Production technology. The method of preserving quail eggs The shell of quail eggs is especially useful for young children, starting from the age of one, in their body the processes of bone tissue formation are most intensive and require uninterrupted

In our country, large farms have been created with a capacity of 700-800 thousand carcasses and several tens of millions of eggs per year. As a result of breeding work, significant poultry productivity has been achieved and egg lines have been bred. Quail breeding as a branch of industrial poultry farming originated in Japan about 20 years ago. Japanese quails have become widespread in different countries of the world. In Russia, specialized farms and farms of collective farms and state farms are engaged in quail breeding, mainly in the Krasnodar Territory and in other southern zones of the country. Japanese quails are very similar to our common quails, but somewhat smaller. The live weight of an adult bird reaches 120-140 g.
Female quails start laying at 35-45 days of age and produce 200-250 eggs per year weighing 10-12 g at the expense of 1 kg of egg mass about 5-7 kg of dry feed. In quail eggs, compared to chicken eggs, there is much more phosphorus, iron and vitamins, and the relative mass of the shell is less. Quail meat has a taste of game and special gastronomic advantages. For meat, they are killed at 50-60 days of age. Carcasses weigh 100-112 g, the pectoral muscle is well developed.
Quails are kept in cages, separately males and females, based on one male 2-3 females, mating in this case is carried out after 1-2 days. You can keep two females together with one male. With this method of keeping, the fertility of eggs reaches 75-80%. For incubation, eggs of the correct shape with a smooth shell and a specific color are used. The output of young animals can be over 75%. At cultivation good safety of a bird is observed. Eggs are incubated in conventional incubators at a temperature of 37.5-37.0 ° C and relative humidity from 60% at the beginning to 70% at the end of the period.
Young quails are kept in cages 145X60X30 cm in size, 50-60 heads each. For the first 5-7 days, the metal mesh floor is covered with paper. First, young animals are fed and watered in cages, and later - from feeders and drinkers located outside the cages. Quails in the first days can also be grown under electric brooders, divided into several sections, and then in cages. At first, the air temperature in the cages or under the brooders is maintained at about 35 ° C, by the age of one month it is reduced to 20-22 ° C. In the room for young animals in the first week, the air temperature should be 25-27 ° C, and by the age of one month 20 ° C. It is necessary to observe that there are no temperature fluctuations. Quails are very afraid of cold and drafts. In the first two weeks of cultivation, the daylight hours are 23 hours, and then every week it is reduced by 2 hours and brought to 14 hours.
Day-old young growth is very mobile and grows quickly. Within a month, its mass increases by more than 15 times, and by the age of 30 days it weighs 80-90 g. With such intensive growth, young animals are very picky about food. Compound feed enriched with vitamins and microelements is prepared for him (Table 65). In the first ten days of cultivation, hard chopped eggs, as well as a small amount of milk or yogurt, can be added to the indicated compound feed. From the 3-4th day, you can also add chopped nettles or grated carrots, cottage cheese and baker's yeast. From 15 days of age, it is necessary to start giving gravel. In the first days of growing, young animals are fed 5-6 times, from 10 days of age - 4 times.
At 30 days of age, quails are divided by sex. Males have reddish-brown feathers with gray or black spots on the chest; In females, the plumage on the chest is lighter with round black speckles. The skin around the cloaca is bluish-gray. All excess males at the age of one month are separated and fattened for 4-5 weeks in a darkened room, and the females are transferred to the parent or industrial herd. Quails are placed in multi-tiered cages of 3-4 so that about 200 cm2 of floor area per head. The temperature in the room for adult quails is maintained at 18-20 ° C, daylight hours are 16-17 hours.


A specialized farm has been organized at the Beshatugorets broiler factory, designed to produce 5 million quail eggs. In the breeding group, it is planned to have about 5 thousand females with the corresponding number of males, in the industrial group - 16 thousand laying hens with an average egg production of at least 240 eggs. The herd is completed 4 times a year.
The farm has built several buildings for keeping quails of all age groups in cages. The in-line production system is designed for keeping young animals up to 20 days of age in one of the premises. Then the birds, mainly males, intended for slaughter, are transferred to another room for fattening up to 50 days of age. There are separate rooms for replacement females and breeding males. Adult livestock are kept in a separate building. The technological process system includes year-round incubation with the withdrawal of about 100 thousand quails, as well as slaughter and processing of carcasses.
The main standards and the technological process for the production of eggs and quail meat are developed and refined as a result of experimental work and generalization of the experience of domestic and foreign farms.

8.7. TECHNOLOGY OF PRODUCTION OF EGGS AND MEAT OF QUAILS

A feature of quails is high egg productivity and precocity. Females begin to lay eggs at the age of 35-40 days and can lay up to 300 eggs per year, spending on average about 2.8 kg of feed per 1 kg of egg mass. The mass of eggs laid per year by one female is 24 times the body weight of the female herself (in hens, 9 times).

8.7.1. GROWING YOUNG QUAILS

Healthy, mobile, well-developed quails are selected for cultivation. They are transported from the hatchery in cardboard boxes, divided into 4 compartments of 100 head. in everyone.

It should be taken into account that the quails are very small (only 6-8 g at hatching), and therefore the holes in the boxes must be made so that the chicks do not jump out.

Quails are grown in cages. Young animals are very sensitive to temperature, so special heaters are installed in the cages.

Before accepting day-old young animals, equipment and premises are thoroughly cleaned, washed, disinfected and aerated. Per

2-3 days in poultry houses create the required temperature (Table 94).
Relative humidity in the room should be maintained within 65-70%.

Quails do not tolerate temperature changes, drafts and dampness, this must be strictly monitored.

Cellular batteries of various designs are used for rearing young animals. The design of the cages should prevent the quail from falling out of the cages onto the floor, getting their legs stuck between the bars of the net and injuring the young animals themselves. Otherwise, there is a large waste of birds due to injuries, as well as hypothermia when they get quailed on the floor of the poultry house.

