Quails are little ordinary-looking birdies which meat amazingly tasty, and small spotty eggs is the most useful than the existing eggs. Besides, eggs of quails are hypoallergenic. They are used by people with intolerance of egg white and small children. It is not difficult to contain and breed little birdies, it is necessary to arrange them conditions only correctly. Quails are unpretentious, quickly ripen and give eggs every day. Thanks to it they are popular among poultry breeders. Their contents will be mastered even by the beginning farmer. And in reply they will supply you with tasty and expensive eggs and useful meat.
Instruction
1. As the room for quails not only the special shed can serve. It can be the warmed balcony, the excess room, a corner in the private house. Temperature indoors has to be maintained in range 16-22C always, and the humidity is not less than 60%. The room has to be in the quiet place that neither bark of a dog, nor crying of the child frightened birds. Quails are very subject to a stress. They lower a yaytsenoskost at constant noise. Also there should not be a lot of light. Dim light can shine within 14 hours. It it will be enough.
2. As a cage for 20 birds the galvanized grid welded on a framework with a size of bottom 40*50 can serve. Height of a cage will be about 40 cm. On a bottom of a cage place a pallet with paper, will move away him so easier. Do not throw out a dung of birds - it is excellent fertilizer for window plants. If to clean after quails daily, then no unpleasant smell will exist. Suspend a deep feeding trough from the outer side. So birds will not scatter sterns. For bathing it is possible to fill sand in a cage.
3. Their yaytsenoskost depends on a forage of quails. Therefore you do not stint a qualitative forage, especially these birds eat a little – only 30 grams a day. Often forages consist of a zernosmesa – the ground millet, corn, wheat and barley. Also it is possible to add small pieces of stale bread to a forage. This mix needs to be filled in with water and to give in the form of porridge. Periodically it is possible to add cottage cheese, a kislomolochka or fish to porridge. Quails eat with pleasure also the vegetables grated. In the summer of birds it is necessary to treat with greens - a clover, a nettle, a vegetable tops of vegetable. Chalk, shells and an egg shell it will be useful to a bird's organism. Do not forget to give to drink to birds. For this purpose get special drinking bowls for birds. The main thing that water was constantly.
4. If you want to support birds only for eggs, then existence of a male is not obligatory. Quails quickly mature, they begin to rush at the age of 40-50 days. They will please you with eggs the whole year without interruption, regardless summer or winter on the street. For cultivation of quails you need a male. He will cover 5-6 females. For removal of chickens get an incubator. If you want quails to hatch out eggs, then you should suit for them convenient and comfortable nests. The bottom of a nest has to be soft that the female did not crush egg.