The barn is fitted with LED lighting system, consumes 1500-2000 kW / month, 3 cooling fans with a capacity of 0.4W – 2.2 kW / month, and security camera system.

Water is taken from the family drilled well to clean the barn, clean filtered water to ensure the rabbits drink every day. To avoid environmental pollution and disease prevention, he uses a bioga gas tank to treat liquid waste, daily solid waste is collected to fertilize plants at home.

As a livestock production facility, so the animal husbandry officer in the village and commune often comes to advise him on how to take care of and clean the environment to prevent epidemics, ensure product safety. rate.

Visitors to Hai’s model of rabbit raising. Photo: Nhu Cuong.

The white rabbit he is raising belongs to a New Zealand hybrid rabbit that is purchased from a reputable breed with quality assurance. Rabbit food is biosafety pellets, ordered from reputable dealers inside and outside the district.

Mr. Hai shared: Time to feed rabbits twice a day in the morning and afternoon, but must be punctual. In addition, feed your rabbits with clean vegetables grown in the garden once a day in the afternoon. The mother rabbit is 28 – 32 days pregnant and needs careful care.

Each year, a mother rabbit breeds 6 litters, each batch from 6-8 children, however, it is necessary to choose 6 healthy animals for commercial farming. Breeding rabbits are produced mainly for breeding the next litter or to be sold to people in need.

To prevent epidemics, Mr. Hai implements a vaccination regime of 4 months, 1 time of vaccination, 1 month of 2 days of medicine to prevent rabbits from scabies and ringworm …

From raising to harvest time is about 4.5 – 5 months, each rabbit individual has an average weight of 2.3 – 2.5 kg / head, parent rabbits are 3.5 – 4 heavier, 0 kg / head; Average selling price is 100 thousand VND / kg, selling 80 thousand VND / kg.

Mr. Hai said that raising rabbits is not too difficult, but requires technical compliance, especially ensuring disease prevention. Photo: NC.

When leaving the barn, “Hai Huyen Phat Rabbit Farm” bustles with buyers and sellers, mainly local people, restaurants, restaurants, traders … If processed, transport the products to the buyers.

Mr. Hai did not hesitate to disclose: The initial investment capital was also quite large, estimated at 1.2 billion VND to build cages, livestock tools, food, preventive medicine, 60 million VND for breeding rabbits … Thanks to the methodical investment and strict technical rearing, if subtracting all the costs, the profit is about 400 million VND / year.

Mr. Hai also said that in the near future, he will build a bioga gas tunnel to treat waste, use accumulated capital plus borrow more credit to expand the rabbit farm area by 200 square meters to continue developing the family economy.