Problems and prospects of Japanese quail farming in Pabna district.

Abstract

The aim of this study is to review the current status of quail production, constrains and its future prospects in pabna as well as Bangladesh. Required data were accumulated from the farms, farmers of pabna. Both broiler and layer quail farming found profitable in Pabna area as the smaller body size, hardiness against common poultry diseases, short generation gap, easy management, quick return over the invest, less labor cost and availability of the resource(i,e feed, DOC etc) is good in pabna . But still now the rearing quail is not yet popular like chicken farming due to poor marketing channel, subsistence farming, lack of specialized feed, lack of the availability of sufficient day-old chicks all over the country, high chick mortality etc. Scientific feeding, training to the farmers about their management, creating organized marketing channel will be the probable solution for vitalizing this species in pabna as well as Bangladesh.