Breeds of Quails Guinea fowl and Turkey Japanese

Breeds of Quails, Guinea fowl and Turkey

Japanese quails • The following factors, which made quail farming as economically viable and technically feasible. • Very short generation interval • Quails are very robust to diseases • No vaccination is required • Low space requirement • Easy to handle • Early maturity

Guinea fowl • Guinea fowl are highly free moving birds. • Best suited for marginal and small farmers.

Special features • Hardy bird • Suitable to any agro-climatic condition • Resistant to many common diseases of chicken • No requirement of elaborate and expensive housing • Excellent foraging capabilities

• Consumes all non-conventional feed not used in chicken feeding • More tolerant to mycotoxin and aflatoxin • Hard egg shell provides minimum breakage and long keeping quality • Guinea fowl meat is rich in vitamin and low in cholesterol

Production characteristics • • • Weight at 8 weeks 500 -550 g Weight at 12 weeks 900 -1000 g Age at first egg 230 -250 day Average egg weight 38 -40 g Egg production (in one laying cycle from March to September) 100 -120 eggs • Fertility 70 -75% • Hatchability on fertile eggs set 70 -80%

Turkey • Broad Breasted White type • Turkey is marketed as broiler at approximately 16 weeks of age when hens usually reach a live weight of about 8 kg and toms weigh approximately 12 kg. • Smaller, fryer roasters can be produced by slaughtering at an earlier age as per the demand of the local market.

Central Avian Research Institute- ICAR improved breeds

Quails • • • CARI Uttam CARI-Pearl CARI-Ujjawal CARI-Sweta CARI Brown CARI-Sunheri

CARI UTTAM • • • Hatchability on total eggs set: 60 -76% Weight at 4 weeks: 150 g Weight at 5 weeks: 170 -190 g Feed efficiency at 4 weeks: 2. 51 Feed efficiency at 5 weeks: 2. 80 Daily feed consumption: 25 -28 g

CARI PEARL • • • Hatchability on total eggs set: 65 -70% Weight at 4 weeks: 120 g Daily feed consumption: 25 g Age at 50% egg production: 8 -10 wk Hen day production: 285 -295 eggs

CARI UJJAWAL • • • Hatchability on total eggs set 65% Weight at 4 weeks 140 g Weight at 5 weeks 170 -175 g Feed efficiency at 5 weeks 2. 93 Daily feed consumption: 25 -28 g

CARI SWETA • • • Hatchability on total eggs set 50 -60% Weight at 4 weeks 135 g Weight at 5 weeks 155 -165 g Feed efficiency at 4 weeks 2. 85 Feed efficiency at 5 weeks 2. 90 Daily feed consumption: 25 g

CARI BROWN • Hatchability on total eggs set 60 -65% • Weight at 4 weeks 148 -160 g • Weight at 5 weeks 180 -185 g

CARI SUNHERI • Hatchability on total eggs set 68% • Weight at 5 weeks 182 g

Turkey: • CARI Virat Production Characteristics Age (week) Body weight (g) 6 1054 8 1748 10 2101 12 2778 24 5270 32 7100 Fertility Hatchability Special Features • Low fat • Low cholesterol • Choicest white meat • Suitable for backyard rearin Feed Conversion Ratio 1. 85 2. 05 2. 37 2. 8 3. 78 4. 15 0. 94 0. 86

Duck : • Khaki • Moti (native) Khaki Campbell • White Pekin (exotic) breeds

Guinea fowl: • Kadambari • Chitambari and • Swetambari

Desi (indigenous) fowl: • CARI Nirbheek • CARI Shyama • CARI Upkari and • CARI Hitkari (all low input varieties for small scale poultry rearing)

Chicken layer : • CARI Priya (white egger) • CARI Sonali (brown egger)

Chicken broiler: • • CARIBRO Vishal CARIBRO Dhanraja CARIBRO Mrityunjay CARIBRO Tropicana

Dual purpose chicken : • CARI Debendra