Quail Feed Storage and Needs of Drinking for Quail

Another thing that should be noted by the breeder is a storage area for quail feed. Breeders should know the capacity of storage of feed and how to save it. If it can't be stored, making it according to your needs. For example, the feed pellet-shaped with a moisture content of around 12% and fat content of no more than 5% can be stored for 1-2 months. However the storage should be in dry conditions, not humid, and have good air circulation.

 Things that must be considered in the feed storage are as follows:
- The roof can withstand storage rainfall, do not leak, or a splash of water that enters the room.
- The storage conditions of dry, not humid, and good air circulation.
- Do not get direct sunlight on feed.
- Piles of food do not directly contact with the floor or walls that need to be backed with board or bulkhead. - Do not hoard food in large quantities and for a long time, but just enough that neither economically wasteful of transportation costs.
- Do not mix the feed with other ingredients that can cause pollution.

Needs of drink on a quail farm is very vital.  Without the provision of water, caged quail with feeding in a certain period can lead to problems. Good quality of drinking water is not contain substances that can affect metbolisme and cause interference or danger for quail.

Drinking water must be available continuously (add libitum) in cages. so do not get drinking water is empty or not available. The frequency of administration of the day, ie 2-3 times or customized needs. Drinking water needs sufficient and maintained quality.

Needs of feed for Quail

The feed is absolutely necessary by the quail, which feed on natural fulfillment obtained by hunting or looking for grains, fruits, plants, or insects.As for quail feed who grounded must be met by the breeder. Feed provided must have a good nutritional value because it will have an impact on growth and development of quail.

Feed that contains a complete and good nutrition helps the growth acceleration of quail, reproductive processes, and egg production. Completeness of nutrients in animal feed should be identical to the content of substances of the body on the quail.

Feeding should be accurate quality, proper measure and right on target. The accurate quality is feeding with utilizing a quality feed materials according to the nutritional needs of quail. The proper measure is the amount and content of nutrients feed given to be precise. Excessive feeding can lead to wastage. In addition, an excess of certain nutrients can also lead to malnutrition and the difficulty of laying. As for feeding less can lead to decreased productivity of egg and growth that abnormal. right on target is a way of feeding (nutrient content or type of feed) according to the needs of the quail. Quail for growth period, it provided fodder for future growth. For the production, provided fodder for the production. Quail chicks should be given in the form of mash feed.

Level of Growth	Birds Age (weeks)	Feed (gram/ quail/ day)	Weight  (gram)
Stater	1	3,8	15 - 30
	2	6,8	31 - 55
	3	9,8	56 - 80
Grower	4	14	81 - 115
	5	16	116 - 150
	6	18	150 - 150
Layer	7	20	> 155

The transition of the feed is important as well to note. For example, the from the starter feed to the grower or grower feed to layer feeds. The transition of the feeds can also be the turn of factory animal feed to own feed creation. Any changes the form and different types of the feed can affect the condition of the quail. The transition gradually carried out for 3-4 days before and after the change of phase of the breeding. For example, the transition from grower feed to layer feed, mixing is 60%: 40%, 50%: 50%, 40%: 60% and so use 100% layer feed.
Daily feeding should be done during the day in late afternoon (14.00) till night (22.00 hours). Feeding at this time can increase the productivity of their eggs.

 Feeding quail livestock should pay attention to the level of efficiency. The goal is not to become a waste and disposal quail feed. Two things that led to the occurrence of the deficiency in utilization of the quail feed as follows:
 - Waste in use of the substances in the feed. For example, feeding quail to the layer with the protein levels above 28%. In fact, the granting of high levels of a protein that is not required for the layer because of high protein used for formation of meat.

- Waste in Dosing. For example, the Layer Quail only need feed about 20-22 gfram/quail/day, but given feed 30 gram/quail/day so it's going to happen the rest of the feed.

How to Distinguish Between Male and Female Quail

There's a number of things that can be used to distinguish between a male and a female quail. Usually the body color of the brighter females rather than males. In addition, males quail crowed, while female quails are not crowed. When the crow, the body of quail in an upright and neck straight upwards with open beak.

Based on the size of quail, female quail have a heavier weighting of 20% compared to male quail. This difference is caused by the occurrence of an increase in fatty tissues of hormones associated with the content of egg and reproductive tract development in the female quail. Another difference is also visible in the hole widened out horizontally at the back near the rectum, female quail. Meanwhile, at the male quails, it appears there is sphere and out of white fluid (sperm) if the push.

Quail have cannibals against fellow quail. In fact, often attack if the condition of lust or hunger. However, the quail are very sensitive to the environment that creates noise. This disorder can cause decreased appetite and stop laying eggs.

