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Quail Farming

Before discussing more about commercial quail farming business, let me first explain ‘what is quail farming?’ Actually the term ‘quail farming’ means, raising quails commercially (like other poultry birds) for the purpose of profitable eggs and meat production. As far as we have experienced, quail farming business is very easy, lucrative and entertaining. It’s very easy to maintain a quail farm, because quails are among the smallest species of poultry birds. The Japanese scientists first tamed the wild quails and revealed the ways to raise them as domestic birds.
Commercial quail farming in Japan has spread tremendously. Now, people throughout the world performing quail farming business commercially for the purpose of meat and egg production. Quail farming is very profitable like other farming ventures, such as chicken, turkey or duck farming business. Almost all types of weather conditions are suitable for starting quail farming business. Meat and eggs of quail are very tasty and nutritious. Quail eggs are very nutritious than other poultry eggs. Because quail eggs contain comparatively more protein, phosphorus, iron, vitamin A, B1 and B2. Quail farming can play a vital role to meet up the demand of food and nutrition. Quail farming business require small capital and labor. Quails can be raised along with your other poultry birds for meat or eggs production. Characteristics of Quail

• Quails are very small sized bird.
• An adult quail weights between 150 to 200 grams and an egg weights around 7 to 15 grams.
• Female quails start laying eggs within their 6 to 7 weeks of age and continuously lay one egg daily.
• They lay about 300 eggs in their first year of life. After that they produce about 150 to 175 eggs in second year. Eggs production gradually decrease after their first year of laying period.
• Quail egg is very suitable for human health. It contains 2.47 % less fat than chicken egg. Many people believe that ‘quail eggs help to prevent blood pressure, diabetic, pant etc’.
• Quail meat is very tasty and nutritious. Fat is very low in their meat. So quail meat is very suitable for blood pressure patients.
• Eggs are very beautiful with multiple color.
• Quails do not incubate their eggs. So you have to use an incubator or brooder chickens for hatching their eggs.

Benefits of Quail Farming
Quails are smaller sized poultry birds, and it’s very easy to handle them. The main benefits of starting quail farming business are listed below.

• Quails are smaller sized bird, so they can be raised within small place.
• Feeding cost of quails are comparatively lower than chickens or other poultry birds.
• Diseases are less in quails, and they are very hardy.
• Quails grow very fast and gain maturity faster than any other poultry birds.
• They start laying eggs within their 6 to 7 weeks of age.
• It takes about 16 to 18 days to hatch their eggs.
• Meat and eggs of quail are very tasty, delicious and nutritious. So it’s a great source of food and nutrition.
• Quail farming needs small capital, and labor cost is very low.
• Quails can be raised successfully in commercial method. Some people have already started commercial quail farming business.
• Quails are very strong bird and diseases or other health problems are less. So risks are less in this business.
• Quail meat contain less fat. So, it is suitable for high blood pressure patients.
• Their food to meat or eggs converting efficiency is satisfactory. They can produce one kg meat or eggs by consuming three kg food.
• You can raise 6 to 7 quails in the same place that is required for one chicken.
• As the quail eggs are smaller in size, so the price is also lower than other bird’s egg. As a result, all types of people can buy quail eggs and you can easily sell the eggs.
• As the primary costs are less, so you can start this business with a very little investment.
• You can raise about 6 to 8 quails within 0.91 squire meter area.
• As it is a lucrative business venture, so commercial quail farming business can be a great source of income and employment for the unemployed educated people. Even, you can start raising a few quails along with your current profession.

Life Cycle of Quails
Quail generally survive for 3 to 4 years. An adult quail weights between 150 to 200 grams. Female quails start laying eggs from their 6 to 7 weeks of age. Each egg weights between 7 to 15 grams. They lay more than 300 eggs per year. Their eggs are very beautiful. Presence of light increase the egg productive efficiency of quails. They usually lay eggs at afternoon. It takes about 17 days to hatch their eggs. A newly born quail chick weights around 6 to 7 grams. Quail never incubate their eggs. For successful breeding purpose keep one male quail with every five female quails. Quail chicks become very sensitive and take about two weeks to be strong enough. Eggs of 9 to 11 grams weight with smooth and hard eggshell are perfect for hatching and producing chicks.

How to Start Quail Farming Business?
As quails are smaller sized poultry birds, so it’s very easy to establish a quail farm. Make a proper quail farming business plan before starting. And work according to the plan. A proper business plan should include breeds, housing, feeding, care and marketing strategies. Here we are shortly describing every steps.

