Growing quail

Cartoon quail

Contain quail at home no more difficult than any other poultry. With a small number ofthem can be kept even in urban apartments. The cell can be any, such as parakeets orcanaries, but it is better to use a special cell just for quail. In this case, and the bird willfeel better, and you take care of it will be easier and easier.
The type and size of cages for quail depend on how many birds you intend to maintain and where the bird will be placed. The cells can be produced by, and you can buy ready-made in perepelovodov - fans, many of them unnecessarily with the birds and theircages offer made ​​specifically for the content of quail.

Although the maintenance and care of quails is simple enough, but to make you happy with the birds daily egg production of a normal, necessary to observe the conditions(temperature and light regimes, the absence of external stimuli), as well as the use of specially balanced, high-protein feed.

If you want to breed quails themselves at home, it is best to exercise to start with apurchase of an adult bird. But if you want to start with the young, then you will need an incubator, quail unnecessarily, in contrast to those same chickens, eggs do not hatchthemselves.

To incubate quail eggs are used, any small-sized domestic incubators, which can be purchased in any market or specialty store. The capacity of these incubators are different, and usually specifies a rate of eggs. Quail eggs in incubators such can enterin 3 - 4 times more than chicken.
The period of incubation of quail eggs is 17.5 days (in chickens - 21). The output isactive quail and ends in 4 - 6 hours, although some perepelyata of one and the - the same party, and may hatch in 1 - 2 days after the main output. But this is a deviationfrom the norm and it is caused by violation of the incubation, and the poor quality of hatching eggs.
Just derived perepelyata covered with fuzz, and in appearance little different fromchickens, if you do not take into account the size - these crumbs is much less (weightallowance of 6 - 8 g). In addition, they are much smarter than their more mobile andchicken counterparts.
Very interesting to see the egg from which hatched perepelenok. It would be done as a very neat hatch, lifting the lid of which it comes to freedom, to the world. And the egg itself remains intact.
Boxes depend on the number of quail. If the number of quail you have a small and all output is 20 - 30 quail, for these purposes, you can use any suitable plywood box, such as standard mail-order box, but it's better to make a special brooder.

Very important to observe the temperature. Perepelyata very sensitive to the slightest lowering of the temperature and cooling leads to increased withdrawal of the young.Perepelyata the first hours after the withdrawal can eat independently. In general, the whole life of these birds, from the first day focused on search and absorption of food.By the very rapid growth and development they need food high in protein, vitamins and minerals.

Therefore, from the first days of life is best to feed them prepared feeds for young birds. Typically, this feed is sold under the brand name "Start" and is intended for poultry feeding from 1 to 10 days. But such a quail mixed fodder to feed better than 10, and 28 days, ie 4 weeks.

Perepelyata grow very quickly. For two months they increase their mass from 6 - 8 120 - 160 grams, ie, more than 20 times and almost reach the size of an adult bird. For comparison - the chickens home chicken for the same period increase the mass of only 14 times, well before the adult birds have yet to grow and grow ...

When the content of quail in order to obtain food egg cells usually use up to 20 cm area of ​​the bottom depends on the amount placed in a cage and quails selected on the basis 180 - 200 square meters. cm per head. If you need dietary eggs (ie unfertilized), the cell can keep some chickens. Trot will be so - the same as with cock.

With a large number of quail need a large number of cells. For the rational use of space usually a few of these cells put on one another (such as the rack). This design is called a cell battery. Depending on the number of cells, such batteries can typically be 4, 5 tiers. Such cell battery manufacture various industrial enterprises, but the price of the automated cell batteries is high enough and can range from 2 to 4 euros per poultry place.
The room in which to establish the cell quail should be warm, dry, well ventilated, providing fresh air. Fresh air should be accompanied by a draft. One of the first signalsthe presence of drafts - loss of the birds feathers.
In the premises, which contains adult quail, relative humidity should be between 55 -75%. The optimum 60 - 70%.

The temperature is maintained at 20 - 22 ° C, the permissible fluctuation of 16 - 25 ° C.This is an optimum temperature, but I have at one time the quail were grown in an unheated room (shed) at a temperature in the zone of cells 8 - 10 ° C while maintainingegg production, although much lower than normal temperature.
Fed 2-3 times a day. Feeders and drinkers in the form of conventional gutters, which strengthens the outside of cells. For dry feed mixture is advisable to use the automatichopper feeders. In the bunker, which is fastened above the cells, dry mix to sleep a day,or even for several days. As eating food from the hopper to pour a bowl.

To use automatic watering troughs better. The best today are nipple drinkers, with small numbers of birds can also be used mikrochashechnye drinkers. You can also usehomemade automatic drinkers, their preparation is quite simple - the principle ofcommunicating vessels. Water can be poured into them a few days, but at least once a week before the new filling water troughs should be thoroughly washed. In the simplest case, for watering quail used flute troughs, wash that need daily.