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A Study of the Protein Requirements of Bobwhite Quail Reared in Confinement in Battery Brooders to Eight Weeks of Age

1950; Elsevier BV; Volume: 29; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3382/ps.0290161

1525-3171

James T. Baldini, Roy E. Roberts, Charles M. Kirkpatrick,

Animal Nutrition and Physiology

IN order to restore and increase bobwhite populations, artificial propagation and release is being practiced in many states. At the present time this procedure is difficult, inefficient, and costly. The work reported herein was directed toward the determination of rations and methods with which the bobwhite could be reared successfully and efficiently in captivity. Reports on quail reared in captivity by LeCompte (1931), Petty (1934), Bass (1937), and Nestler and Bailey (1941), state that it is possible to keep bobwhite quail chicks confined to battery brooders or similar enclosures for as long as four weeks, after which time they must be removed to holding pens if best results are to be obtained. Mac Namara (1933) stated that he allowed 0.52 to 0.58 square feet per bird and obtained favorable results to four weeks of age, when the birds were removed to rearing pens. He reported mortality at four weeks between . . .