Cell walls are made of a metal mesh with a mesh size of 10 x 10 mm. The front wall of the cage serves as a door and consists of two parts. The lower part is made stationary, 70-100 mm high. It protects the quail from falling out of the cage. The upper part is movable, opening outwards. The floor in the cages is made of a mesh with a mesh size of 10 x 10 mm, with a polymer coating.

In the first days, the legs of quails can fall through the mesh cells. To avoid this, it is recommended that in the first days the floor of the cage be covered with thick paper, which is changed daily. The paper can be immediately laid in several layers and every day the upper, contaminated layer can be removed. In some farms, a mesh with a cell size of 5x5 mm is placed on the floor of the cage in the first days of cultivation, but such a mesh, due to the small size of the cells, is quickly clogged with droppings, and it also has to be changed and washed, and this is a rather laborious operation.

Planting density will be quailed as follows, head/m2 of cage floor area: up to 4 weeks 140, from 4 weeks of age until the end of rearing 80-100.

In the first 10 days, quails are fed from tray feeders, which are covered with a sparse net so that the chicks do not fall into the feeders. They are watered from vacuum drinkers. Feeders and drinkers in the first days of cultivation are inside the cage. From the second decade of cultivation, tray feeders and vacuum drinkers are replaced with fluted ones. The feeding front should be at least 1 cm/head, and the watering front - 0.2 cm/head.

Quails have a very high growth energy (for the first

a week they increase their live weight by almost 3 times) and therefore they do not tolerate interruptions in feeding and watering.

The light regime has a great influence on the growth, development and subsequent egg productivity of quails. For the first time

3 weeks of life for better adaptation of young animals use round-the-clock lighting. In the future, the duration of daylight hours is reduced by 3 hours per week and brought to 12 hours per day by the age of 45 days. When transferring replacement young animals to an adult herd, the daylight hours are gradually increased to 17 hours per day.

To control the growth and development of quail, they are weighed every ten days and the results are compared with the normative ones (Table 95).

The safety of young animals during the first month of life should be at least 90-95%, the second - 98-99%.

Replacement quails are transferred to an adult herd at 4-5 weeks of age, after dividing them by sex.

By gender, young animals are separated at 20 days of age. Male Japanese quails have darker black-flecked necks and breasts; in females, the plumage on the chest is lighter with large black speckles. Birds with vaguely expressed sexual characteristics in plumage color at this age are not left for breeding purposes.

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We bring to your attention a very simple and effective business idea: the production of quail eggs and the breeding of Japanese domesticated quails for meat. With an appropriate number of quails, the production advantages are obvious. Quail will not only feed your family with eggs and healthy meat, but will also begin to bring a stable income. In order to place quail cages in production, a lot of space is not required. The size of one cage (120 x 60 x 180 cm) in which up to 100 quail laying hens can be kept. You will need an area of ​​​​only 0.72 squares. This place is enough to organize a mini-farm in the annex of a private house. Even a balcony in a city apartment can become your production. If you calculate, then on average, one quail will lay from 15 to 20 eggs per month, weighing one egg at 11-12 grams. At the same time, the quail eats 30-40 grams of feed per day. This means that in a month about 120 kg of feed will be required for 100 quails, for this the quail will lay 1000-1500 eggs for you. Consumer interest in quail eggs is growing every day. I think it will not be difficult to calculate the economic efficiency depending on the market price of feed and quail eggs in your city. Since everyone knows many facts about quail eggs and the benefits that they bring, then the implementation will be effective. In addition to quail eggs, add another such farm for a hundred quails to produce a healthy delicacy - quail meat. Moreover, quails are ready for slaughter at the age of 2.5 months. Thus, it is possible to expand the range of products in production. Here is an approximate diagram of one quail farm for 100 heads. If you are a creative person, then you can create this simple device yourself. Thanks to your imagination, you can create more original and practical cages for keeping quails.

Quail egg production volumes depend on the number of quails

There are two main breeding methods commonly practiced in quail production. It is quite logical that in order to increase the production of eggs, you need to increase the number of birds. There are two most popular ways to effectively breed quails to the right amount. The first is when cockerels and hens are in the same cage, the ratio should be 1:2.5, which means that there should be 10 quail hens for 4 quail cockerels. If you are just starting out, then as a beginner, this method will suit you. But be aware that this method has a number of disadvantages, such as frequent fights between males, which leads to general nervousness in the cage and poor fertilization and, accordingly, egg production can become irregular. But if you have already sold the first batch of eggs and want to increase the quality of production, and, accordingly, the profitability of the farms, then you are ready to use another method of breeding quails. The second way is a little more complicated, but more effective. The essence of the method is to keep the males and females separate and place the males in the chicken cages periodically so that they do their job. In this way you will achieve high birth rates and the quality of the breeding can also be well controlled. This method is good for increasing product performance, and is also especially good if you want to go further in breeding your breed. For example: add Chinese dyed quail, where by using this method you have more control over the desired colors and patterns that you desire. Or breed meat breeds like PHARAOH or laying hens like JAPANESE QUAIL. The only downside to this production method is that it is time consuming.

Efficient production needs control, for quail eggs during the incubation period

Domesticated quails have lost the instinct to incubate eggs so pretty much the only way to breed quails is in the incubator. Collect eggs 3-5 times a day to reduce infection rates. Being engaged in the efficient production of quail eggs, follow simple rules. Select large eggs with a strong shell, carefully inspect them for any cracks or other damage. Do not wash quail eggs or you will remove their porous protective coating and make them vulnerable to bacterial infections. Moreover, eggs should not be disturbed by the level of humidity. It is also recommended to perform a check with transillumination. This will show you any possible cracks in the eggs, healthy yolks, and air space dimensions. Store quail eggs in a dry, cool place on egg trays. The storage temperature should be between 12 - 17 degrees Celsius and at a relative humidity of about 70 - 80 percent. Be careful if the temperature rises above 18° as this temperature can trigger a false incubation process. DO NOT store hatching quail eggs in the refrigerator, it is too cold for them. Some say you can use quail eggs up to 10 days old for incubation, but we wouldn't recommend using quail eggs older than 7 days old.

