Quail Farming

Quail Bird
Quail farming is just like any other type of poultry farming. This is due to the ability to produce Quail eggs and protein for both consumption and sale. This type of farming can be profitable to the farmer especially when produced commercially. Quail bird farming can thus be good business to venture into.


What is Quail?

Quails are short type of birds domesticated in homes for their eggs and also for meat. They are the smallest among the domesticated birds. Initially Quails used to be wild like other wild birds. They came to be domesticated by the Japanese who found it good to domesticate this type of bird for its rich proteins and eggs. It is there foreign Japan where the activity originated from and it is there where it spread to other parts of the globe.

Purpose of Quail Farming

For successful farming of Quail for their meat and eggs, you will require to identify the suitable breed to rear. There are roughly about 18 species of Quail that can be farmed for their products. They are grouped into layers and broilers. The layers include the
  • Pharaoh
  • Tuxedo
  • Manchurian golden
  • English white
Quail meat is mainly produced by broilers which include
  • White breasted
  • Bobwhite

                                              All Quail Breeds

New World quail (Odontophoridae)               Old World quail (Phasianidae)

•  Banded Quail                                           •  Blue Quail
•  Black-breasted Wood Quail                       •  Brown Quail
•  Black-eared Wood Quail                            •  Canary Islands Quail
•  Black-fronted Wood Quail                                 •  Common Quail
•  Black-throated Bobwhite Quail                       •  Harlequin Quail
•  California Quail                                                      •  Himalayan Quail
•  Chestnut Wood Quail                                          •  Japanese Quail
•  Crested Bobwhite Quail                                      •  Jungle Bush Quail
•  Dark-backed Wood Quail                                   •  King Quail
•  Elegant Quail                                                          •  Manipur Bush Quail
•  Gambel's Quail                                                       •  New Zealand Quail
•  Gorgeted Wood Quail                                          •  Painted Bush Quail
•  Marbled Wood Quail                                            •  Rain Quail
•  Montezuma Quail                                                 •  Rock Bush Quail
•  Mountain Quail                                                      •  Snow Mountains Quail
•  Northern Bobwhite Quail                                   •  Stubble Quail
•  OcellatedQuail                                                                 
•  Rufous-breasted Wood Quail                                            
•  Rufous-fronted Wood Quail                                            
•  Scaled Quail
•  Singing Quail
•  Spot-bellied Bobwhite Quail
•  Spotted Wood Quail
•  Spot-winged Wood Quail
•  Starred Wood Quail
•  Stripe-faced Wood Quail
•  Tacarcuna Wood Quail
•  Tawny-faced Quail
•  Venezuelan Wood Quail

Quail Farming Process

Quail Farm
Rearing of Quails is as simple as rearing chickens and other types of birds. However, Quails do not incubate their eggs. This calls for the use of other birds like chickens to sit on the eggs till they hatch or otherwise use of an artificial incubator. Proper hygiene should be given priority when rearing these types of birds. Quail bird will do well when proper conditions are provided including among them a proper proportion of food and a dry house to live in.The Quail house should measure 0.6m by 1.2m in length with a height of about 0.25m per 50 quails. Light and fresh air should be able to flow in and out of the Quail house. This is made possible by the use of a netted wire to build part of the house. Quail farm should thus be maintained at high standards for best results.

Benefits of Quail Farming

Quail Eggs
They are rich in protein and it is for this reason that they are preferred. They can be kept for subsistence reason but on the other hand they can be reared for commercial purposes. Their eggs fetch good prices especially among the tourists. This is due to their unique color as compared to the normal chicken eggs which are mostly white.Quails are adaptable to almost any kind of weather condition. This makes them the best to rear as they can be able to do well in a wide range of climatic condition.In addition to that, Quail’s meat is nutritious and tasty for the consumers and due to this it is usually in high demand for the Quail lovers.

An egg of a Quail bird contains proportions of proteins, vitamins A, B1 and 2 for healthy meals. This means that consumption of this type of bird can supplement your food to a great deal through adding of the nutrients and hence healthy living. Since they do not sit on their eggs to hatch chicks, they lay they their eggs all year long hence high production of eggs.

Other benefits that accrue to Quail farming include
  • Quail meat has less fat
  • Quail require less capital to farm
  • Quail grow fast
  • Cost of Quail feed is low
  • Quail have a feed conversion efficiency of 3:1


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