Uluslararası Anadolu Ziraat Mühendisliği Bilimleri Dergisi

Yazarlar: Sabri Arda ERATALAR, Nezih OKUR

Konular:Ziraat, Sütçülük ve Hayvan Bilimleri

Anahtar Kelimeler:Bıldırcın,Tüy rengi,Kuluçkalık yumurta,Kuluçka performansı

Özet: The impacts of plumage colours of quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) on some hatching performance parameters for quails were reviewed in this study. Fertility (F), early stage deaths (ES) with last stage deaths + pipped but un-hatched (LS+PU) embryonic mortality and hatchability of fertile eggs (HFE) were studied hatching performance parameters. A total of 144 hatching eggs which were obtained from middle-aged (15 week) quail breeders with harlequin brown (original) and white plumages were used. Average values of quails having original and white plumage colours respectively were 73.11 % and 72.90 % for F, 4.44 % and 4.88 % for ES, 11.92 % and 6.29 % for LS + PU, 78.86 % and 80.20 % for HFE. As a result, it was seen that the hatching eggs obtained from quails having white plumage colour were numerically lower in F, higher in ES and higher HFE rates because of lower LPU in comparison to quails with harlequin brown plumage. The differences between the treatments were not found to be significant (P > 0.05), so it can be told that the plumage colour doesn’t affect studied hatching performance parameters. However, it is thought that continuation of studies including the rearing period will be beneficial for both academicians and quail producers.

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