Breeding methods of quail

Quails breed naturally from May to July. Males and females do not form a fixed mating relationship, but a mating system in which males occupy the area and begin courtship soon after they arrive at the breeding ground. Males are very aggressive in the breeding season and can reproduce in the four seasons in artificial breeding. Let's take a look at the breeding methods of quails.

Improved variety selection

A good quail should have moderate eyes, a slender neck, a small round head, shiny feathers, full muscles and a kind look. Don't choose close relatives. The breeding standard of female quail is that the abdominal volume is large, the weight is 130g to 150g, and the egg laying ability is not strong when the weight is more than 170g. The specific laying standard is that according to the egg production of female quails for 3 months, it is better to lay more than 250 eggs a year. Male quails can be selected after 50 days of hatching, requiring loud singing, slightly long and continuous sound, strong chest and wide body, full extension of quail claws, weight 120-130 grams, anal crimson bulge, such as hand pressure with white foam, indicating oestrus and capable of mating.

Timely breeding

The mating age of female quails is from 3 months to 1 year, and the best age of male quails is 4 ~ 6 months old. But in practice, male and female quails at the age of 50 and 60 began to mate and reproduce, and the breeding period was one year, which was changed year by year. Quails have the highest sexual desire in the morning and evening, the highest fertilization after mating, and the best mating after the first feeding in the morning. If you are sure of artificial hatching, quails can mate and breed all the year round.

Egg laying management

During egg laying, light is very important. According to the experiment, increasing light at night can increase the laying rate by 25%. Therefore, it is necessary to hang a 60-watt lamp and replenish the light for about 4 hours in order to achieve 16 hours of light every day. The rest of the time was changed to 4 watts of electric lighting.

Incubation technology

There are two kinds of quail hatching: natural hatching and artificial hatching. natural hatching can choose female chickens and female pigeons instead of hatching. artificial hatching is the use of chicken incubator to hatch selected quail eggs. The hatching temperature is slightly higher than the hatching temperature of chicks, which is usually 20-23 ℃ at room temperature, and the relative humidity should be about 65%. In the first two days before hatching, the humidity increases to more than 80%, and it is often ventilated. When the embryo is about to be broken and hatched, the eggs are rotated at an angle of 90 degrees every 2 to 3 hours to help the embryo move. The hatching period of breeding eggs is 17 days, and the chicks begin to feed and drink water 12 hours after they come out of their shells, no more than 24 hours at the latest.