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This is the name of the site, specially created for those who breed quails. But for the heroine of this publication - Elena Strizhakova from Bogdanovka - valuable advice and recommendations from the Internet are not yet available, although they are urgently needed.

So the youngest sixth-grader daughter Natasha keeps telling her mother that it's time to buy a computer for the household and use it to expand the network of clients. Although, it must be said right away that Elena Vasilyevna has no particular need for buyers. And she brings her “variegated” products mainly to the medical staff of the Neftegorsk Central Hospital.

Exactly a year ago I came here to surgery with a perforated ulcer, - Elena Vasilievna recalls. Thank God everything turned out better than it could have been. And here I am, still in tubes, I see that my neighbor in the ward became very ill at night. She helped her as best she could, and in the morning she calls her husband and asks to urgently bring quail eggs - this means to support me after the operation. And so we became friends with her that we exchanged phone numbers and addresses. Gulya turned out to be a real professional quail breeder. As a token of her respect and gratitude, she taught me this science, and most importantly, she showed me by her example that in life one must be afraid of laziness, indifference and stinginess.

This is how 25 females and 25 male quails appeared in the Strizhakovs' compound. Immediately the question arose - where to settle the new inhabitants? They took half of the empty barn under the feathered livestock, insulated it, purchased a heat gun for reliability, purchased cages, a net, components for the feeding ration, and most importantly, an automatic incubator.

Frankly, - Elena Vasilyevna admits, - when we started a new business for our family, secretly my daughters Nina and Natasha and I cherished the hope that our husband and father would be so carried away by breeding quails that they would stop looking into a glass. Indeed, in the first months, and even now, we have no time to rest, especially since Anatoly works for me as a mechanic in the municipal service of the settlement. The new idea benefited, first of all, the head of the family.

So, slowly, things began to improve, especially since Elena's neighbor is also quick-witted and businesslike in terms of the economic part. Olga Sinichkina with her schoolgirl daughter keeps a dairy mini-farm. And Elena followed.

And it did! - shining with blue eyes, exclaims my interlocutor. And quietly, sadly smiles. While I was asking about her family's new business, I quietly touched her roots. It turns out that Elena's mother worked as a poultry keeper at the famous Utevskaya poultry farm when she was young. She died early, relations with her father were difficult, and as soon as she got married in Bogdanovka, she had to harness herself to work, to the household.

In addition to the quail kingdom-farm for 300 heads, two heifers and a bull are raised in the Strizhakov farmstead, there is a cow, a dozen or three chickens, ducks. And in the future, the arrangement of a quail mini-farm for three thousand heads. Elena also dreams of breeding turkeys.

I really like this beautiful and regal bird, - Elena Vasilievna says dreamily. And so much hope and optimism can be heard in her voice that I no longer think she herself is a fragile, weak-looking woman and very tired.

When I reminded her about the state support for agricultural producers through the national project and regional and district programs, she started up and, waving her hand, said:

We turned to the local branch of Rosselkhozbank and to our branch of the Savings Bank of Russia, everywhere they gave us a lapel turn. My husband's salary is at the subsistence level. A dependent young daughter. So, in terms of wages, even with income from the sale of eggs, quail meat, milk, cottage cheese, cream, we do not pass the bank requirements. We have nothing to pledge to the bank, because they require expensive equipment. There is no one to suggest us another option for obtaining a loan or obtaining a subsidy, and we do not know who to contact. In our village, such specialists do not appear, and we ourselves do not have sufficient information.

I prompted Elena Strizhakova to apply to the business support department of the district administration, which announced just the other day about the next competition of business projects. Whether the conversation will turn out, I don’t know, but I saw how not only employees of the clinic, departments, but also patients flock to her bench at the entrance to the hospital. Raisa Sergeevna Samarkina, for example, has become a regular customer and does not praise the positive effect of quail eggs.

What is the conclusion from all that has been said? Of course, many heard, read, watched on TV about the national project "Development of the Agro-Industrial Complex", but, unfortunately, the rural owners of farmsteads try it on themselves timidly, timidly and ineptly. The work that the Strizhakovs took up was the first to be appreciated by our doctors, because they know well what undoubted benefits the production of such a small, but such a valuable bird brings. The range of application of quail eggs is very wide and varied. On another site, Farmer, this range fits into almost two dozen lines. These are anti-allergic and anti-asthma drugs, vaccines and antisera, functional nutrition ingredients, including those for children and pregnant women; components of cosmetics, immunostimulants and more.

