How to feed quail

Feeding quail is not difficult. This bird is easy eater. My uncle just feed them with mixture of rice and bran. He was success to raise a group of  quail that contain one cock and three hen. If you want to raise quail, you should think about quail feed. It needs enough nutrition for its growth. 

A quail can eat 14-18 gram feed a day. You can feed them with Turkey starter, game bird starter or other starter. For the layer, you should provide calcium rich food like lime stone and grit. Calcium is very essential for layer because the hen lay egg which is contained calcium. The hen throws much calcium everyday.

You can buy the quail feed at poultry shop or pet shop. Alternatively, you can buy through online. There are so many website that provides it.

There are some steps to feed your quail:

1. Provide feeder and waterer. Both tools should be clean. Clean it permanently. Do not let the moss make your waterer green.

2. Put the quail food at the feeder only half full so the quail cannot spoil the food.  The spoil feed make the pen dirty and stinky.The dirty pen can invite the fowl diseases.

3. Put some water to waterer. You can add vitamin or supplement.
4. You can feed the quail twice a day: morning and afternoon.

Notice:
Buy the good quality food for your quail.
Storage the food at dry place.

How to sex quail

Unlike domestic fowl, quail is very different. It has no clear sexual dimorphism sign. That is why common people are difficult to sex a quail. Sexing the chick is more difficult than the mature quail.

Sexing is important for quail breeder because it can fail the breeder. Some breeder cannot breed the quail because they cannot sex the quail.

There are some guidance to sex the bird. Here the sign:
1. The hen is bigger than the cock.
2. Sometimes the cock squawk "Ko-turn-neex". The hen sound is not loud as the cock
3. There is a"ball" or glandular inside cloaca quail.You can see by opening the cloaca gently. 
4. The color of the cock is more beautiful than the female. The throat and breast color of mature cock is cinnamon or rusty brown. Off course, we cannot sex if the cock is albino.
5. The cock is actively move but the hen is calm.

How to raise quail for meat

In six week rising, we can slaughter the quail. This bird provides delicious and fully nutrient meat fast. I think it is good for backyard pet. You can make money through this activity. Sell the quail meat to neighbors, store or you can sell it through Amazon or eBay.

Raise the bird is not difficult too. The bird is strong and immune from some fowl diseases.

1. Provide pen the brooder cage for the quail chick. You can buy the day old quail in eBay. Provide light for the quail too. 

2. If you cannot buy baby quail, you can hatch it. Buy the incubator machine and the fertile eggs. The hatch process takes 15-17 days. Let the chick stay for one day in the incubator.

3. Feed them with starter quail food (0-4 weeks). Then feed them with grower quail food (4-6 weeks)

4 Clean the cage periodically. Disinfectant the pen if necessary.

Notices:
1. Choose the right breed. Japanese quail can grow fast in six week; meanwhile the Bob white need eight week.
2. The light should be hot enough so the quail can growth. The lack of heat can bar the quail growth.
3. Separates the sick chick from other chick.

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