THE REALITIES ABOUT POULTRY The Modern Farm - The Realities About Poultry_Seco | Page 23

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They lay about 300 eggs in their first year of life. After that they produce about 150 to 175 eggs
in second year. Eggs production gradually decrease after their first year of laying period.
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Quail egg is very suitable for human
huma n health. It contains 2.47 % less fat than chicken egg. Many
people believe that ‘quail eggs help to prevent blood pressure, diabetic, pant etc.
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Quail meat is very tasty and nutritious. Fat is very low in their meat. So quail meat is very
suitable for blood
d pressure patients.
 Eggs are very beautiful with multiple colours.
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 Quails do not incubate their eggs. So a farmer has to use an incubator or brooder chickens for
hatching their eggs.
Quail Housing
Housing is very important for quail farming. A farmer can follow
ollow the instructions mentioned below
while e making house or cages for his or her quails.
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Quail can be raised in both litter and cage systems. But quail farming in cage system is more
suitable than raising them in deep litter system. In cage system, management
ma nagement is very easy and
diseases or other problems are less.
 Make a proper ventilation system and ensure proper flow of air and light inside their house.
 50 quails can be raised in a cage measuring 120 cm length, 60 cm wide and 25 cm height.
 Use wire net for making their cages.
 Measurement of the net would be 5 mm x 5 mm for adult quails.
 Plastic cages are most convenient for quail farming business.
 The house must have to be out of the reach of wild animals. Also prevent all types of predators
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