Select Quail Breeds
At present there are 18 species of quails are available, which are very suitable for profitable quail farming business. Some of these breeds are famous for egg production and some are popular for meat production. According to their production, quail breeds are of two types such as broilers and layers. Here we have stated some popular broiler and layer quail breeds. Layer Quail Breeds

• Tuxedo
• Pharaoh
• British Range
• English White
• Manchurian Golden

Broiler Quail Breeds

• Bobwhite (American)
• White Breasted (Indian)

Housing
Housing is very important for quail farming. Follow the instructions mentioned below while making house or cages for your quails.

• Quail can be raised in both litter and cage systems. But quail farming in cage system is more suitable than raising them in deep litter system. In cage system, management is very easy and diseases or other problems are less.
• Make a proper ventilation system and ensure proper flow of air and light inside their house.
• You can raise 50 quails in a cage measuring 120 cm length, 60 cm wide and 25 cm height.
• Use wire net for making their cages.
• Measurement of the net would be 5 mm x 5 mm for adult quails.
• Plastic cages are most convenient for quail farming business.
• The house must have to be out of the reach of wild animals. Also prevent all types of predators.

Feeding
For keepinlthy, proper growing and highly productive, provide them balanced feed regularly. An adult quail consumes about 20 to 25 grams of food daily. Chick feed should contain 27%  and adult feed 22-24% of protein. A chart of balanced feed for quails is shown below.

Ingredients	Age
	0-3 Weeks	4-5 Weeks	Adug your quails healt
Broken Wheat	48	50	50
Sesame Cake	23	22	22
Kipper Fish	20	16	14
Rice Bran	6	8	9
Broken Oyster shell	2.25	3.25	4.25
Salt	0.50	0.50	0.50
Mineral Mix	0.25	0.25	0.25
Total (Percentage)	100	100	100

Egg Production
Presence of adequate light is highly recommended for desired egg production from your quails. You can provide artificial light and heat by using electric bulb or heater. You can use 40 to 100 watt bulb for this purpose. Demand of light and heat varies depending on the season. If you want successful breeding and want to hatch their eggs, then keep one male with every five female quails. For getting better egg production, select highly productive  breeds and always keep their house dry and clean. Egg production also depends on temperature, feeding , water, care and management. To get desired egg production from your quails, light play a vital role. Lightening period of laying quails is shown below through a chat.

Age	Temperature (o Celsius)	Light (Hour)
1 Week	35	24
2 Week	30	24
3 Week	25	12
4 Week	21-22	12
5 Week	21	12
6 Week	21	13
7 Week	21	14
8 Week	21	15
9 Week	21	16
Other Time	21	16

Raising Quail Chicks
Quails never incubate their eggs. So, you can produce chicks by hatching their eggs through chickens or artificially through using incubators. Incubation period for quail egg is about 16 to 18 days. For maximum egg production, 16 hours of lighting period is required daily inside the quail house. Keep newly born quail chicks in a brooder house. Chicks need artificial heat and temperature management system for 14 to 21 days from their birth. Quail chick become very sensitive. They can be raised in both litter and battery system. Keep in mind the following factors while raising quail chicks.

• Adequate temperature
• Sufficient light
• Proper air movement
• Density of quail chicks
• Supply of food and water
• Hygienic rearing rules

Provide the layer quail chick heat and light according to their age. Follow the chart shown below.

Baby Age	Temperature (o Celsius)	Light (Hour)
1 Week	37.7	24
2 Week	35	24
3 Week	32.2	12

Diseases
Diseases are less in quails, compared to other poultry birds. But you have to take good care and manage them properly, to keep them free from all types of diseases or illness. Good care and management is a must for profitable quail farming business. Generally they are not provided any disease preventive vaccines. Quail chicks can’t tolerate weather change, and sudden temperature change. So they get affected by disease, if they experience sudden temperature or weather changes. Be very careful during this period. Following diseases are very harmful for the quails.

• Coccidiosis: If the quails get affected by coccidiosis disease, serve them coaxial 20 by mixing with water (two grams per litter) for three days. Otherwise feed this according to the advice of a veterinarian.
• Ulcerative Enteritis: Mix one gram streptomycin with one litter water and serve it to the quails for three days. This will stop ulcerative enteritis disease.

Hygienic Quail Farming Tips
To keep your quails healthy and productive, follow the hygienic quail farming method which are mentioned below.