Understanding of the Behavior of Quail

The body of quail is relatively small, short, plump rounded and have short legs. But the quail have privileges, i.e. flight quite nimble, especially in the Bush which is a natural habitat. Sometimes quail living in solitude, in pairs, or in groups small (a little).


The quail that farmed now is a small-sized birds that have been unable to fly high. If quail still can fly may be very limited and cannot fly far. In nature, the quail's nest made in the bushes, shrubs, or above the ground. The nest is made of grass, leaves, and twigs of trees that are nearby.

The Quail are adult age 36-40 days and start laying 40-42 days. Female quail pair more than one male. Within a year, the quail's parent is capable of producing 3-4 offspring. Production peaks happen 3-5 months. Egg production begins to decrease or less productive age of 15-18 months. The type of quail that has the ability to spawn high enough, i.e. Coturnix Japonica. Ability to produce eggs reach 250-300 items per year.

Preparation and Planning of Quail Farming

Business plan is a series of events before the production process, which aims to make it more regularly in running this business including preproduction, production and marketing.

1. Types of businesses The type of quail farm is a business segment of the overall business cycle, such as quail breeding, the efforts of quail egg production and meat or both.
a. Quail breeding. Business to incubate quail eggs into chicks with the sale of quail breeds ranging from DOQ (day of quail), age 1 week until grower level.
b. Layer Quail. Part of this business could be done by quail breeder farmers because it is quite practical. DOQ that is chosen is a type of quail that has a high egg productivity, such as Japonica ( Japanese quail ) that can spawn when aged 40 days up to one year.
c. Broiler Quail. This business has not been developed specifically, because it's just utilizing the layer quail which has dropped the production of eggs.

2. Main target of the quail business
In running this business, preferably business target must exist and must be. the target is an achievement that can be earned per unit of time.
a. DOQ production. the target bisnis is quail chicks. For example DOQ will be generated as much as 134.400 tail of 1,000 female quail.
b. Egg production. Its production target in the form of quail eggs. For example, the eggs will be produced as many as 270,000 eggs per year of 1000 female quail.
c. Meat production. Its business Target in the form of meat. Because based on cast-offs from the female quail, with a population of 1000 quails will produce 700 broiler quail per year.

Determination of production target in units of time needs to be implemented because it is associated with some of the following:
- To determine or estimate the needs of the means of production.
- The determination of the needs of the workforce.
- counting of funds needs during the production process within a specified time period. - to estimate the time, place and means of distribution of the products in a certain period of time.

3. Business system
Quail farm business system can be applied by owner in various forms. common technologies for quail farm can be done in half-intensive or intensive. Quail farming businesses that use cage postal with a population so low is very rare. Important things to note in the operations are make a good cage, graze, drink and drugs as well as cleaning the cage from quail feces every day.
The characteristic of semi-intensive/ intensive cultivation , such as:
- can take advantage of limited space production.
- using more modern technology, providing the feed and drink as needed, using the heating and also maximize the quail density per unit enclosure.
- utilize parent quail qualified
- attention to cleanliness quail cage and maintain healthy chicks well.
- use battery cages with the preparation of layered or cage litter with the ideal population. - business nurseries uses hatching machine.
- high business capital needs.
- amount of output production is relatively high .
- shorter production time, productivity and growth number egg fairly high

Excellence Business of Quail Farming

Quail is one of the cattle that have a pretty good prospect because of several advantages. Excellence business quail farming, such as the following:

1. Can be done in a narrow area 
Quail farm business must not be in spacious grounds. In narrow one could, as long as it is manage properly. With the narrow land turned out to be able to give you an extra income of quail breeders, which kept the quail with 1,000 tail only requires land area between 15 to 20 square meters.
2. As a side business

Because it is not on extensive grounds, cattle quail can be as a side job. For example, for beginners who have a blank area 10 square meters at the rear of the House can build an enclosure to kept quail 300-500 tail. Any maintenance does not have to recruit someone as a labor because economically it certainly has not been profitable. The result is not as big as if managed as a major work, but at least it could be enjoyed by families.
3. Quail cultivation including the easiest
Raising quail including is not difficult, as long as you follow the instructions on quail farming with good and true. Specifically as a beginner it takes patience, diligence and perseverance.
4. Multibusiness
The egg does become the main product business of quail farming. However, breeders can simultaneously produce broiler quail or sell quail breeds. All of that can be achieved simultaneously. In addition to the production of meat and eggs, quail also produce feces which have selling points. Feces of Quail can be processed into organic fertilizer which is much needed by the crop farmers, even as the feed fish.
5. Quail business does not require a large capital

To run a quail farming business does not require capital to tens of millions of Rupiahs. the business capital used to procure seeds, making of cages, feed, medicines and other supplies. If managed properly, it didn't take long to restore the initial capital, only about 6 to 7 months.