Quail Farming

Commercial quail farming business is gaining popularity throughout the world day by day. A perfect quail farming business plan includes almost everything related to this business such as your production purpose, products you want to produce, housing, feeding, breeding, health care and marketing.

We  have already read a lot of books, webpages, magazines and newspaper about quail farming, and learned that 'quail farming' is highly profitable. Yes that’s true. Quail farming is absolutely a very profitable business. But before starting, you have to make a good business plan and have to work according to the plan. Quail farming require less capital or investment than raising any other poultry birds. We can start this business with a very small investment. We can start with a limited number of 40 to 50 birds. We will get back your total invested money within a very short period, then use the profit for extending our farm production gradually.  

Starting a quail farming business has many benefits and can provide a high return on your initial investment. This is mostly due to the high demand of quail egg and meat across the globe. In fact, quail eggs are three to four times more nutritious than chicken eggs. It contains significant amount of protein, vitamins and good cholesterol, improving brain functionality, skin texture and hair growth. Quail eggs are beneficial for pregnant women and the patients suffering from anemia.

Production Purpose
Determine your production purpose first. You can start quail farming business for the purpose of making profit, fulfilling your daily family nutritional demands and just for fun. Make a clear idea about your production purpose. Although some people start raising some quails as a hobby and turn their hobbies to a profitable business later.

Quail Products
What type of quail products do you want to produce? You can start raising quails for the purpose of producing eggs or meat. Visit some of your nearest local market and try to understand which quail products have high demand and value. Producing those products which have a great demand in your local market is a good idea. Because your production process will be much easier and profitable, if you can sell your products in your local market. So take a clear decision about the products that you are going to produce from your quail farming business. Usually you can raise quails for producing meat and eggs or for running a breeding business.

• Raising Quails For Meat: Meat producing quails are called broiler quail. There are numerous broiler quail breeds available, although raising broiler quail is not as popular as raising the layers.
• Raising Quails For Eggs: Regular egg producing quails are known as layer quails. Quails lay eggs almost daily, they can lay about 300 eggs yearly. Although egg production slow down from the second year. As a result, commercial quail farmer keep their layer quail for one year.
• Quail Breeding Business: You can also start quail breeding business, supply day old chicks or fertilized eggs.