Quail eggs need a ventilated production incubator

Any efficient production needs high-quality equipment. The room where you set the incubator up to should have a stable constant temperature. The incubator must be clean and disinfected. In the end it is your choice which incubator you use, but we recommend using ventilated incubators with automatic egg turning. You need to turn the eggs 3-4 times a day. Then there are only two main things that you should not miss. The first is to maintain the correct temperature, which is 37.8 ° C and humidity 45-55%. Like this for the first 7 days. When your business will operate and make a profit in the future, you can then purchase an incubator, which is equipped with an alarm and SMS reminder function on your phone. On day 7 you can check the eggs by candling to see how many eggs are fertile. At this stage, you should already notice the quail embryo inside the egg. Remove empty eggs. On the 14th day, stop the egg turning mechanism. But quail eggs must continue to be looked after. At this stage, the humidity level should be increased to 80-85%. This will soften the shells, which will help the little quail chicks break the shell and be born. Japanese quail chicks start hatching from day 16 of incubation, but most should hatch by day 17. Chicks that did not hatch on the 18th day most likely died. If you managed to achieve 75% or more survival, then you did everything very well.

Features of chicks hatched from a quail egg

Keep the chicks in the incubator until they are dry and fluffy, then place them in a preheated brooder. Quail chicks can be left in the hatchery for up to 24 hours (some say even 48 hours) after hatching. For the first week, use super thin crumble food, as the large size of the food will make it difficult for quail chicks to cope. The food should be sprinkled on the floor so they can easily find it. The water must be away from a heat source to keep the water cool. The source of heat for young chicks in your production for the first week will be a regular 100W lamp, and then you need to change to 60W. When the quail chicks are 4 weeks old, they are ready to leave the nursery and move to their new homes - quail farms. When you can breed quails up to 200 pieces, then your business can already be called a quail egg farm with a capacity of 100 pieces per day. To achieve such a result, you do not need specialized investments and it will take no more than three months. A typical household incubator holds 250 quail eggs in one laying. And then you can develop your owl business to a scale convenient for you.

They are considered a valuable food product that contains many useful substances necessary for a complete human diet.

According to GOST 31655-2012, which defines the technical conditions for food eggs, quail eggs can be divided:

  • dietary, stored no more than 11 days,
  • canteens are stored no more than 30 days.

Poultry products are labeled and packaged for the first time in a day. Permissible storage temperature in accordance with GOST is +8°С at air humidity of 75-80%. Dietary eggs are packed in a special consumer container (lumpy pad, which is placed in a plastic or cardboard box). The box is marked with the letter “D”, with a mandatory mark on the date of manufacture. At the end of the storage period of dietary eggs, they belong to the class of table eggs.

Composition, characteristics and properties of quail eggs

The shell is much stronger than. Therefore, when a quail egg falls, it is crushed, and not broken. The weight of one egg is at least 10 g. It is so small, but a real storehouse of substances useful for the body.

So, the composition includes:

  • vitamins B1, B2, PP, A, E;
  • amino acids: methionine, threonine, lysine, tryptophan;
  • trace elements: iron, zinc, copper, selenium, manganese;
  • macronutrients: potassium, calcium, phosphorus, sodium, magnesium.

The energy value of a quail egg is 168 kcal per 100 g of product, protein is not less than 11.9 g, fat is not more than 13.1 g.

If you still compare quail eggs, then there are more useful substances in the latter. So vitamin A is 3 times more, B1 is 4 times higher, and B2 is 7 times higher, and the iron content also prevails 8 times. However, quail eggs lack vitamin D and fluoride.

Important. Quails are whiter resistant to various than chickens. When breeding these birds, antibiotics, hormonal supplements, and nitrates are not used. Therefore, quail eggs are a natural product.

How to eat quail eggs

Eating raw food is very beneficial. However, pathogenic microorganisms can be found on the eggshell. This also applies to salmonellosis disease - it is impossible to exclude the probability of the disease by 100%. Birds are immune to this disease. But with improper storage and transportation, there is a possibility of infection sticks getting on the shell, which can provoke a disease. Therefore, before use, it is necessary to subject the eggs to heat treatment. At least thoroughly pour over with boiling water.

It is recommended to consume raw eggs on an empty stomach in the morning, thus, more nutrients are absorbed.

Separating an egg from the shell is quite difficult. When cleaning, small pieces of the shell get inside the egg, which causes a number of inconveniences. This can be avoided thanks to special scissors for quail eggs. The device should grab the bottom of the egg, and cut off the top. It turns out a neat cut.

In addition, quail eggs can be boiled, fried, used to prepare various sauces, cocktails.

Due to the small size of the product, the heat treatment time is:

  • soft-boiled - 1-2 minutes,
  • hard-boiled - up to 5 minutes.

Also, powdered shells are used as a vitamin supplement. According to doctors, the shell contains 90% of calcium carbonate, which is necessary to maintain healthy teeth, the musculoskeletal system, and maintain the protective functions of the body during periods of beriberi. It is recommended to take children in the first year of life to avoid calcium deficiency.

Useful properties of quail eggs

It is good for adults and children to eat. They increase immunity during seasonal epidemics, their use improves memory, increases efficiency.

