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GRASSCUTTER BUSINESS IS BIG MONEY START-NOW!!!
"The man who complains that the SOUP IS bigger than the eba, can not handle greatness".
INTRODUCTION
Male – Buck
Female – Doe (4Does+1Buck=Family).
Grasscutter are Social Animal, they belong to Mammal Family and Rodent creatures. Grasscutter walks and wander about in Groups.
The Gestation periods is 154 +or-2Days.
Maturity age:
Doe: 5-6Months.
Buck: 7-8Months
FEEDING FOR GRASSCUTTERS
They feed on FORAGES, TUBERS, FRUITS, and other Agricultural By-Products.
Forages- Elephant Grass, Spear Grass, Guinea Grass.
Tubers - Yam, Cassava, Potatoes etc
Fruits - Pawpaw, Banana, etc.
Grains - Rice, Beans, etc.
Make sure you provide clean drinkable water. The feeding time must be accurate.
HOUSING FOR GRASSCUTTERS
Proper housing protects them from bad weather, predators and thieves. The housing unit or the cage should not be sited near footpath, football park, market or any noisy environment. The direction of the wind, rain and sunshine should be considered when siting the house. The walls of the main housing unit must be at least 1.2m tall to protect the animals from snakes, cats, dogs, thieves and other predators. Do not construct your grasscutter house near damping hill or noisy environment- footpath, football park and market.
There are 2 types of housing namely:
* Cages :- (Individual & Colony). Cages are made from either steel or hard wood, it can be in any form to aid and prevent sunlight, rain and other dangerous things from attacking the grasscutter.
* Hutches:- Hutches are made from bricks, steel and cements.
ENEMY'S OF GRASSCUTTER
The number 1 enemy of Grasscutter is Man. While Others are:
* Termites,
* Insects,
* Snakes,
* Flies,
* Duck,
* Birds,
* Dogs,
* Noise.
COMMON DISEASES
* Respiratory Diseases
* Diarrhea
* Injury from Panic
* Cold/cough
HOW TO CURE DIARRHEA IN GRASSCUTTER
Cut open a mature but unripe pawpaw, put 6 seeds into water and give them the water to drink for 2-3days.
PROFIT ANALYSIS OF A SUCCESSFUL GRASSCUTTER BUSINESS
INITIAL START-UP IN (NAIRA) =N= ?
* 1 family = 5 grasscutters (1male & 4 females) @ =N=35,000 each.
* Starting with 10 families = 50 grasscutters @ =N= 350,000.
* Cage / Housing = =N= 100,000 for 10 families.
* Food supplements (soya bean, crush animal bone, PKC ) = =N= 30,000 / year
TOTAL = =N= 485,000
EXPECTED INCOME IN (NAIRA ) = N=
* 1 female gives birth to an average of 4 animals within 6 months.
* 4 females will give you an average of 16 grasscutters within 6months.
* 16 grasscutters x 10 families = 160 grasscutters within 6 months.
* In 1 year, you will be expecting about 320 grasscutters.
The grasscutters weigh between 6- 10kg at maturity. Let’s assume you sell each for =N= : 5,000.
5000 x 320 = N=1,600,000.
FACTS TO CONSIDER
1. You spent =N=35,000 to buy your parent stock (breeding stock) @ =N= 7,000 per grasscutter, why should you sell for less? I mean the breeding stock.
2. In the 2nd year you will not be concerned with housing and buying breeding stock, that means much more profit for you.
3. Grasscutters rarely get sick. The cost of treatment is negligible. For example when they have dysentery ( running stomach). You administer chalk coal.
4. Pls note that grasscutter as a delicacy is for the rich and it is in very high demand at restaurants, fast food outlets, hotels, and pepper soup joints and would be grasscutter farmers like you.
5. Breeding stock is more expensive than the fully grown animal.
6. Mortality rate in grasscutter is very low
7. Risk level is very low
8. Grasscutters have been known to litter (give birth) 11 offspring in some cases so using 4 offspring in the estimate above is just to be very, very conservative. You will certainly see much more than 4 grasscutters in some cases.
9. There is joy in owning a grasscutter farm.
10. Grasscutter business is an inheritable business that if properly managed; it may out-live the owner and pass on to the next generation.
11. The cost of feeding is very low compared to that of poultry, piggery or fish farm