Keeping and breeding deer as a business

Deer breeding is a good business option. The most valuable of these animals are antlers. These are small unossified horns. They are used in medicine. No less valuable is the blood of deer. Good income brings meat and animal skins.

Business registration

Deer breeding as a business is not for everyone. This comes with some difficulties. For registration of entrepreneurial activity, it is necessary to choose the right niche. In this case, peasant farming is suitable. In this case, it is worth choosing a traditional or simplified taxation system. This allows for five years from the date of registration not to pay interest on sold agricultural products. Such activities can be registered by one person or a group of citizens with family ties.

To register a deer breeding farm, you must present the TIN and passport to the tax office. When registering, you must specify the type of business activity. It is worth noting that the breeding and maintenance of deer since 2014 has been related to animal husbandry.

Business Features

To reduce the start-up capital, you can try to get subsidies. However, much depends on the chosen direction of the economy. In this case, there are several options. An entrepreneur can work in a commodity direction, collect and sell products.

It is also possible to start breeding reindeer or red deer. However, to obtain such a status, an entrepreneur must work in the chosen field for at least three years. This requires compliance with all veterinary and sanitary rules. Only if this condition is met, it will be possible to obtain the appropriate certificate.

Territory selection

Reindeer breeding should be carried out practically in the wild. At the same time, the area of ​​​​the plot intended for farming depends on the number of livestock. The entire territory should be divided into sections, as young males must be kept separately from females. You can combine them only during the mating period and for a short time.

This approach will allow you to control the growth of livestock, as well as place animals depending on their age. It is worth considering that such content has a small percentage of risk. For example, a fence does not always withstand the attacks of wild predators. In addition, deer cubs are often hunted by golden eagles. It is impossible to shoot these birds, as the species is endangered.

When choosing a place for deer breeding, it is worth considering that these animals live in the thick of the forest in winter and summer, and in meadows and near swamps in spring and autumn.

What to feed

Reindeer breeding is a complex process. After all, animals need to be properly fed. Their diet mainly consists of woody plants, agricultural legumes and cereals. How to feed deer? Their diet should include:

• Leaves and bark of alder, maple, aspen, mountain ash, birch, hornbeam, spruce, pine, oak.
• A variety of berries: blueberries, cranberries, lingonberries, blueberries.
• Mushrooms, lichens.

How to calculate the diet

The diet of deer depends on the time of year. So, in the spring, animal nutrition should include:

• 19% shrubs;
• 48% grass;
• 30% trees;
• 3% berries.

In summer, the diet consists of:

• herbs - 42%;
• shrubs - 17%;
• trees - 28%;
• mushrooms and various fruits - 13%.

In the autumn, meals include:

• shrubs - 40%;
• herbs - 22%;
• trees - 25%;
• fruits, mushrooms - 13%.

In winter, the diet of deer consists of:

• trees -50%;
• any nutritious foods - 50%.

In order for deer breeding to generate income, it is necessary to follow all the recommendations of specialists. Lichens, mosses, acorns, mushrooms, bark and fallen leaves of trees can be given as nutritious foods to animals. It is worth noting that deer can eat crayfish, fish and algae if there is a river near their habitat.

Raising animals for meat

Breeding a domestic deer requires not only a lot of experience, but also considerable financial costs. Especially if the animals are raised for meat production. These animals reach the commodity mass already at the 20-24th month of life. It is during this period that it is most profitable to slaughter deer. One animal can give about 55-60 kilograms of pure meat.

Breeding deer for meat requires compliance with certain rules:

Deer meat cost

Before starting a business, you need to draw up a deer breeding business plan. Experts say that the cost of meat of these animals is about 30% lower than the cost of beef. At the same time, prices for venison are higher. Profit is easy to calculate. For example, a kilogram of beef costs about 700 rubles, and the average price of a kilogram of venison is at least 1,200 rubles. The maximum cost of such products reaches 2,000.

Such a high price for venison can be explained by the fact that the meat of these animals is dietary and does not contain cholesterol, rich in trace elements and vitamins. It is worth noting that such products contain iron, sulfur, potassium and calcium. The request for venison in the Moscow region alone is 5 tons. As you can see, the benefits of such a business are obvious. Therefore, reindeer breeding in Russia is becoming a more popular activity.

Features of deer breeding for antlers

Panty is one of the most sought-after products in medicine. They are usually cut off in individuals whose age has already reached 2 years. For mating, deer with the largest and most beautiful antlers are selected from the entire herd. This improves performance. The resulting raw material is preserved and cooked. Biologically active additives are made from antlers that can increase immunity, restore the circulatory and nervous systems.

Harvesting of raw materials is carried out from May and lasts until July. During this period, the antlers grow large and do not have time to stiffen. To accurately cut the antlers of deer, a special machine is required. The animal is fixed in it and blindfolded. The duration of the procedure should not exceed three minutes. After removing the antlers, the cuts should be treated: gently cauterized, and then smeared with clay. This will prevent infection.

Preparation of antlers

Two days after cutting the antlers must be boiled. To do this, the horns must be lowered into a container filled with boiling water for three minutes. At the end, it is recommended to hold the panty for a couple. This procedure should also last at least three minutes. Repeat all manipulations with the horns 5-8 times. After that, the antlers must be placed in the sauna and “fried”. Here processing is carried out at different temperatures. It is worth noting that after all procedures, the horns lose about 65% of their weight. This is due to their dehydration.

The cost of one kilogram of dried and prepared antlers costs from 200 to 250 dollars. One deer is capable of producing up to 30 kilograms of antlers within a year.

Costs and payback

To create an environment suitable for deer, it is necessary to spend about 800 thousand rubles per 1 square meter. As for the cost of buying livestock, it will take about 600 thousand rubles to purchase 500 heads. If you start a business in the commodity direction, then everything will pay off in about 4-5 years. The main thing is to properly care for animals and follow all the recommendations of veterinarians.

Starting such a business, it is worth considering that there will be practically no income for the first few years, as the young must grow up.