  1. With diabetes. Quail eggs are used as a product of the treatment of the disease at an early stage. Patients are known to have elevated blood cholesterol levels. And the product is a source of lecithin, which prevents the accumulation and formation of cholesterol plaques. Initially, you need to take 3 eggs per day, gradually increasing the amount to 6 pieces, raw and on an empty stomach. For a course of treatment, you should eat 250 pcs.
  2. With gastritis. People suffering from gastritis and other gastrointestinal diseases include quail eggs in their diet. But it should also be consumed raw. Thus, they envelop the stomach, removing signs of nausea, reduce acidity.
  3. With diet food aimed at reducing body weight. The advantage of quail eggs is complete digestibility by the body and relatively few calories.
  4. For hair. Quail eggs are a universal remedy that has a healing effect for all types of hair. Masks, which include quail eggs, make hair thicker, strengthen weak hair, and increase growth.
Not recommended for people with liver and kidney disease. If you are allergic to egg yolk or protein, the use of any eggs is contraindicated. People suffering from atopic dermatitis are not recommended to use even hypoallergenic quail eggs.

Quail eggs are a necessary product that can replace a vitamin and mineral complex. Use it often and stay healthy.

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INSTITUTE OF LIFELONG PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

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on the topic: "Production, processing of eggs and quail meat"

Completed by: student of group 032123

Egorova Ekaterina Alekseevna

Saint Petersburg - 2013

  • 1. Significance of the industry
  • 2. Biological and economic features
  • 3. Breeds
  • 4. Feeding technology
  • 5. Fattening quails for meat
  • 6. Meat processing
  • 7. Egg processing
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography

1. Significance of the industry

The quail is the smallest and precocious agricultural bird of the pheasant family of the chicken order. The ease of keeping and feeding allows them to be kept both in the city and in the countryside. She gives up to 300 eggs per year. And the uniqueness of nutritional and dietary properties allows almost everyone to consume quail eggs and meat without restrictions.

In Russia, quail breeding began to develop late - since 1964, when 27 quails were brought from the World Poultry Exhibition to the experimental poultry farm VNIIPP. Later, another 1,000 one-month-old quails were brought from Japan. That is, domestic modern quails are direct descendants of the Japanese. Unfortunately, in the 60s, scientists did not find any advantages of quails in comparison with chickens. But in fact, we have always had plenty of our own quails. Since ancient times, they have been caught in the forests of Kursk, Oryol, Tula, Tambov and Kharkov provinces. Quail fly not very well, mostly run. Several people caught them at once. The most worthy was the one who could well imitate the voice of a bird and thereby lure the birds into the net. At present, the volume of the quail egg market in Russia is estimated at 145 million pieces. per year, quail meat about 600 tons per year. More than 70% of sales are in metropolitan areas. Small towns and rural areas account for less than 10%. When compared with the population, the capacity of the quail egg market in Russia is about 20 times lower than in Japan. A surge of interest in quails in Russia arose against the background of information about the usefulness of their eggs in the rehabilitation of people affected by radiation after the Chernobyl disaster. The experience of their use was described by the OGONEK magazine. Physicians recorded the normalization of appetite in patients, the disappearance of fatigue and pain in the heart, a reduction in complaints of dizziness and nosebleeds. Moreover, the content of hemoglobin in the blood of the children of the experimental group increased, and they gained weight. Doctors issued a verdict: recognize quail eggs as a valuable dietary product and recommend them in the treatment of people exposed to radioactive radiation.

In fact, the Russian market for quail eggs and meat began to develop in the 90s with the advent of small quail herds in private farms and private farmers. Then demand was extremely small due to high prices and the low standard of living of most of the population. The main consumers of quail meat were expensive restaurants. The egg was mainly in demand by wealthy citizens as a medical therapy or dietary food for various diseases. During this period, demand arose, albeit limited, for quail eggs as a baby food product.

The formation of a full-fledged federal market took place in the late 90s - early 2000s with the implementation of major projects at domestic poultry farms. Its development was facilitated by a significant increase in the income level of the population and the expansion of retail chains.

To date, several target consumer groups have formed on the quail egg market, characterized by different motivations.

"Medical Consumption". The oldest segment, which has grown significantly in recent years, as quail eggs have become much more accessible to the general population.

"Children food". The segment began to develop back in the 90s against the backdrop of numerous publications about the exceptional usefulness of quail eggs. Its rapid growth over the past three to four years has been driven mainly by rising revenues and the expansion of retail chains.

"Healthy food". In recent years, in Russia, by analogy with developed Western countries, there has been a fashion for a healthy lifestyle, one of the elements of which is a healthy diet.

"Product for the middle class". The most promising segment Ultimately, its development will determine the ultimate growth potential of the market. In the context of this segment, the quail egg is considered as one of the most widespread products for the middle class. Consumption motivation is determined by a combination of factors, including taste preferences (including those based on the formation of national consumption traditions), high quality and health benefits of the product.

Now quail products are offered by all categories of agricultural producers, from large poultry farms and farmers to households. The absolute leader in production is the Voronezh region, where three poultry farms own half of the country's total capacity. The Krasnodar, Stavropol Territories, Rostov, Samara and Bryansk Regions and many others have high potential.

2. Biological and economic features

Biological and economic features, because of which it is worth breeding quails:

- they are the earliest of poultry, they begin to rush from 40 days, at the age of 2 months they are already quite an adult bird, which can be left to get eggs or used for meat;

- quails are unpretentious, an average of 50 heads can be kept in a 50x95x35 cm cage, a quail needs 20-25 g of feed per day, i.e. up to 1.5 kg in two months, and labor costs are reduced to daily feeding, changing water, house cleaning and egg collection. The norm is 70-80 birds per 1 square. m.;

Quails rarely get sick and can do without vaccination. They are less susceptible to many infectious diseases inherent in other domestic chickens, and quail eggs can be eaten raw, receiving the full range of nutrients, without losing them during heat treatment. This feature makes it possible to obtain environmentally friendly products, without the use of vaccines and antibiotics.

