Dennis E.

Paguel

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Webinar

Investment Opportunity on Quail Production

Ms. Shaira Granada (DA-AMAS)

resource Person: Ms. FeBien R Garcia (Msc) (BAI)

Senor Agriculturist

National Swine and Poultry research and Development Center(NSPRDC)

Tiaong, Quezon

Quail, also known for its egg, and was the 3rd most common type of poultry

round 2 million quails were raised in 2012

Layer was the leading class of quail accounting for 77 percent

Quails had the highest number of birds per holding/ farm at 165 quails per holding/farm

Why Quail?????

1. A quail egg is hatched in just 17 days and the hen is ready to lay eggs after 41 days.

2.From egg to egg production, its just only 2 months or 57 days to be exact.

3. Broiler is ready to market in 35 days from day of hatching

4. For meat production, the time is even shorter

Feeds and Feeding

1. a mature laying quail consumes only 16-24 g of feed a day, each layer is capable of producing 300 eggs
a year and have productive life of up to 2 years.

2. The quail's sexual maturity is reached as early as 5-6 weeks and mature body size is attained about 8
weeks in males and 9-10 weeks in females

3. Peak of laying is on or about their 70th day while laying percentage will start to decline by the 10th
month.

4. Quail can be fed with any available chicken feed. Starter ration feed from day- old to 2 weeks of age,
grower ration from 2-8 weeks and layer ration from 8-12 weeks of age

5. Layers can be fed at the rate of 1 kilo for every 50 quail layers per day. Add finely ground shell
(limestone) to produce stronger and thicker egg shell

6.Light should be provided so the birds will continue to eat at night. If this is done , some birds may lay
two eggs in 24 hours.

Breeding

- Males have darker brown pigment on their throaths with a rusty brown breast region

- Males start to crow at 5-6 weeks of age, indicating that they had reache the sexual maturity

- Males can mate with 3-5 females/naoll

- Females have cream black stippled throats

-Females are about 20% heavier than the males

male weigh 100-120g and females weigh 120-160gm

- To produce fertile rggs, males and females should enclosed in a ratio of 1:6 males and females
respectively

Management

-young quail chicks need extra heat to keep them warm until they had feathered

- They require a temperature of about 37 degree celcius at first and can be lower each week untill
reaching the room temperature of about 28 degree celcius

- Water must be available at all times

- Pebbles should be placed in the waterers to prevent drowning during the first week of age

- Lights should be provided at night

Housing

- If they are raised for egg production it is better to raise them on wire floors

- The housing required is not as complicated as for chickens

-4 feet by 8 feet by 1 foot high cage can house 250-300 layers

- The flooring and all sides are made of 0.5 inch mesh welded wire

-Top cover should be of lawanit to prevent the birds from flying

Marketing

- Quails egg can be sold fresh, boiled,salted, pickled or as balut

- Quail meat can be served barbecued, fried, as adobo, guinataan, or in an way chicken is cooked

- Hard boiled eggs are sold by howking vendors in plastic bags

- The demand for quail eggs and meat is no problem, they are in great demand.