The use of beech flour in the diet of parent herd of quails

Abstract

It is necessary not only to increase the production of poultry products, but also to improve its quality while reducing the prime-cost. One of the solutions to this problem is the use of diff erent feed additives in poultry feeding, made from components of natural origin to meet the needs of poultry, which makes it possible to use for the production of compound feed. Recently, Russia has been paying more and more attention to such a sub-branch of poultry farming as quail farming. This is due to the fact that its products are in demand in the modern market, and production does not require large investments, which makes it possible to receive high incomes from the sale of both meat and eggs in the shortest possible time. The purpose of the research was to study the influence of compound feeds with beech fl our on the productivity of quails of the parent herd. The research was aimed at studying the egg productivity of quails. The results of a study on quails of the parent herd when using compound feeds with 1,0 % beech fl our have been presented in the article. Due to the better assimilation of feed nutrients, the introduction of beech fl our into the structure of the diet helped to increase egg productivity and reduced feed expenditures for products. Thus, when using the developed compound feeds, the average daily feed consumption decreased by 0,71 %. Data from the balance experiment showed that when using compound feed with 1,0 % beech fl our protein digestibility increased by 1,16 abs.%. It has been established that the use of compound feed with the introduction of 1,0 % beech fl our was of practical importance due to an increase in the productivity of quails and reduction in the prime-cost by 1,93 % for production of one hatchable egg.