The range of wild quail covers almost the entire Old World. And everywhere this bird is an object of sport hunting. Of the six subspecies now known, which differ little in size and color, the common quail is the most common. It breeds in Europe, North Africa and Asia, and winters in Central Africa and southern Asia, where it spends 7-8 months a year. Inhabits the plains and mountains. Nests on the ground. The clutch contains 9-15 eggs, which the female incubates for 15-17 days. In nutrition, it mainly uses seeds, buds and shoots, less often insects. In the south of Ukraine, the North Caucasus and Central Asia, autumn hunting during the migration of birds to common quail used to become a trade, and the birds were salted for future use in barrels. The total catch for autumn on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus reached several thousand pieces. Hunting with specially trained sparrow hawks is still common in Central Asia and the Caucasus.

Mineral fertilizers and pesticides used in the fields, as well as mass capture, have led to a sharp decrease in the number of quails at the present time.

3. Breeds

Before you start quails, you need to start by preparing the premises, cages and equipment. The bird can be kept both on the floor and in cages, but the room must be dry, warm, bright and clean. Various designs of stationary quail houses with paddocks have been proposed; in principle, they do not differ from ordinary chicken coops. But there are a few nuances that must be taken into account: There should not be any hard-to-reach places inside the room, because. quails, especially young ones, like to hide in all sorts of cracks and other secluded places. Ceilings below 2 m are not desirable, quails often soar upwards at high speed and they need enough space. It is better to stretch a small plastic mesh under the ceiling. The floor of the house is covered with sand, peat or shavings. Mandatory boxes with a sand-ash mixture for dry bathing. The fencing of the poultry house and the paddock is dug into the ground to a depth of at least 30 cm. At the entrance to the room and to the aviary, a vestibule is arranged, otherwise the frisky birds will break free in a moment. The walk and the room are darkened from direct sunlight. Planting density is determined on the basis that one quail needs an area of ​​​​at least 15x20 cm. Excess, as well as lack of space, lead to a decrease in egg production. It is much easier to keep quails in cages, unlike chickens, they feel good in them, it is easier to take care of them and pick up families, you can save a lot of space by installing cages with vertical batteries. At the same time, for 1 sq. m, you can place 200-300 layers and get 200-250 eggs from this mini-farm daily. Cages can be installed in an apartment, a barn, and in the summer right in the garden. The area of ​​cells is determined at the rate of 120-150 square meters. see for each adult bird. The shape and size of the cage can be very different, but it is better, of course, to make it entirely from a welded galvanized mesh with a suitable cell size. Such cages are convenient to use, easy to disinfect and last longer. The simplest and most convenient is the cell-module made of galvanized rigid mesh. The size of the cells in the zone of the drinker and feeder is about 30 mm. Very convenient multi-section cage-shelf. It can be placed both in the apartment and in the poultry house. Feeders, drinkers can be made by yourself, ready-made inventory for decorative birds is also perfect. These are vacuum feeders and drinkers, hanging feeders, baths, mini-cages for transferring birds. What else is desirable to have available: a psychrometer to control the temperature and humidity in the room and in the incubator; bactericidal irradiator - for disinfection of the poultry house and inventory; an ultraviolet lamp of the LUV type and an infrared halogen lamp of the KG type; brooding umbrella for young animals; ovoscope for control of hatching eggs. Domestic quail has lost the incubation instinct, so an incubator is also needed. To hatch quails, you can successfully use chickens of dwarf breeds or domestic pigeons, but the incubator is more reliable. If only two or three chickens are needed, then it is easier to buy them on the ad, and not try to hatch in an incubator. This is due to the fact that 3-5 hatched chicks are very difficult to grow. Quails feel calmer when there are a lot of them. If there are several chicks, then they will squeak all the time, and it will be difficult to protect them from stress and death.

In order for pets to regularly rush and feel good, certain conditions for keeping quails must be observed. This is, first of all, the temperature and light conditions, as well as feeding a balanced diet with a high protein content. The rest of the quail is a rather unpretentious bird. The room in which cages for quails are installed can be with or without windows (windows are undoubtedly better) but with good ventilation, providing fresh air (at least 1.5 m³ / h per 1 kg of live weight of birds in cold weather). time and 5 m/h in warm weather). Such air exchange is simply necessary for the intensive metabolism of quails. But at the same time, there should be no drafts in the room where quails are kept, quails are especially sensitive to them, one of the first signs of the presence of drafts is the loss of feathers in birds. Quails become almost naked, egg production decreases and mortality increases. The optimum temperature for good egg-laying is 19-20 C, fluctuations from 18 ° to 25 ° C are acceptable. At temperatures below 16 ° C, the female may stop laying eggs. Birds painfully tolerate temperature changes, drafts and cold, they can die from crowding. But nevertheless, cases of keeping quails in unheated rooms in winter at a temperature in the cage zone in the range of 5-12 C are described, and at the same time the quails continue to rush. The length of daylight hours is an important factor in good egg production and viability of quails, and at the same time on lighting the room, but excessive lighting is harmful - in bright light, the bird becomes overexcited and pecking is provoked. It is enough to use incandescent lamps of 40-50 W or fluorescent lamps (LDC-40) for lighting in the cell area. To obtain a breeding egg, the light must be on for 17 hours, the regime must be observed - the lighting will turn on and off at the same time, this rule applies to all other activities - feeding, collecting eggs, etc. Humidity in a room where adult quails are kept should not be lower than 55%. Lower humidity for a long time leads to a decrease in appetite and, accordingly, a decrease in egg production, plumage becomes brittle, quails become disheveled. In this case, it is necessary to humidify the air, pour water on the floor and place containers with water for evaporation. More often, low humidity occurs in summer or in heavily heated rooms. It is also undesirable to increase the humidity above 75%. The optimum humidity is 60-70% for quails of any age.