• Always try to keep their house dry and clean.
• Ensure proper movement of light and air inside their house.
• Keep different aged quails separated from each other.
• Separate the disease affected quails from the healthy one.
• Burn the dead bird or put under soil.
• Don’t allow other birds, animals or unknown persons enter inside your farm quail house.
• Ensure hygienic and balanced feed supply.
• Provide adequate fresh and clean water according to their demand.

Marketing
Quail meat and eggs are very tasty and highly enriched with nutrient elements. So there is already an established market for quail products. As quail birds and their eggs are small in size, so it is cheap in price and all types of people can purchase. So you don’t have to worry much about marketing your products. You can easily sell the eggs and meat in your local market. But it will be better if you determine your marketing strategies before starting this business. Because all places around the world have not the same marketing facilities. In a word, quail farming is playing an important role for fulfilling the daily family nutrition demands and earning livings. And commercial quail farming can be a great source of employment, and earning some extra income along with your current job or profession. Quail farming is also very entertaining and it is very easy to raise some quails. If you intend to join this business venture, then try to visit some farms in your area. And finally do it. God bless you!

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Duck Farming

              Duck farming is very popular and absolutely a lucrative business. Ducks are highly available around the world. There are numerous meat and egg productive duck breeds available throughout the world. All the present domestic ducks around the glove come from the wild birds. Those wild birds wonder around the world, and some of them have been domesticated as a good source of food. Almost all those wild birds are from mallard species. Incidentally, all hen of the world comes from red wild hen. You might know that, ducks are aquatic organism.Some people think that, duck without water and pond without water are the same. Even, some people think, ducks can’t live without water. But it’s totally wrong. You can not imagine pond without water, but duck can be raised without water. Thousands of ducks can be raised without water by keeping them inside house, in the same way you raise chickens or other types of poultry birds. But, keep in mind that, in case of raising ducks without water ‘your ducks will lay unfertilized egg’. That means you can’t hatch the eggs for producing ducklings. If you want fertile eggs, male ducks and water are essential. You can easily raise ducks without water, they just need water for reproduction or mating purposes.
Advantages of Duck Farming
There are numerous advantages of starting duck farming business. In many countries, ducks rank next to chicken for meat and egg production. You can raise ducks in both commercial and small scale meat or egg production purpose. Even, you can raise some ducks on your own backyard with other birds or animals. Some notable advantages of duck farming business are shortly described here.

• Ducks need less expensive, simple and non-elaborate housing facilities. As a result housing costs are very less for setting up commercial duck farming business.
• Ducks are very hardy bird and they need less care or management. They can adopt themselves with almost all types of environmental conditions.
• They lay eggs either at night or in the morning. So you can collect their fresh eggs every morning :). And you can do your other work during rest of the day and you don’t have to spend time for caring your ducks.
• You need comparatively less space for raising ducks. Ducks have comparatively shorter brooding period and ducklings grow faster. Ducklings grow so fast that, you can dispense artificial heat within their 5 to 7 days. Although they will require a little longer heating period during cold months.
• Ducks are highly resistant to the common avian diseases.
• You can feed your ducks with a wide variety of foods. A duck’s regular food includes cassava, copra, corn, rice, fruits and any other low cost and easily available foods. They also have the natural tendency of foraging on aquatic weeds, algae, green legumes, fungi, earthworms, maggots, snails, various types of insects etc. which directly reduce feeding cost.
• You can also use your ducks for controlling apple snails or some other harmful insects from your garden.
• Ducks have less mortality rate and usually they live longer than chickens. In case of egg production, ducks lay eggs for a long time period.
• Duck products such as eggs and meat have a great demand in the local and international market. So commercial duck farming business can be a great source of earning. There are already many successful farmers who are making a high profit from their duck farming business.
• Duck farming business can also be a stable employment source. Young unemployed educated people can join this business and make their own employment source.

Peculiarity of Ducks
The body of the ducks is fully covered with oily feathers, so water can’t directly enter inside their body. Ducks have a layer of fat under their skin, which helps them from getting wet. For this reason, if ducks spend a couple of hours in water, their body remain dry. Another peculiarity of duck is their legs. There are three fingers on their legs and covered with thin skin (which is called ‘web’). It works as the paddle of a boat. Finger ends in nail. Some species of ducks use their nails for defending themselves. Generally the lip of ducks are red or orange colored and become very strong. With this lip they can eat moss, insects, fish egg, hard snail etc. They send almost everything inside their stomach, which they found between their lip. Usually hens lay egg all over the day, but ducks lay eggs at night or in the morning. So don’t allow your ducks to go out from their house before 9 am. If you observe ducks very closely, you will find that they are very clever and intelligent. You can spent your leisure time easily by watching their activities.

