Problems and Prospects of Quail Farming in Chittagong

Abstract

The study was undertaken to identify the problems and prospects of quail farming in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Required data were collected from the quail farms, farmers of Chittagong. Both broiler and layer quail farming were found profitable after economic analysis. 4.78 taka profit per broiler quail per batch was earned against 4083.00 taka per layer bird per year proving that layer quail makes more profit. Lack of awareness about quail meat and egg is the main hinder in popularizing the quail farming. On the other hand, low investment requirement, short generation gap per batch and early marketing are attracting the farmers to go for quail farming. Quail farming business could, therefore, be suggested to adopt as a profitable one.