But in Japan, for example, in schools, children are given quail eggs for breakfast without fail.

I have been keeping quails for several years now and I can tell you about these useful birds from the point of view of an experienced person. The quail egg is valued as a medicinal product, although there are different opinions, but as for the negative reviews, I am inclined to believe that someone simply does not need competition and does not want this bird to become popular in our country.

Quail eggs are sold in grocery stores in packs of twenty, the price ranges from 50 to 70 rubles per pack. For medicinal purposes, eggs are used that have been stored for no more than four days, and it is very difficult to guess the freshness of the eggs in the store, because you do not know how many eggs were stored before they were packed.

In the healing properties of eggs, I was convinced by personal experience and practice. With the daily use of quail eggs for food, people notice that vigor appears, efficiency increases, colds disappear, and all because immunity in humans increases. Eggs contribute to the normalization of pressure, are recommended for heart diseases. lungs, stomach. My mother had a stroke and the function of the stomach was disturbed, every day we started with four quail eggs and everything was restored. My neighbor, having a stomach ulcer, could not eat normally, he experienced periodic pain. He began to take eggs from me and a week later he happily announced that he had finally begun to eat normally and live without pain. I have many more examples, as I communicate with people, with my regular customers.

There is no particular difficulty in keeping quails. For an apartment, I would advise you to buy five females and then, almost every day, you will have five fresh eggs. It is not necessary to keep the male, unless, of course, it is planned to incubate the eggs, unfortunately the quails themselves will not breed chicks.

For five quails, a small cage is needed, not high, so that the bird cannot take off and hit. Quails are fed with compound feeds, but when kept in an apartment, the bird can be given food waste, rubbing vegetables and fruits.

The daily therapeutic norm of eggs for an adult is 4 pieces, in the morning half an hour before breakfast, raw. The taste of eggs does not differ from chicken, although someone says that quail eggs are tastier. I want to note that it is not for nothing that astronauts take quail eggs with them into space, and in Japanese schools, children start their day with a breakfast of quail eggs.

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Despite their small size, they are not inferior to chicken ones in terms of the content of vitamins and other useful substances, and even surpass them in some indicators. This dietary product has antibacterial, immunomodulatory, antitumor properties, normalizes the activity of the gastrointestinal tract, cardiovascular and other systems.
Quail eggs are a concentrated biological set of substances necessary for a person. It is a pantry of nutrients and therapeutic agents. Compared to a chicken egg, one gram of a quail egg contains more vitamins: A - 2.5 times, B1 - 2.8 and B2 - 2.2 times. In five quail eggs, equal in mass to one chicken, the level of phosphorus and potassium is 5 times higher, and iron is 4.5 times higher. Much more copper, cobalt, limiting and other amino acids in quail eggs. In terms of the content of such essential amino acids as tyrosine, threonine, lysine, glycine and histidine, quail eggs are superior to chicken ones. Tyrazine is known to play a significant role in metabolism and contributes to the formation of pigment, which determines healthy skin color. This is why quail eggs are used in the cosmetics industry.

Quail does not suffer from salmonellosis at all

In Japan, the country of advanced technologies, every day before classes, schoolchildren eat two quail eggs. Quail breeding has been practiced there since the 11th century, but the real boom in quail hunting began after World War II (after Hiroshima and Nagasaki).
The experience of Japan was used by Russian doctors after the Chernobyl accident in the detailed preparation of menus for children taken out of the tragedy zone. After a certain period of time, their general condition improved, the level of hemoglobin increased, ESR returned to normal, headaches, fatigue, pain in the heart, and nosebleeds disappeared. Biochemical analysis of blood did not reveal any abnormalities in its composition. The results obtained allowed us to conclude that it is desirable to use quail eggs in the clinical nutrition of debilitated children and adults, and primarily in ecologically disadvantaged areas.
Now homemade quail eggs are most effectively used in the preparation of baby food in all countries of the world. Due to the high body temperature (42 degrees Celsius), quails are resistant to all infectious diseases, in particular, they never suffer from a disease such as salmonellosis. It follows from this that homemade quail eggs, unlike table chicken eggs, should be eaten raw and receive a full range of nutrients and minerals, which are completely destroyed during heat treatment.

