Brief introduction about various breeds of quail

1. BREEDSAND VARIETIES OF
JAPANESE QUAIL

2. SPECIES OF QUAIL
BOB WHITE
QUAIL
JAPANESE
QUAIL
CALIFORNIA
QUAIL
COMMON
QUAIL
RAIN QUAIL
CHINESE
PAINTED
QUAIL
NEW
ZEALAND
QUAIL

3. Bob White Quail- (Colinus virginianus) --United States, Mexico,
and the Caribbean
Japanese Quail- ( Coturnix japonica) -- East Asia
California Quail- (Callipepla californica)
Common Quail- ( Coturnix coturnix) --European
Rain Quail- (Coturnix coromandelica)--Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri
Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam
Chinese Painted Quail- ( Coturnix chinensis)
New Zealand Quail- ( Coturnix novaezelandiae)

4. JAPANESE QUAIL
Taxonomy
KINGDOM : ANIMALIA
PHYLUM : CHORDATA
CLASS : AVES
ORDER : GALLIFRMES
FAMILY : PHASIANIDA
SUB-FAMILY : PHASIANIDAE
GENUS : Coturnix
SPECIES : coturnix Japonica

5. COMMON VARIETIES OF QUAIL
Pharaoh
English White
British range
Manchurian golden
Tuxedo
Texas A and M
Italian
Scarlett
Red Range
Roux Dilute

6. PHARAOH
Also known as Jumbo Brown
Standard wild colouring and markings.
Females have chest spots. Males have spotless, rust coloured chest.
Visually sexable usually around 2 to 3 weeks.
Chicks are warm brownish yellow with dark brown to black stripes

7. BRITISH RANGE
In America-referred to as the British Range/Rosetta/Tibetan
The overall colouring is dark brown
The markings of the Range are:
a lighter brown body colour overlaid with darker-brown, almost black
pencilling, along with a certain amount of dark grey feathering on the
back and as a faint patch on the throat.
The white eyebrow stripe and white throat
markings are virtually absent

8. ENGLISH WHITE
 These are completely white, with no discernible markings, other
than on the head.
 Beak and legs are pinkish brown and eyes are dark brown.
Male and female are identical
patches of black on the head and back.
smaller than the below A &M
But closely related to it
Pure white meat.

9. TexasAand M/Jumbo White
 Selectively bred by A & M Texas college
for their white meat and pure white feathers
 can also have brown spots on back of head and or on the back.

10. MANCHURIAN GOLDEN
In the USA, golden strains known as Manchurian Gold or Golden
Speckled
Bright orange-gold variant with few to no dark speckles.
Colouration varies between individuals.
The male is lighter while the female is darker
Dark eyes. Grey of beak.
Chicks hatch light yellow with thin dark stripes.
Males have face mask. can be dark or light.
Generally sexable by 3 weeks of age.
Large size, variety does not affect the size

11. TUXEDO
 Produced by breeding an A&M to a British range
White chest markings with coloured background. % of marking
coverage varies. May extend up wings.
No colour difference between male and female.
Gender of birds not guaranteed where chest obscured by marking.
Available on any major colouration.
Chicks have yellow chest down.

12. ITALIAN
Have beautiful tiger pattern of
browns ,red and yellow
Can be sexed by their feathers at 4 weeks
 Males-more rusty color

13. SCARLETT
Also known as Red Golden.
 A nice red colour with gold pinning.
 Incomplete Dominant

14. RED RANGE
Red Range also known as cinnamon

15. ROUX DILUTE
A lighter colour of the wild coturnix.
Recessive Also known as Fawn

16. QUAILVARIETIES DEVELOPEDAT
CARI
VARIETIES TYPE BODY WT.(g) HATCHABILITY
CARI Uttam Meat 240 70-75%
CARI Pearl White egger 140 70-80%
CARI Ujjawal White Breasted 175 65%
CARI Sweta White feathered 155-165 50-60%
CARI Brown Brown feathered 180-185 60-65%
CARI Sunheri Brown feathered
white breasted
182 68%

17. Varieties FCR Feed
consumption/
day (gm.)
Sexual
maturity
Age (day)
Annual egg
production
Egg
colour
Liveability
%
Cari Uttam 2.6 25.28 42-46 260 Tinted 96
Cari Pearl 2.5 20.25 44 285-295 white 95
Cari
Ujjawal
2.8 25-28 40-43 240 Tinted 97
Cari
Sweta
2.7 25 42 215 Tinted 80
Cari
Brown
2.7 9 38-41 210 Tinted 90
Cari
Sunheri
2.8 10 43 200 Tinted 95

18. CARI Uttam CARI Ujjawal CARI Sunheri
CARI sweta CARI Brown CARI Pearl

19. DEVELOPED STRAINS OF J .QUAIL
AT TANUVAS
 Nandanam Quail ( 1988)
• First strain of Meat type
• 138g in 6wks
• Livability 88%
• FCR =3.83
Nandanam Quail II ( 1993)
• Meat type – Desi quail
• 180g in 6 wks.
• FCR= 2.76
• Livability 88.20%
Nandanam Quail III ( 2004)
• Developed by 18 generations of selective breeding
• 200-247g at 6 wks.