In Japan and China the quails are considered as a symbol of wealth and longevity. In Russia these birds are bred because of curative properties which allocated their eggs. Moreover, quail eggs are the real dietary delicacy pushing people on cultivation of these birds in house conditions.
Instruction
1. Quails are the most tiny and early agricultural birds belonging to family fazanovy and to group chicken. Simplicity in care for them allows people to support these birds both in villages, and in the cities. If competently to look after quails, then one female in a year will bring up to 300 eggs.
2. Quails lay eggs almost every day, but for maintenance of such high yaytsenoskost it is necessary to satisfy a number of conditions: it is necessary to observe the optimum temperature and light modes and also to feed birds only with the balanced food which part the protein surely has to be. But in general cultivation and keeping of quails will not involve huge costs and will not take away a lot of time.
3. Quails are supported in specially made cages which one wall has to be made of a grid. Keeping of these birds in house conditions demands from the person of observance of certain rules. First, once a day quails need to change the diaper spread under the bottom of their cage. Secondly, adult birds need to be fed 2-3 times a day. Thirdly, it is necessary to watch carefully a condition of water in their drinking bowl: it has to be present there always and to be clean.
4. These birds contain at a certain temperature condition: air needs to be warmed up to +20os. Illumination of their cage has to be not less than 14 hours a day, however it is worth meaning that this bird species does not love too bright light. It is necessary to feed birds with damp or dry compound feed with addition in it two times in a week of a boiled liver. in houseconditionsThe breed of the Japanese quails best of all will be suitable for the maintenance of and for cultivation. It is the most popular breed of these birds divorced throughout already several generations.
5. Keeping of quails in house conditions is complicated by the fact that females quite seldom hatch eggs in bondage. For this reason it is necessary to get an incubator for baby birds. Usually by means of an incubator quail eggs sit for a long time about 17 days. The young growth which reached age of 1 month is transplanted in cages for cultivation, dividing them by gender.
6. As the majority of quail breeds – myasoyaichny, fatten usually young quails males on meat (if there are excess individuals), and leave quails females for the purpose of receiving new batch of delicious dietary eggs. Without any doubt, the benefit of contents and cultivation of quails in house conditions is obvious: one adult female eats only 25 g of a forage a day.