Mortality may be as high as 14 percent. The birds are fed high quality turkey rations and need to be beak trimmed at 6 weeks of age to prevent cannibalism. Quail are raised in conditions similar to broiler chickens. They are small birds and require little floor space. They consume 3.5kg of feed per kg of gain.
Quails are ready for market in seven to seven and a half weeks.
At maturity the birds weigh 0.2kg eviscerated. Partridge are produced much like broiler chickens. Squab are the young offspring of pigeons. Pigeons produce 10 squab per breeding pair per year. Each squab weighs 0.45kg dressed weight.