GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF YOUNG QUAILS EXPLOITED FOR MEAT

D. Costăchescu, P.C. Boişteanu, G. Hoha

Abstract
    The research was carried on a population of Faraon quail, raised in a private farm. The following parameters were followed: incubation and hatching, chicken body weight development, feed consumption during the growing season, adult performance over the exploitation period, and sacrificeing results for the youth.
    Individual gain during growth varied by age, being between 1-10 days 38.5g and during the 1-56 days 258.4g. Consumption of feed for the whole analyzed period was 2492.5g and individually of 614.35g. The average weight of adult quail averaged 338.5g and males of 314.3g.
    At the sacrifice of the youth for meat, at nine weeks, the performance differed by gender, so slaughter yield in females was 80.5% and 72.01% in males. On the anatomy of the breast and thigh prevailed that represented in percentage between 32.5 to 47.2% of the housing.

Key words: quails, hatching, breeding, slaughter, consumption