Duck’s Feed
Ducks generally eat almost all types of food they find edible. You can feed your ducks like chickens. But you have to add some extra additives into duck feed. As some ducks lay more eggs than hens, so you have to be very careful about feeding your ducks. Add necessary nutrient elements in their diet. Always provide your ducks nutritious feed according to the various types of duck breeds and their growth rate. For small scale or domestic duck farming, you can feed your ducks rich bran, kitchen waste and a plenty of snails. Always keep in mind that, ducks eat a lot of food daily. So you have to feed them well-balanced food if you want proper egg and meat production.
Duck’s Eggs and Meat Market
Marketing duck products (egg and meat) is very easy. People all over the world like duck egg and meat from the ancient time. In some areas, people like duck eggs and meat more than chicken meat or eggs. Duck eggs are usually larger in size than chicken eggs. In some areas duck meat is less popular than their eggs. However, there is no tension about the marketing of ducks eggs and meat. You can try to determine the demand of duck products in your local market. Duck Breeds
There are numerous duck breeds available throughout the world. Although all of those breeds are not suitable for commercial duck farming business. Some of those breeds are suitable for egg production and some are ideal for commercial meat production. Usually ducks are of three types according to their production type.

• Meat productive duck breeds
• Egg productive duck breeds
• Famous for both meat and egg production.

Meat Duck Breeds
There are numerous duck breeds available which are famous for meat production. Peking, Ayleshbari, Maskovi, Ruel Kagua and the Swiden ducks are most popular for meat production. Usually meat productive male ducks weight about 5 kg and female weight about 4 kg.
Layer Duck Breeds
Indian Runner is a popular layer duck breed and very famous for their egg production capability. There are three types of Indian runner ducks available. White and grayish Indian runners are good layers. Khaki Campbell ducks are also very popular duck breed for high egg production.
Meat & Layer Duck  Breeds
Khaki Campbell ducks are suitable for both meat and egg production. They came from Indian Runner and Ruel Kagua. Indian runners are famous for egg production and second one is popular for meat production.
Housing
The main advantages of duck farming is their simple accommodation. Making a duck house is very easy. You can keep your ducks  in low, high, wet, dry and any other places. Ducks like watery and wet place to live. You can easily make a suitable place for your ducks by using  a big fruit basket, wood-speech or oil drum. Just put these in a suitable place. Always make a door for entrancing and exiting, wherever you keep the ducks. The door need to be high enough. Because duck enter inside the house raising their head higher. Their house must have to be well ventilated and you have to ensure sufficient flow of fresh air inside the house. Usually each duck will require 2 to 3 square feet flooring space. You also have to be ensure the safety of your ducks. Keep them free from all types of harmful animals or predators, especially from fox and dog. If you want to keep your ducks like chickens, in a concrete floored house, then you have to make a deep liter inside the house. And it will be better if the liter depth between 5-6 inches. In this system, your ducks will lay eggs on the floor.

Breeding
Water is a must for breeding purpose. Usually ducks don’t mate without water. One male duck is sufficient for breeding 10 female ducks. Usually high quality and productive duck breeds start laying eggs at their five months of age. Each egg weights about 50 to 60 grams. You can use hens for hatching the eggs, instead of ducks. Do not keep the newly born ducklings in water during their first week, after birth. Because they can get cold if you allow them to water. Usually duck eggs take about 28 days to hatch. During the hatching period, sprinkle the eggs with water occasionally (two or three times per week). You can use both electronic or diesel incubators for hatching their eggs. But many farmer prefer hens than incubator for hatching.
Storing Eggs
You have to store the eggs properly. You can use refrigerator for storing the eggs. Lime water or pyraphine can be used for egg storing purpose. Some people also use actinium glass water.
Sex Determination
It is not so difficult to determine the sex of newly born duckling. Raise up the tail of the duckling and press on its ass. If you notice there is a penis like thorn, then it will be male. And if not then it will definitely be a female duck. The easiest way to determine male ducks is, the tail feathers of male ducks are curled up.

Marketing
Before marketing duck eggs, clean the dirt of egg shell perfectly. Don’t wash the eggs with water. You can clean the eggs with knife, soiled paper or towel. Use egg basket or carton for caring eggs from one place to another place. You should choose such cartoon so that each cartoon can contain at least 30 eggs. You can also use bamboo basket, wooden box and other things for transporting eggs to the market or another destination. Make a deep layer of straw or rice bran if you use such boxes for caring eggs. However, for making maximum profits from duck farming business, you have to be more careful on taking care of ducks, feed management, accommodation, brooding and marketing. If all the process are done well, then you can make a handsome income from this business.