4. Feeding technology

Proper feeding of quails- the most important task of the poultry farmer. The vast majority of quail health disorders are due to improper feeding.

Quails can consume a wide variety of food. The main condition is that the feed be fresh, not moldy, without harmful impurities - salt and other chemicals. Dry food can be poured into the feeder with a margin.

Any wet food should not be left in the feeders for more than two hours, otherwise it will start to turn sour and may poison the birds. In addition, wet food should be mixed with some kind of cereal for greater crumbliness. Sticky, liquid, viscous food clogs the birds' beaks, nostrils, and stains the feather.

The most suitable quail feed is compound feed for laying hens. Broiler feed is somewhat worse, although it is also suitable. Chicken feed consumption is about 1 kg per quail per month.

Home-made most acceptable food for quails is a mixture of various crushed cereals (barley, oatmeal, semolina, rice chips, etc.), ground white bread crackers (black bread can also be used in small quantities) with the addition of protein products and vitamins.

The protein portion of the feed should make up about one-fifth of the diet. It can be boiled meat or meat and bone meal, boiled fish or fish meal, boiled eggs or egg powder, cottage cheese or powdered milk. Excellent protein supplements can serve as food for fish - maggot (fly larvae), dried hamarus, etc.

Quail feedingv.As vitamin supplements, you can use ready-made mixtures for quails or laying hens. They are sold in pet stores and feed stores. The dosage is indicated on the package. If it is not possible to buy special vitamins for birds, buy multivitamins at a regular pharmacy (Kvadevit is best, Gendevit or Undevit is also suitable), crush them and mix with food. A day for ten birds requires 1 vitamin pill.

Even if you regularly use a multivitamin, it is useful to add vitamin D to the feed from time to time. The daily requirement of a quail for vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) is 3000 IU. Remember that vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) acts on the body of a bird 30-40 times stronger than D2, respectively, the daily requirement of one quail for vitamin D3-100 ME.

In addition to vitamin supplements, quail must receive minerals. To do this, make a small separate feeder. It should always contain crushed eggshells.

In addition to the shell, you can use ground shells of sea, river or land mollusks, school chalk (special fodder chalk is even better). It is useful to add fine (2-3 mm in size) clean gravel here.

In cases where the quail lives with parrots and other ornamental birds, it willingly pecks at their grain mixture. It is important to ensure that this mixture does not include unpeeled oats. Peeling off unpeeled oats by quails can lead to disruption of the stomach and cause the death of the bird. The best supplement is red millet.

Quails eat greens with pleasure - wood lice, finely chopped gout, germinated oats, etc. Very fond of grated carrots, ripe apples. However, you should not feed too many vegetables and fruits to quails, otherwise they will give small eggs or stop laying altogether.

All quail nutrition components must be carefully balanced, only in this case the bird will be cheerful and healthy!

Feeding quails is better 3 or 4 times a day at the same time, distributing the feeding time evenly throughout the daylight hours.

Adult female quails need to get 21-25% crude protein in their feed. You should monitor the amount of protein almost daily. The lack or excess of protein is immediately displayed on the number and weight of eggs laid. With a lack of protein, females rarely rush, laid eggs are small, pecking often occurs. With an excess of protein in the feed, these birds often lay two-yolk eggs that are not suitable for incubation.

A long-term violation of protein metabolism is harmful to the health of quails. Conventional poultry feeds tend to be deficient in protein. Therefore, to a complete poultry feed, for example, PC-1, you should add 2 g of a protein source (cottage cheese, fish, minced meat, etc.) per day per bird. If you do not have compound feed, add 12 grams of protein feed per day for each adult female (Japanese breed) to the crushed grain mixture. For females who stop laying eggs due to age, the amount of protein in the diet is reduced. The need for protein in domestic, egg-laying breeds is higher than that of ordinary wild quails kept in captivity.

Vitamin feed for quails should be given in quantities that do not limit the needs of this type of bird.

The largest portion of food (? 40%), especially grain, is given to quails in the evening. Grain feed is digested more slowly than others by the bird, so the quail will not get very hungry overnight.

It is not recommended to overfeed laying hens; for better egg production, birds should experience slight hunger and peck food with appetite. However, some quail breeders argue that birds should always have food. Over-caring for your pets can cause the bird to become lethargic and possibly fat. Egg production, with this method of feeding, is somewhat reduced, feed consumption is overestimated. However, in large farms, quails, when properly maintained and cared for, are often fed from bunker feeders. Combined feed is poured into the bunker feeders, based on the daily intake.

The quality of feeding can be judged by the strength of the eggshell and the condition of the bird droppings. Normally, the litter is of a dense consistency, dark in color with a white coating of uric acid. Liquid litter of a dark green color or with blood inclusions indicates a bird's disease or salt poisoning. Yellow is a sign of excess carbohydrate, and black is probably from excess protein. In diarrhea it is useful to give oatmeal or rice water instead of water.

Fattening of quails for meat, usually males and culled females from 30 days of age, as well as adult birds after using them to obtain eggs and specially grown batches of young animals (with industrial keeping of quails). To do this, they are placed in cages with solid walls installed in a dark place, feeders and drinkers are placed outside the cages. The bird gets food and water through narrow longitudinal slots in the front and rear walls of the cage.

The cage for 35 quails has a width of 760 mm, a height of 35 mm. Cells can be arranged in 5-6 tiers. Feed the bird in the same way as an adult. You can increase the content of feed fat and corn in the diet. Quail fattening gives good results with a diet: 80% feed for broilers + 20% boiled peas. It is impossible to transfer quails sharply to a fattening diet, they can get sick and even die. It is necessary to replace one diet with another within 3-4 days, for example, on the first day, give 60-50% of the old feed, replace the rest of the required feed with a new one, and thus gradually replace the old feed with a new one.

