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Quail house and housing
Quail house and housing
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Teacher: Beetle Edge

Quail house and housing

This unit standard underscores the importance of providing an environment that permits the quails to perform to their best, and to enable the farmers carryout routine farm tasks such as feeding and cleaning easily and conveniently. Housing is also essential to protect quails against predators, thieves, rough weather. The module also describes the quail house requirements and the needed equipment. 

Specific learning outcomes:

Upon successful completion, the participants should have a clear understanding of  quail housing and it’s importance in quail farming, principles followed when designing and selecting a suitable site for quail house construction. 

Learning objectives:

The module is aimed at enhancing knowledge of the farmers about quails as birds that require very tinny but restricted access rearing space and facilities.

The specific objectives: 

By the end of the module, participants should be able to:

  1. Identify housing requirements.

  2. Know the most ideal house for quail rearing and its advantages and disadvantages

  3. State the criteria for selection of an ideal site of quail housing.