12/07/2021
* Search for Farming quail - Find Farming quail
* All you need to know about Quail Farming - KK Quails Farming
* Quail farming business is the profitable business for small and landless farmer
The term 'quail farming' means, raising quails commercially (like other poultry birds) for the purpose of profitable eggs and meat production.
The term ‘quail farming’ means, raising quails commercially (like other poultry birds) for the purpose of profitable eggs and meat production. The quail farming business is very easy, lucrative and entertaining. It’s very easy to maintain a quail farm, because quails are among the smallest species of poultry birds. The Japanese scientists first tamed the wild quails and revealed the ways to raise them as domestic birds. Commercial quail farming in Japan has spread tremendously. Now, people throughout the world performing quail farming business commercially for the purpose of meat and egg production.
Characteristics of Quail
Quails are very small sized bird.
An adult quail weights between 150 to 200 grams and an egg weights around 7 to 15 grams.
Female quails start laying eggs within their 6 to 7 weeks of age and continuously lay one egg daily.
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.
Quail egg is very suitable for human health. It contains 2.47 % less fat than chicken egg. Many people believe that ‘quail eggs help to prevent blood pressure, diabetic, pant etc’.
Quail meat is very tasty and nutritious. Fat is very low in their meat. So quail meat is very suitable for blood pressure patients.
Eggs are very beautiful with multiple color.
Quails do not incubate their eggs. So you have to use an incubator or brooder chickens for hatching their eggs.