5. Fattening quails for meat

Quail fattening for meat lasts 3-4 weeks. Females and males are kept separately in different cages. In well-fed quails, a layer of subcutaneous fat is visible on the chest, while the average weight of 2-month-old egg quails is 110-130 g, meat quails are 160-200 g.

After that, intermittent lighting is used for females: 1 hour of light, 2 hours of darkness, the light is not bright; for males, daylight hours should be reduced to 8 hours, and the light should not be bright. At this time, the amount of feed per day is also increased, if usually 2.8-3 g of feed is consumed per day for quail feed, then this amount is increased during fattening.

They also take quail for fattening at the first culling. Usually these are quails with weak or twisted limbs and other defects. Such quails are kept separately, the limbs are preliminarily tied with simple threads. After 5 days, the threads are cut, the limbs are released, otherwise the threads will grow into the legs, which will cause pain and loss of appetite. Since the quail are weak, the first day they are watered and hand-fed until they get stronger. They are fed with mashed hard-boiled eggs, as well as cottage cheese, curdled milk, and sifted mixed fodder.

After a week, all surviving and strengthened quails are transplanted into a darkened cage with individual compartments (limiting bird movements), which allows them to be fattened from 22 to 25 days (the carcass reaches 80-100 g, the meat of such a quail is juicy and tender). Another feeding option. Quails are grown up to 45 days, then planted for 10 days in the appropriate cage for fattening (the carcass reaches 180-200 g). Quails are allocated to such a group during the second culling, when they are divided by sex, in the presence of extra males.

For fattening quails for meat, five-tiered cell batteries of the Victoria company were brought to some of our farms from Italy. In each cell of such a battery, 200-250 quails of the same age are placed. The cages are made of metal rods coated with thin layers of perchlorovinyl. Batteries are installed in a darkened room. Feeders and drinkers are located on the outer sides of each cage.

Fattening quails for meat 3 times a day ad libitum. In the morning and in the evening they give a grain mixture (corn, millet) with the addition of 5% fodder fat. During the day, feed mixture for adult quails is used. The composition of the diet is shown in table 10.

According to B. Domanskaya (1973), good results in fattening are obtained by using 20% ​​steamed peas mixed with feed for broilers. In Japan, when fattening young males and females after oviposition, only grain feed is given for two to three weeks. This method is very simple and convenient.

Adult quails are transferred to fattening quails for meat at the age of 9-10 months and when the egg production of females decreases to 50%. In this case, the females are separated from the males, but they are placed in the same room in different cages. The duration of daylight hours is reduced to 10 hours per day, the intensity of lighting is reduced. It is necessary to constantly monitor that there are no drafts in the room and that the temperature is maintained at 20-22 ° C.

When feeding quails of any age, you can not immediately change the food. An abrupt transition from one feed mixture to another can lead to diseases and even death of the bird. Therefore, quails are transferred to a diet intended for fattening for three to four days.

The most effective fattening of quails is carried out on feed mixtures with an energy-protein ratio of 150 or more. To increase the calorie content of the feed, 3-5% feed fat (phosphatides, technical fat or fuse) is introduced into the diet.

6. Meat processing

Quail meat contains 25-27% dry matter, 21-22% protein, 2.5-4.0% fat. In the carcass of protein - 18.3, in the fillet - 23.4 percent. In addition, the mass fraction of fillet in the carcass is 37% with a fat content of less than 10%, which characterizes it as a dietary product. According to the chemical composition and taste, quail meat is classified as a dietary product. It contains more vitamins A, B 1, B 2, trace elements (iron, potassium, cobalt, copper) than chicken, pork or beef.

Quail meat is produced in a chilled, frozen, deep-frozen state in the following assortment: carcass, breast, leg, breast fillet.

Quail meat is less represented in the retail trade network and is mainly concentrated in the catering system, which largely explains the extremely low current demand for broiler carcasses. The fact is that broiler carcasses weighing 250-300 g are too large for one serving, so restaurants prefer to buy specially fattened poultry (mainly males) of egg breeds with a carcass weight of 100-120 g.

Quail meat has the most favorable ratio of essential amino acids (lysine, cystine, methionine, tyrosine). Tyrosine is known to contribute to the formation of pigment, which determines healthy skin color. The carbohydrate-containing ovomucoid protein found in quail meat is able to suppress allergic reactions; on its basis, an ovomoid extract is made to treat allergies. Quail meat has a high content of lysozyme, which prevents the development of undesirable microflora in it, and therefore the meat has the ability to maintain freshness for a long time.

Especially valuable is the effect of quail meat on the reproductive functions of the body and potency. Quail meat is advised to be eaten for diseases such as bronchial asthma, chronic pneumonia, tuberculosis, diabetes, stomach ulcers, heart disease, liver, kidney disease. It is also believed to improve tone and strengthen bones. Quail meat is recommended for people exposed to radiation.

Quail meat is so tasty that children eat it boiled with pleasure, without any spices, frying and other culinary tricks. Plus, it's very quick to prepare.

A well-balanced diet is an essential part of a healthy lifestyle. People now and then try to provide themselves and their families with the necessary level of nutrients, so they use various mineral complexes, nutritional supplements and vitamins.

But since man is a part of nature, then the recipes for health must be sought precisely in its storerooms. One of such products, unique in their nutritional value, is quail meat and eggs, which can easily replenish and maintain the necessary level of nutrients in the body.

Dishes from quail meat were used in Eastern medicine in ancient times, often even the divine pharaohs did not disdain to taste earthly miraculous quail eggs and meat.

According to many medical experts, the use of quail meat can give a positive effect in the treatment of kidneys, stomach, heart, liver and lungs. And, in general, this product is very useful for the body: it strengthens bones, improves tone, and in some cases even heals chronic diseases. Therefore, some elite health resorts buy quail meat in bulk.

