Breeds and varieties of quail

Breeds and varieties of quail

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  BREEDSAND VARIETIES OF JAPANESEQUAIL
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  SPECIES OF QUAIL BOBWHITE QUAIL JAPANESE QUAIL CALIFORNIA QUAIL COMMON QUAIL RAIN QUAIL CHINESE PAINTED QUAIL NEW ZEALAND QUAIL
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  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)
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  JAPANESE QUAIL Taxonomy KINGDOM :ANIMALIA PHYLUM : CHORDATA CLASS : AVES ORDER : GALLIFRMES FAMILY : PHASIANIDA SUB-FAMILY : PHASIANIDAE GENUS : Coturnix SPECIES : coturnix Japonica
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  COMMON VARIETIES OFQUAIL Pharaoh English White British range Manchurian golden Tuxedo Texas A and M Italian Scarlett Red Range Roux Dilute
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  PHARAOH Also known asJumbo 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
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  BRITISH RANGE In America-referredto 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
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  ENGLISH WHITE  Theseare 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.
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  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.
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  MANCHURIAN GOLDEN In theUSA, 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
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  TUXEDO  Produced bybreeding 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.
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  ITALIAN Have beautiful tigerpattern of browns ,red and yellow Can be sexed by their feathers at 4 weeks  Males-more rusty color
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  SCARLETT Also known asRed Golden.  A nice red colour with gold pinning.  Incomplete Dominant
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  RED RANGE Red Rangealso known as cinnamon
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  ROUX DILUTE A lightercolour of the wild coturnix. Recessive Also known as Fawn
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  QUAILVARIETIES DEVELOPEDAT CARI VARIETIES TYPEBODY 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%
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  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
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  CARI Uttam CARIUjjawal CARI Sunheri CARI sweta CARI Brown CARI Pearl
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  DEVELOPED STRAINS OFJ .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.