.An independent company only specialised in the rabbits breeding selection for nearly 40 years, HYCOLE selects, multiplies and distributes breeding animals with recognized health qualities providing the best technical and economic performance throughout the world.
In less than 10 years of existence, the company has invested and tripled its production capacity. Innovative methods for the time have already placed the SME among the big names.
At the beggining named GAEC CUNICOLE, the HYCOLE brand (Hybride Coisne Leriche) was registered in 1988.
Today, Hycole is an international reference for the delivery of robust breeding stock. Through the work of enthusiasts and experts, French genetics is spread across all continents. Allied to research
The health quality of the males and females sold is a priority for the company. This results in the
establishment of our farms in protected areas, their strict health monitoring and rigorous control of the animals. Historically, selection and multiplication breeding operations have been conducted in a single all-full/all-empty band.
With all attention focused on optimizing the meat rabbit, Hycole meets societal expectations every day. . Innovating to guarantee the stability of performance rather than changing to try to get better is what Hycole is all about, as evidenced by its commitment for many years to research projects for rabbit breeding with different organizations and private or public partners. such as INRAE.
The different Hycole lines are selected using the BLUP method, a reference method in animal selection. Our selection scheme, of which we maintain our own management, currently has more than 600,000 animals indexed on the different lines.
Hycole is also a transporter on its own behalf, serving the best quality for its customers. A fleet of vehicles equipped and approved for the transport of live rabbits in Europe.