Even in spite of its small size, one quail carcass and its eggs are very high in calories and nutritious, and in terms of dietary quality and taste they significantly surpass rabbit and chicken meat.

The Internet or in special kitchen books are full of recipes for cooking quails. Here, for example, you can try fried quail. To do this, wash fresh quail meat, salt and fry it in a deep frying pan. Further, without removing the lid, you need to put them in the oven, where, on low heat, healthy and tasty meat will be ready in 40-50 minutes. But in order to get a real masterpiece, do not forget to periodically water it with the resulting juice. The finished dish can be decorated with herbs, a side dish and, of course, hard-boiled quail eggs.

In addition to the main course, with the help of quail meat, you can also prepare a salad - "Russian Forest". To do this, cut the fillet, peeled apple, boiled potatoes and pickled or fresh cucumbers into thin slices. Don't forget the hard-boiled quail eggs. Mix all this and season with sour cream or mayonnaise. Add salt, lemon juice, or vinegar to taste, and finish with a little powdered sugar. For greater brightness around the circumference, stick sprigs of parsley or dill.

7. Egg processing

The key to a healthy lifestyle of a modern person is proper nutrition. Unfortunately, not all foods can provide the body with the necessary amount of nutrients. People make up for this deficiency with various vitamin and mineral complexes, dietary supplements and other drugs, spending huge money on them. Quail eggs are a natural product unique in its nutritional value.

Despite their small size, they are not inferior to chicken ones in terms of the content of vitamins and other useful substances, and even surpass them in some indicators. This dietary product has antibacterial, immunomodulatory, antitumor properties, normalizes the activity of the gastrointestinal tract, cardiovascular and other systems. Quail eggs are a concentrated biological set of substances necessary for a person. It is a pantry of nutrients and therapeutic agents. Compared to a chicken egg, one gram of a quail egg contains more vitamins: A - 2.5 times, B 1 - 2.8 and B 2 - 2.2 times. In five quail eggs, equal in mass to one chicken, the level of phosphorus and potassium is 5 times higher, and iron is 4.5 times higher. Much more copper, cobalt, limiting and other amino acids in quail eggs. In terms of the content of such essential amino acids as tyrosine, threonine, lysine, glycine and histidine, quail eggs are superior to chicken ones. Tyrazine is known to play a significant role in metabolism and contributes to the formation of pigment, which determines healthy skin color. Therefore, in the European perfume industry, quail egg components are included in many expensive brands of creams and shampoos, connoisseurs of natural cosmetics see the secrets of rejuvenation in quail eggs and do not get tired of exchanging recipes for cosmetic masks.

Quail eggs are characterized by a high content of lysozyme, and this substance replenishes its endogenous supply, normalizes the microflora. Along with this, lysozyme prevents the development of unwanted microflora in the eggs, and they retain their freshness for a long time in room conditions.

Quail eggs are used in the bioindustry. This is due to the fact that the body of quails is resistant to leukemia-sarcomatous diseases. The presence of biologically active substances in eggs allows you to fearlessly consume them in their raw form, which is very important in terms of preserving many nutrients in them that can be destroyed during product processing.

The resistance of quails to infectious diseases allows them to be kept without resorting to vaccination, and this eliminates the accumulation of medicinal substances in the body and eggs. The combination of a complex of biologically active substances with high dietary qualities makes it possible to use quail eggs in medical practice.

The effectiveness of the use of quail eggs in the diet of patients was known in ancient times. Quail eggs are widely used in Japan in baby food. They have a positive effect on stunted children. The Japanese especially appreciate the ability of quail eggs to positively influence the reproductive functions of the body, including potency. It is advisable to include raw quail eggs in the diet of sick and debilitated children.

On the basis of the Clinic of Children's Diseases of the Moscow Medical Institute and in other medical institutions, quail eggs were tested in combination with drugs for patients with bronchial asthma, chronic pneumonia, and tuberculosis. Positive results have been obtained. There was also an improvement in appetite in children, weight gain and normalization of hemoglobin and red blood cells in the blood. quail egg meat processing

Quail shell is the most valuable. Medical studies have shown that the shell of quail eggs, consisting of 90% calcium carbonate (calcium carbonate), is easily absorbed by the body. It contains all the trace elements necessary for the body: copper, fluorine, iron, manganese, molybdenum, phosphorus, sulfur, zinc, silicon and others - a total of 27 elements! Especially important is the significant content of silicon and molybdenum in it - our daily food is extremely poor in these elements, but they are absolutely necessary for the normal course of biochemical reactions in the body.

The introduction of crushed quail egg shells into food showed its high therapeutic activity and the absence of any side effects, including bacterial infection. Taking eggshells, you can not be afraid that excess calcium will be deposited on the bones and joints, not be afraid of urolithiasis. If there is no need for calcium, it is ideally excreted from the body.

The shell of quail eggs is especially useful for young children, starting from the age of one, in their body the processes of bone tissue formation are most intensive and require an uninterrupted supply of calcium. The shell included in baby food is extremely beneficial for rickets and anemia that develops in parallel with rickets.

Accelerated healing was observed in orthopedic diseases such as congenital dislocation of the hip, osteoporosis (softening of the bones).

In both children and adults, the use of shell therapy has a positive effect on brittle nails and hair, bleeding from the gums, constipation, irritability, insomnia, hay fever, asthma, and urticaria. Eggshells are an excellent means for removing radionuclides from the body, preventing the accumulation of Strontium-90 in the bone marrow.

Conclusion

The offer of quail eggs and meat in Russia is represented by all categories of agricultural producers, including large poultry farms, farmers and households. Despite the large number of players, quail breeding is characterized by a high concentration of production, both on a regional basis and in terms of the total share of leading companies. Although today the export of quail products is carried out in small volumes, given the high potential of the industry, as the domestic market is saturated, domestic producers have good prospects for entering international markets.

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