Giant Chinchilla
Великий шиншила
Meat
Fur / Pelt
Dual-purpose
Giant
Recognition:
ARBA
BRC
Created in the United States by crossing Standard Chinchillas with Flemish Giants to meet the demand for larger commercial meat carcasses. Recognized in the 1920s.
Quick facts
- Size group
- Giant
- Purpose
- Dual-purpose
- Buck weight
- 5.4–7 kg
- Doe weight
- 5.9–7.3 kg
- Adult weight
- 6.5 kg
- Litter (avg)
- 9 kits
- Meat yield
- 56%
- Slaughter age
- 14 weeks
- Coat
- normal
- Body type
- semi arch
- Ears
- erect
- Origin
- US
- Recognised
- 1928
Colours
chinchilla
Temperament
docile
Notable facts
Requires a solid platform or heavy resting mat in cages because its weight makes it highly susceptible to sore hocks.
Breeding recommendations
- Exceptional meat-to-bone ratio with mature weight 5.4–7.2 kg.
- Extremely rapid weight gain in the first 8–12 weeks.
- Commercial fryers processed at 9–10 weeks (~2.3 kg).
- Doe-buck ratio 10:1 due to high fertility.
- Solid resting platforms mandatory.
