Production performance of Namakkal gold quail in Tiruppur district of Tamil Nadu

The present study was conducted by ICAR – Krishi Vigyan Kendra, TNAU, Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu to assess the production performance of TANUVAS Namakal gold quail in Tiruppur district of Tamil Nadu. As part of frontline demonstrations, seven hundred and fifty day-old Namakkal gold quail chicks, purchased from poultry farm complex of Department of Poultry Science, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, were distributed among the beneficiaries. Body weight and feed consumption were recorded in farmers’ fields at weekly interval up to five weeks of age and mortality was recorded at the occurrence. The traits calculated were body weight gain, feed conversion ratio and livability up to five weeks of age. Present study indicated that livability increased with the advancement in age and there was no mortality at fourth and fifth week of age. The higher feed conversion ratio was observed at fifth week of age (3.36). It was concluded from the study that Namakkal gold quail farming was an important agricultural allied activity having better business scope and can serve as an alternate source for meeting protein requirement of human population in Tiruppur district, Tamil Nadu.