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sukuma
#1 Posted : Saturday, May 16, 2009 9:58:00 AM
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how profitable is this venture,does it pay?

sk lady
BgBen
#2 Posted : Monday, May 18, 2009 12:41:00 PM
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Have also heard about it. Some group in Gilgil are doing it commercially. I hear the demand for rabbit meat in major big hotels in Nairobi is so huge. The Gilgil group cannot satisfy it and are even afraid to market themselves aggresively.

A friend who lives in Limuru is doing it and she also told me the other day she cant meet her customer demands. Rabbit meat is so sweet and tender (if all you guys can remember way back in the village when we were boys! ). It also contain no animal fat for those who are colesteral averse.

1 Kg of rabbit cost ksh. 250. A mature rabbit weighs about 2.5Kg.They give birth 5-6 times a year with btn 10- 15 younglets per birth. A rabbit matures in 3 months.

Work out the arithmetics.


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brav
#3 Posted : Tuesday, May 19, 2009 11:04:00 AM
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im also interested in this,and been trying to get as much info about this venture and im wondering if there is a place in kenya that rear rabbits commercially,where we can go visit?


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Jalofg
#4 Posted : Tuesday, May 19, 2009 11:39:00 AM
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Njunge
#5 Posted : Tuesday, May 19, 2009 12:01:00 PM
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@Brav,

A friend is organising a visit to this Gilgil group (Karunga) somewhere in June.I'll get back to you with details once concluded.We can link at Gilgil town and proceed to Karunga.It's about 20 minutes drive along Gilgil- Nyahururu road.




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Fundaah
#6 Posted : Tuesday, May 19, 2009 12:44:00 PM
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Njung'e & Brav

Please share the information you get..We could start a joint veture on rabbit keeping...I mean ..the SK family..I know the capital outlay would not be that huge..say 10,000 for say 20 people may even be enough..with flexibility for further capital injection if the need arise..



I mean fundamental analysis,you get me? Fundamental analysis of a business involves analyzing its financial statements and health,its management and competitive advantages,and its competitors
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gk
#7 Posted : Tuesday, May 19, 2009 12:53:00 PM
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@ sukuma et al

is rabbit feed commercially available and how the consumption rates?
BgBen
#8 Posted : Tuesday, May 19, 2009 1:07:00 PM
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@ gk You could buy commercial food (pellets) bought from pet shops.

Alternatively go vegeterian with sweet potato vines,carrots and cabbages,a delicacy recipe to rabbits.


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Fundaah
#9 Posted : Tuesday, May 19, 2009 1:14:00 PM
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Does any one support a joint venture in this farming if it turns out to be viable from Njunge and Brav 'feasibility studies'?

add your name

1) Fundaah





I mean fundamental analysis,you get me? Fundamental analysis of a business involves analyzing its financial statements and health,its management and competitive advantages,and its competitors
Isaiah 65:17-Look! I am creating new heavens and a new earth, and no one will even think about the old ones anymore
brav
#10 Posted : Tuesday, May 19, 2009 2:03:00 PM
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@guka

that would be absolutey great and im eally looking forward to it let me know the date in advance nijipange.

@fundaah fcourse we will

check this out:

Nutritional Value of Commonly Eaten Meats







Meat Type


% Protein


% Fat


Calories per lb.



Rabbit
20.8
4.5
795


Veal
19.1
12.0
840


Chicken
20.0
17.9
810


Turkey
20.1
20.0
1,190


Lamb
15.7
27.7
1,420


Beef
16.3
28.0
1,440


Duck
16.0
28.6
1,015


Pork
11.9
45.0
2,050






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kennie
#11 Posted : Wednesday, May 20, 2009 4:02:00 AM
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@ Fundaah

That's a great idea. Count me in.


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Trump
#12 Posted : Wednesday, May 20, 2009 5:43:00 AM
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i love sk. u get to learn so much. i have been planning to keep dairy goats and this post for rabbits has helped to give me this new idea. i will definately think about it.

thanks


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Chaka
#13 Posted : Wednesday, May 20, 2009 6:44:00 AM
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@fundaah,

Do you have land where this joint venture can be started?
Fundaah
#14 Posted : Wednesday, May 20, 2009 6:55:00 AM
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Chaka,We can work on that once we know the interested persons ...rabbit rearing does not require a large piece of land.....less than an acre can suffice for a start.

I mean fundamental analysis,you get me?

Fundamental analysis of a business involves analyzing its financial statements and health,its management and competitive advantages,and its competitors
Isaiah 65:17-Look! I am creating new heavens and a new earth, and no one will even think about the old ones anymore
sukuma
#15 Posted : Wednesday, May 20, 2009 7:50:00 AM
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@all
Thanks for your crucial information,now i trust this is a venture that can be started and make ends meet

sk lady
leona
#16 Posted : Wednesday, May 20, 2009 8:14:00 AM
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BTW,Where can one buy rabbit meat in Nairobi?

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Chaka
#17 Posted : Wednesday, May 20, 2009 8:33:00 AM
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@leona,

If demand exceeds supply it means there is no supply in Nairobi i.e that is where the joint venture comes in handy
gk
#18 Posted : Wednesday, May 20, 2009 8:38:00 AM
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@ leona

perhaps one can start enquiries at popular meat markets like City........coz it meseems that the real challenge is actually identifying a ready market for the products not in raising the rabbits.


leona
#19 Posted : Wednesday, May 20, 2009 8:46:00 AM
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@Chaka & gk

Was just wondering coz i personally do not know of a place where rabbit meat is sold in Nairobi(maybe coz ive never really been interested to know). But it would be good to do a market analyis before bringing in tonnes of the meat....to an uncertain market. I think City market would be a good starting point and some butchers located in shoping malls..maybe in Westlands,Adams..etc?


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Fundaah
#20 Posted : Wednesday, May 20, 2009 8:47:00 AM
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I dont think the market is an issue.If anyone says s/he has rabbit meat just in this forum just now.... you will be amazed at the orders you get..Also we can start by supplying the now 24hrs Nairobi city market .


I mean fundamental analysis,you get me?

Fundamental analysis of a business involves analyzing its financial statements and health,its management and competitive advantages,and its competitors
Isaiah 65:17-Look! I am creating new heavens and a new earth, and no one will even think about the old ones anymore
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