own garden land has become a symbol for many of their own vegetables and fruits, which allow to diversify your table fresh and organic products.Some raise chickens, geese and ducks in order to provide for themselves and even meat.
But today the scene is increasingly go quail.They are quite unpretentious, take up little space, provide high-quality meat and egg.That only feeds can get bad luck, because not all sold animal feed, specifically designed for these types of birds.So today we'll talk about how you can make your own food for quail, as well as discuss industry-produced versions.
What do they feed?
As a rule, no such problems for beginners: they buy only a few animals that are fed with the same products that are used to supply chickens.If you live in a more or less a major city, the nearest pet store certainly has a special feed for quail.As a rule, it is made by conventional mixing of cereals, whole grains and bran.But there are a few sample recipes that are used in large-scale farms, which are engaged in industrial breeding of these birds.
Industrial types of fodder
- Option PC-5.In this production the recipe sure to include corn, sunflower and soybean meal (the latter is used less often), fish meal and wheat, as well as animal fats.They include round table salt and phosphates, and chalk.To meet the demand for amino acids is lysine.As part PC-5 must contain 35% of the protein component is at least 5% minerals and 60% of cereals or grain.In this case, the rate of feed for quail is about 30 grams.If you dilute the meat breeds, the amount of feed necessary to increase by about 8%.
- Option PC 2-1.Its members also preferably includes corn and wheat.As the basis of a protein fish meal and soybean meal.To cover the needs of macronutrients in the feed is added to table salt and chalk.Since this is the easiest and most inexpensive food for quail, it is used to feed the main livestock.If the period of laying in birds there is a shortage of some items, it is compensated by special premixes.
Other options
analogue of the above recipe is a variation of the PC 2-2.It is somewhat different in content of protein and mineral supplements, and therefore is intended solely for the supply of quail, which is already more than one month.
As usual, the basic structure of the other food - SC-1 - also includes all of the same corn and wheat.Unlike the previous version, it also added a bit of barley and wheat bran.In addition, the protein component in this case is 40% of the feed: about 2/3 of these percentages takes fishmeal, and the remaining third is filled with bone meal.
Attention!Due to the high content of protein component is necessary to pay special attention to the storage of food, since improper temperatures and humidity it could deteriorate and become toxic to birds.
the feed composition is suitable for quail-laying hens during intensive egg production, as it contains a large amount of protein, balanced in vitamins and minerals.
These are the most common food in private farms, and industrial plants.It is believed that the rate of these types of feed is about 27 grams per day per bird.Young animals fed on demand, since based on their weight, they eat much more adult birds.
Fodder these good fit even for four-five days of the chicks, but when they need to feed a mixture of a couple of hours to soak in lukewarm water.By the way, remember: regardless of age, breed and physiological condition of the water birds to be at any time.
Foods especially for adult birds
especially for adult birds feed produced grades PK-6, PK-2-2, PC-4.
- type PK-6.It consists of 60% mixture of corn, wheat and barley (1: 1: 1).The protein of the same (30%) presented meal, lysine, fish meal and fodder yeast.5% are chalk and phosphates.Of course, added to the feed for quail and ordinary table salt.
- Recipe PC-4.The cereal grain component includes the same grains as in the above case.Apart from these, the food contains wheat flour and some of the bran.There also add finely crumbled seashell, chalk and table salt.Note that these compositions and standards remained since Soviet times.Now there are many companies that produce their own varieties of food.Find out about them, you can visit the nearest branch ZOOVETSNAB your region.
Attention!Buy food should be only those who have all the necessary hygienic certificates of conformity.
How much does it cost?
If you keep a couple of quail "for the soul", the emphasis on the value of the food probably will not pay.But when your goal is a large-scale breeding of these birds, it is desirable to know the composition of the compound feed (as mentioned above).Knowing the structure, you can easily tell a really high quality food from the banal premixes, which are sold for very exorbitant prices.
