1AICRP on Poultry Breeding, Rajendra nagar, Hyderabad-500030, India
2Department of Poultry Science, College of Veterinary Science, Rajendra nagar, Hyderabad-500030, India
3Indian Institute for Farming Systems Research, Modipuram, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh-250110, India
*Corresponding author: daidakrishna@yahoo.com
Online published on 14 February, 2017.
The study was conducted to assess three varieties (CARI, PES and WB) of Japanese quails (Coturnix Coturnix Japonica) during the growing and laying periods. In this trail, 360 quails consisting of three varieties each 120 quails were distributed in three treatments with six replicates each consist of 20 chicks. The diets were prepared iso-nitrogenous and iso-caloric. The performance and egg production parameters were studied from 0 to 22 weeks of age. There were no significant differences (P> 0.05) found on body weight gain, feed consumption and feed conversion ratio among varieties from 0 to 6 weeks. The age at first egg was found to be early in the CARI variety 43days. The peak egg production level (79.83±0.64%) during fourth laying cycle in the PES at the age of 18–22 weeks followed by CARI (71.62±0.62%) and WB (49.28±0.43%). The results of the present study indicated that, the three varieties performance and production were significantly there was no difference.
Japanese quail varieties, performance, percent hen day egg production