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Broiler Poultry Farming

Broiler poultry farming is a lucrative business. Generally highly meat productive birds or poultry breeds are called broiler poultry. But broiler chicken is a special species of poultry, which is a great secret. Only four countries of the world knows about this secret and they supply and maintain all the demand of broiler chickens. Broilers are like other common poultry birds. But this broiler is made in a scientific way for producing more meat in a short time. Basically, broilers are only for meat production.

Selecting Broiler for Business
There are many breeds of broiler. Before selecting broilers for business the farmer have to maintain some process. Those important steps are described below.

• The broiler chick of one day should weight between 36 to 40 grams.
• It is found that if the baby chick of one day old become good weight then it will give great return when you will sell them.
• To get more and affordable benefits from broiler poultry farming the farmer should select the good and high productive breeds for business.
• As broiler convert food to meat so provide them high quality food.
• The farmer have to ensure high ratio of protein and calorie in broiler chicken food.

• For the chicken of 0-6 weeks the food should contain 22.24% protein and 2900-3000 metabolic heat.
• Among the amino acid, lycine and methionine is very essential and important in broiler poultry food. Because this acids helps to enhance chicken health, and help to convert food to meat.
• In broiler food the ratio of fiber should not more than 6 percent.
• Vitamin A, B2, D3, B12 and K is an extensive requirements to broiler food.
• Potassium, Iodine, Manganese sulphate and Zinc  carbonate should mixed well separately and feed the chicken.
• A little amount of disinfectant should mixed in broiler food and this will keep the chick free from diseases.

Housing
The broiler house should placed east-west direction. Ventilation system must be well accompanied. The regular distance from one house to another house will be 11-12 meters (35-40 feet). The house should cleaned well before bringing the chick to the farm. The insects like lice, mosquito, etuli should run off with blow lamp. Heating system of the space of baby chicken should observed well 48 hours before the chick reach the farm. The temperature of the house should 350°. 7 squire inch of space per chick is required. Always keep a moderate number of chick, it will keep the chicken healthy.

Feed and Water
Proper and high quality feed is the main thing to success in broiler poultry farming. Broiler poultry consume feed and convert them to meat. So, to be success the farmer should conscious in feed management. Broiler poultry needs high ratio of protein in their feed to grow well. They should also provide proper vitamin like A, B2, D3, B12 and K to meet their needs. Provide some disinfectant to keep them free from poultry diseases. Broiler poultry eats feed and water whole day and night. So, make sure the supply of feed and water all time. Along with feed, fresh and clean water is very important. Broiler poultry takes a lot of water everyday. Make the water available all time to their cage. In winter season farmer should supply warm water. However, to be successful the farmer must have to be more careful in feed and water management. We will discuss details about broiler poultry feed and water management later.

• For the first few days you can serve feed in egg carton.
• 2.5 cm space is required per chick until they reach 1 week.
• For the first time you can fill the feeder fully, but don’t do that when they grow enough. It reduces the food waste.
• Provide the feed four time a day.
• Provide fresh and clean water all time.
• Water pot should keep as much as possible according to the number of chicken.
• You have to keep in mind that broiler takes more water than layer chicken. The broiler chicken takes more water in summer season.

Temperature
Temperature is very important in broiler poultry farming. You should check the temperature of the broiler chicken house 48 hours before bringing the chick to the farm. For the first week the temperature of the rood would be 350°c and it will reduce at the rate 2.80°c per week, it mostly depend on the outside temperature. The litter of the chicken would between 5-6 inch depth. If possible keep some straw in the chicken bed. The chicken bed should clean twice a week with spade. If the condition of the bed is very wet then you can use lime because it absorbs the ammonia gas.
Marketing
There is no problem about the marketing of broiler chicken. It has a great demand throughout the world. Almost all people like to consume it. So, the farmer should not take any tension about the marketing of broiler chicken.

Special Care for Broiler
To do a profitable broiler poultry farming business the farmer must have to be careful about some fact which are described below.

• In broiler production food cost is high. Food cost become 60-65 percent of total cost.
• You should not provide much fat in broiler food. But you have to provide this in warm weather.
• Broiler poultry can consume 64 percent of protein from its food.
• Broiler consume more food in winter season than summer.
• It affected by diseases quickly. So, be careful about the diseases of poultry.