Quail egg shell -
source of calcium

In ancient medical books, as part of many healing mixtures, both eggs are mentioned along with the shell, and the shell itself. The Hungarian doctor Krompeher, with a group of doctors and biologists, became interested in the health benefits of egg shells. Over 10 years of research has shown that eggshells are an ideal source of calcium that is easily absorbed by the body.
The most valuable shell is quail. Medical studies have shown that the shell of quail eggs, consisting of 90% calcium carbonate (calcium carbonate), is easily absorbed by the body. It contains all the trace elements necessary for the body: copper, fluorine, iron, manganese, molybdenum, phosphorus, sulfur, zinc, silicon and others - a total of 27 elements! Especially important is the significant content of silicon and molybdenum in it - our daily food is extremely poor in these elements. They are necessary for the normal course of biochemical reactions in the body.
Taking eggshells, you can not be afraid that excess calcium will be deposited on the bones and joints, not be afraid of urolithiasis. If there is no need for calcium, it is ideally excreted from the body. The shell included in baby food is extremely beneficial for rickets and anemia that develops in parallel with rickets. Accelerated healing was observed in orthopedic diseases such as congenital dislocation of the hip, osteoporosis (softening of the bones). In both children and adults, the use of shell therapy has a positive effect on brittle nails and hair, bleeding gums, constipation, irritability, insomnia, hay fever, asthma, and urticaria.
Very often the question arises: how to take the powder - on an empty stomach or after a meal? In this case, it doesn't matter. You can also add it to food at the same time. The effect will be much greater if quail powder is consumed with 3-5 drops of lemon juice, as well as fish oil, where there is a lot of vitamin D and iodine. The Belgians pour crushed shells with a small amount of lemon juice, citric or malic acid, stand, then immediately before use, this seasoning is mixed with crushed garlic and added to food.
Even better, calcium and other trace elements are absorbed dissolved in water. The calcium solution is prepared as follows. Powder is poured at the bottom of the jar (per 1 liter 1 teaspoon of quail egg shell powder), infused for 5 hours. Such water is used for drinking and preparing tea, herbal infusions, coffee, soups, while we saturate our body with calcium ions and other trace elements.
Calcium from the shell of quail eggs can be obtained independently. Pour the shells into a saucepan with cold water and boil for five minutes. Drain the water, rinse. Once again, fill with water and boil for five minutes - drain the water, rinse and pour apple cider vinegar for 24 hours. We drain the vinegar, rinse the shell and dry it so that the sun's rays do not fall on it. Then grind in a coffee grinder twice.
What goes with quail eggs?
Vegetables, meat, poultry, dairy products - these eggs will add a kind of zest to almost any dish. But keep in mind that, unlike chicken eggs, quail eggs have a richer and more pronounced taste. Due to their small size, they can be added whole to salads or used as a garnish. Salads, pizzas, pie fillings, cottage cheese and cheese desserts, soups, baked vegetables and mushrooms - this is just a small list of dishes that use quail eggs.

