Start Quail Farming for Productive Cultivation
Quail is probably the smallest bird species used for egg and table meat production. Due to its productive egg and meat production, quail farming is a very profitable business economically. Quail belong, along with chickens, pheasants and partridges to the Family Phasianidae of the Order Galliformes of the Class Aves of the Animal Kingdom. Species or subspecies of the genus Coturnix are native to all continents except America. One of them, Coturnix coturnix or quail commonly called Icipingila in one of the regional languages of Zambia (Bemba), is a migratory bird of Asia, Africa and Europe. Several interbreeding subspecies are recognized. More important are the European quail, Coturnix coturnix, and the Asian or Japanese quail, Coturnix japonica. They were first domesticated in Japan in 1595. Later, in other countries of the world including the United States, Canada, Kenya, Zimbabwe, India, and Zambia. How to Start Quail Farming Quail farming means, commercially raising quail (like ot...