Quail farming is very economical yet very rewarding . It requires minimum floor space and needs low investment
Quails are comparatively sturdy birds, they can be marketed at an early age ie. five weeks
They have an early sexual maturity, starts laying eggs in about six to seven weeks of age, have high rate of egg laying -280 eggs per year
Quail meat is tastier than chicken and has less fat content. It promotes body and brain development in children.
Nutritionally, the quail eggs are on par with that of chicken eggs. Moreover, they contain less cholesterol. Quail meat and eggs are a nutritious diet for pregnant and nursing mothers.
General management
At the age of six weeks, female quails usually weigh 175-200 g and the males weigh about 125-150 g
Female quails start laying eggs at 7 weeks of age and continue up to 22 weeks of age. In order to produce fertile eggs, the male quails should be reared along with the females at 8-10 weeks of age. The male, female ratio is 1:5
Usually egg laying happens during the evening time of the day. Incubation period in quails is 18 days
The quail egg usually weighs about 9-10 g
The breast of the male quail is usually narrow and covered with equally distributed brown and white feathers. But the female quail has a broad breast covered with brown feathers with black dots.
The female and male quails should be separated at the age of four weeks
Sixteen hours of light per day should be available to the egg laying quails
The day old quail chicks usually weigh 8-10 g. Hence, the quail chicks need more temperature. Absence of adequate temperature and exposure to high speed cool wind leads to clustering of young ones, which results in high mortality.
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