GROWING OF ECOLOGICAL PRODUCTS OF GUINEA-FOWLS IN PRIVATE ECONOMY

The growing of guinea-fowls to increase the variety of products of the poultry farming to due to dietary products – eggs and meat of guinea-fowls. The method of researches foresaw the study of features of guinea-fowls as to the kind and productive qualities of breeds, populaces and crosses. Bases of maintenance and care are of guinea-fowls in a private economy, at enclosure and pasture maintenance of bird. The breeds of guinea-fowls are most widespread – grey, blue, colorful (white-brisket) and whites of breed. Populaces of guinea-fowls: blue, cream, black (violet, dark), light violet (lavender), blue-violet (light-blue, lilac), yellow brown guinea-fowl, yellow (tin, copper). Guinea-fowls-broilers are created in France: cross-country races of ESSOR MI.LF but ESSOR ML.FL. Bird well acclimatization, not especially sensible to the cold and not whimsical to the terms of maintenance; grow guinea-fowls in an ordinary apartment without the permanent heating. Especially well a sapling grows to 2,5 – monthly age. Grown man individuals usually hold to two years. It is upon completion hammered (to this time they become well fattened) in laying guinea-fowls and superfluous males in age three – five months, because for them more tender meat, than for a grown man bird. A bird can become laying already in 7 months, on condition of maintenance of them at this time in an apartment, at temperatures +14...+18 °С and to duration of light day 16 hours. There duration of the intensive bearing – 20-24 and to 36 weeks. Males arrive at puberty later females and pedigree season for them shorter – 12-16 weeks, sexual correlation is a 1 male on 4 females. For a pedigree season from every female it is possible to get on the average for 100-150 eggs. On the biological indexes of meat guinea-fowl it is considered the best from meat of poultry. Meat of guinea-fowls it is in quality attributed to the best, dietary – useful, irreplaceable source valuable an albumen. Food and agricultural organization of UNO (FAO) defined meat and egg of guinea-fowls as valuable, high-quality food of man stuffs. To conduct guinea-fowls expediently for addition to the market by valuable, dietary food stuffs – ecological egg and meat. A positive price on products is instrumental in rapid recoupment of this production, and possibility to cut prime cost unit of products to due to reduction of prices of forage and unpretentiousness to maintenance of guinea-fowls.