Key techniques for efficient breeding of quail with less investment and quick effect

Raising quail has the advantages of low investment and quick effect, but it is necessary to pay attention to scientific feeding method.

Quail breeding

(1) Building cages:

Quails are raised in cages for better results. Can use bamboo and wood structure building, cage length 80cm, wide 50cm, high 30cm, set up layered breeding. The cage is located in a quiet, ventilated, sunny, well-lit and warm room, pay attention to adjust the temperature, keep warm in winter and cool in summer, and strictly control the entry and exit of livestock and poultry (dogs, cats, chickens, etc.) or man-made harassment. The feeding density is calculated according to the single floor of the cage, it can raise about 100 to 150 young quails or about 60 adult quails per square meter. Quail cages need batching troughs and drinking fountains; lighting equipment must be installed and there must be light at night to improve the laying rate of quails.

Second, prepare the feed:

Quail feed should use food with less fiber and rich nutrition as far as possible, and the variety should be diversified. To maintain a certain amount of protein, palatability is good, can not be changed at will, in order to prevent diet, affecting the yield. General feed formula: corn 50%, bean cake 8%, rapeseed cake 3.7%, wheat bran 29%, fish meal 6%, crude bran 1.5%, bone meal 1.5%, salt 0.3%, add some multivitamins, antibiotics, trace elements and so on.

Third, daily management and protection:

① should sweep the cage frequently, remove feces (once a day, at least once every two days), prevent moisture and pollution, wash the trough frequently and keep it dry and hygienic. Quails at the age of 4 days of ② showed the wild nature of escape, so be careful in feeding and feeding, to prevent feed from being splashed and drinking water from getting wet and fluffy. ③ quails can be caged for 40 days to adapt to the environment when laying eggs, keep good ventilation in summer, prevent heat and cool down, and keep a stove in winter and the temperature is kept above 16 ℃. There should be sufficient light during the laying period of ④, and the additional light can be added for about 4 hours after dark. Quail eggs usually end at 2: 00 p.m. and 6: 00 p.m. Always pick up eggs to prevent trampling and pecking. ⑤ should frequently check and adjust indoor temperature, humidity, ventilation, light, and prevent all kinds of stress, pecking, rodent, animal and gas poisoning. ⑥ regularly weighed the quail and checked the feather growth, and made a good record.

(4) breeding and breeding:

Male and female quails are mated from March to May in spring and from September to November in autumn. Generally, one male quail copulates one female quail a day. Excessive mating will affect the fertilization rate of breeding eggs. When mating, put the male quail into the cage of the female quail, mate on its own, and then catch the male quail.

Quail brooding

Fifth, grasp the pass of rearing young children:

Quail eggs hatch in only 17 days. The nestling quail just out of shell has poor adaptability to the environment, so we should pay attention to heat preservation. The cage temperature was kept at 35-38 ℃ for 1-2 days after shelling, so as to accelerate the intraabdominal absorption of egg yolk and recover the umbilical cord well. After that, drop 0.5 ℃ a day until about 25 ℃, keep the temperature constant, and feed the quail at the right time. One day after shelling, feed some steamed egg yolk and chopped corn. A week later, the rats were fed with mixed feed 5 times 6 times a day (including 2 times at night). The feed should be wet, squeezed into a ball with your hands and loose, and should be fed with cold boiled water frequently. It usually takes 50 days to mature and begins to lay eggs.

6. Forced molting:

If the second laying period is used, molting should be forced. The method of implementation: stop feeding for 4-7 days in the dark, forcing the laying quails to stop production quickly, then shedding their feathers, and then gradually feeding to make the quails quickly resume egg production. It takes 20 days from the suspension of feeding to the resumption of production. Sick and weak individuals must be eliminated and drinking water should not be interrupted.

7. Disease prevention and treatment:

① gastroenteritis. Diarrhea, weakness and coma caused by mildew and rotten feed or improper feeding can be mixed with charcoal powder in the feed for 3 days, stop for 2 days, and then be fed once or twice, or mixed with oxytetracycline in the feed for 5 days. Sulfamethazol or sulfamethazine can also be mixed into the feed and fed twice a day for 5 or 6 days.

② white dysentery. No food, white stench and thin feces caused by salmonella, etc., can be fed with oxytetracycline for 6 days, or sulfadiazine is mixed with 0.5% of the feed for 3 days, stop for 2 days and then feed for 3 days.

③ with prolapse of anus and dystocia. Caused by premature birth or malnutrition during laying. Prevention and treatment methods: keep the feed nutrition comprehensive, prevent female quails from being overfed and fallopian tube diseases. When it is difficult to give birth, gently press on the abdomen to help it lay eggs. When prolapse of the anus, rinse the anus and rectum with 0.1% potassium permanganate solution, then gently return it to the body.