Vol. 11, Special Issue 6 (2022)

Author(s):
Pushpa Lamba, SC Goswami, AK Jhirwal, Vivek Saharan, Narendra Kumar Poonia, Shweta Choudhary, Priyanka Meena and DS Manohar

Abstract:
An experiment of was conducted, utilising 180-day old Japanese quail chicks, which were subjected to three density levels groups i.e. S₁ (150 cm2/ bird), S₂ (200 cm2/ bird) and S₃ (250 cm2/ bird) each having 2 replicate (30 chicks/ replicate) to evaluate the influences of floor space on Japanese quail weight at sexual maturity and age at sexual maturity. The data for all measured variables were analyzed using one way ANOVA procedure of SPSS version 20. The results revealed that the group reared in S₂ showed significantly early sexual maturity as compared to rest of the groups. However highest value on body weight at sexual maturity was observed in S₂ and S₃ as compared to S₁. So it could be concluded that Japanese quail reared in higher floor space shows best growth.