The national average feed for quail, the price of which will now be described by us, is sold on the same terms.In different cities the cost of food can vary from 5 to 30 rubles per kilogram.So, in Moscow and Kazan, you can buy feed for 12-15 rubles, in Novgorod, you can find it in only 9 rubles.
Feed
their own hands Virtually all experienced farmers are advised to cook food for quail with his hands.Fortunately, the secrets in this case no: put more grain from which the quail will never refuse!Many owners are also used for the preparation of feed banal treatment of fruits and vegetables.Being washed and cooked, they are ideal for this purpose.
To make feed for quail with their hands from the food waste, you need to carefully remove all of them rotten and moldy parts, then put to boil for at least 40-50 minutes.Do it for the sake of the bacteria contained in the waste could not cause harm to the health of your bird.
The cooled mixture is thoroughly pulverized, pressing her hands or used for these purposes grinder.Please be aware that feed should only be given in the form of a fine slurry.By the way, from the peel garlic or onion to get to the food should not be in any case, as the throat a little quail, and they may choke banal and die.
Also, husks are often simply plugs the esophagus, which also leads to death.Thus, making forage for quail with his hands, very carefully choose from products intended for the preparation of a mixture of all impurities.
benefits of food from the food waste
What is so useful is this food?Firstly, the remains of vegetables and fruits are completely environmentally safe product.Secondly, they contain a great number of vitamins and trace elements that are essential for the health of the birds.
Also, all minerals have a positive impact on the quality of meat and eggs.If you use the feed manufacturing industry, it is a self-made slurry can be added to it in small portions.Note that you can add to the same finely comminuted shells from quail or chicken eggs.This is especially true in the case when you feed the quail-layers.
But with such a mixture can not rightfully be called the feed.So today we'll tell you about a recipe, which largely follows the industrial variety.
Homemade feed
Consider the simplest part of the feed for quail.You will need to mix kg feed wheat, barley and maize in the ratio 1: 4 (100 and 400 grams).Use a special grinding mill.The mixture, add a quarter teaspoon of bone meal and a full teaspoon of unrefined sunflower oil.Then podsolite all spilling to half a teaspoon of salt.
must be thoroughly mixed the resulting composition.Such amount will be enough to feed a quail for exactly 45 days.To calculate the desired amount of feed, multiply the number of their livestock quail on the weight of each component of the feed.
second recipe
give the recipe a second feed for quail.Take 700 grams of corn, and then mix them with 400 grams and 100 grams of wheat grain of any legume.Using a grinder, grinds food.Then add in the resulting mixture of a teaspoon of unrefined sunflower oil, add to the same teaspoon crushed seashell, and a teaspoon of chalk and salt.
advantage of this feed is that it can be used not only in the dry state, but in the form of a liquid slurry, mix well with water.By the way, the quail are very fond of the water, so that the latter will have particular appeal to them.
As in the previous case, all components are designed for cooking portions of food, which one can eat quail for 45 days.
Notes on storage conditions
Attention!All feed recipes in which there is oil or sunflower oil cake, require special storage conditions.The fact that vegetable fats at elevated temperatures and direct sun better quickly begin to oxidize, resulting in a momentary loss of the entire nutritional value.Moreover, the feed gets an unpleasant smell and taste, and large doses of it can easily lead to the death of birds, which eat the food.
Finally
word, these birds is very undemanding in terms of feeding, so that the food they can cook almost all of that once you have at hand.Importantly, do not forget to include in the self-made compound feed cereals or minerals.This is especially true of the parent livestock in intensive egg.At this time the body of females requires a huge number of receipts of calcium and phosphorus.
If they do not provide all of these substances to food, the consequences can be very different: from the mass death of quail, ending the massive case, eating their eggs.
So do quail feed with your own hands.In this there is absolutely nothing complicated, but it should be possible to accurately observe all listed in the article proportions.