Folk recipes
For prevention. Recommended daily consumption of quail eggs in the diet of children and adults. Eggs are taken orally raw on an empty stomach in the morning 30 minutes before meals, washed down with water or juice. Eggs do not cause allergies, so an increase in their number in a serving for adults does not really matter.
If you have stomach problems. Take a quail egg shell and grind it. Place 1/3 teaspoon of the shell on your tongue and drink plenty of water. It is advisable to repeat the procedure at least twice a day, regardless of the meal. The result will not keep you waiting.
In the treatment of asthma and allergies. Crack the quail egg into the honey. Take three hours before meals, one in the morning and two in the evening. Duration of admission - 40 days, then 14 days off. Repeat the cycle.
With atherosclerosis and angina pectoris, nutritionists advise eating four quail eggs half an hour before meals. The course of admission is 3-4 months. However, after a week and a half, many have a decrease in heart and headaches, a decrease in blood pressure and an improvement in overall well-being.
For the treatment of hypertension for one course, you will need about 120 quail eggs. Eggs are recommended to be taken in the morning on an empty stomach, and always raw. In the first three days you need to eat 3 eggs, and starting from the fourth day - 5 pieces.
Diathesis. Dry the shell, chop and mix with finely chopped lemon. Give to children 3 times a day. Can be sprinkled with sugar.
Arthritis, rheumatism, sprained tendons. Put five raw eggs in a glass and pour vinegar essence. Leave for 2-3 days until the shell dissolves. Then add 100 grams of butter to the resulting mixture, mix well and rub sore joints instead of ointment.
It's better than Viagra: Bulgarian experts have found that quail eggs are more effective than Viagra tablets. The Bulgarians even invented a special cocktail called "Youth". 120 grams of cola, 20 grams of cognac or rum, a slice of lemon, a teaspoon of sugar and 2 fresh quail eggs are mixed. Carbonated water is added to the mixture. The effect of drinking a magical drink is amazing.
Cosmetology. Face masks from these eggs smooth out wrinkles, reduce puffiness, and restore a healthy look to the skin. Proteins are good for oily skin, yolks are good for dry skin. Protein has a drying property, it also tightens the skin and tightens pores. The yolk has a milder effect, it nourishes and makes the skin supple.
For oily skin. The protein mask is made from quail egg protein, which is not whipped. It is applied to the face in layers as it dries. It is washed off after 15-20 minutes with water at room temperature.
For dry skin. Make a yolk-oatmeal mask. In this case, the yolks are beaten, oatmeal and one teaspoon of honey are added. The mass is applied to the face and washed off with warm water after 15 minutes. After that, a cool compress is applied.
For hair: 1 cup olive oil with 5-6 quail eggs and 1/3 cup honey, beaten. It is necessary to apply this mixture to the hair and distribute it evenly over the head with a comb. Wash off after 3 hours. Hair will become soft and shiny.
Fashionistas can be given separate advice - take quail shell once a day at night for 1/3 teaspoon and 2 capsules of fish oil, from November to March - your hair and nails will be just excellent!

Only forty years ago, quails began to be grown in our country, and the popularity of this type of poultry is already comparable to chickens and geese. And this is not surprising, because the quail is one of the most profitable types of poultry, capable of bringing in twice as much profit as was spent on the direct cultivation of quails. And the reason for this was the highest quality of quail meat and eggs, their dietary value. No wonder for a long time quail eggs were considered a delicacy available only to the elite. Today, every poultry farmer can breed quails on their own.

BREEDS OF QUAILS

The most popular egg breeds of quails, such as white English, tuxedo, Manchurian golden, blue marble, meat breed pharaoh also find their fans. It is impossible to achieve high results by breeding quails if they do not create the necessary conditions for reproduction and growth. Quails are best kept in cages, although in the summer they can be released into open aviaries located on the street. Bedding should be placed on the floor of cages or enclosures: hay or sawdust. Digging in the litter in search of food, the quails warm up, which favorably affects their egg production, and they gain weight faster. It is important that the temperature in the room where the quail is kept is quite high, in the range of 13-16 degrees. With a strong drop in temperature, quails stop rushing.

QUAIL CARE

RECIPES FROM QUAIL MEAT

Quail baked

The best way to heat treat young quails is roasting. At the same time, the meat turns out to be more juicy, tender and tasty. It is better to stew old quails in pans with a tight-fitting lid. Quenching is carried out at a temperature of 150-180°C. The meat is covered with a crust, as in the dry method of processing.

Deep-fried quail

Wash the carcasses and salt. In a saucepan with boiling fat (butter or ghee and margarine), place the carcasses so that they are completely covered with fat, cover the pan with a lid and bring to a boil. Then put the pan in the oven on medium and then on low heat for 50-60 minutes. To determine the readiness of meat, the carcass should be taken by the leg, it should be easily separated from the carcass. Before use, fry pieces of black bread in a pan in fat, in which quails were stewed. Put the fried bread on a dish, put the finished carcass on each piece of bread, decorate with herbs and serve hot.

Fried quail

Salt the washed carcasses and fry in a deep frying pan. Cover with a lid and place in the oven. On low heat, the quail will be ready in 40-50 minutes. Periodically, they must be watered with the resulting juice. Decorate the dish with hard-boiled quail eggs.

Quail stuffed

Quail 12 pcs., lamb 400 g, onion 240 g, egg 1 pc., coriander greens 40 g, spices and salt to taste. The quail is plucked, singeed and carefully gutted, washed thoroughly in cold water, and the paws are chopped off. Put for 1 hour in a solution prepared from water, salt and red pepper. Fatty lamb is passed through a meat grinder, finely chopped onion, raw egg, cumin, black pepper and chopped cilantro are added. All this is well mixed. The resulting mass is stuffed with quails, placed in a manti-cauldron and steamed for 35-40 minutes. When serving, put 2 quails and a tomato salad in each plate.