SUMMARY
This study was carried out to assess the effect of different cage stocking densities on the productionperformance of Nandanam quail III reared up to 42 days. Three hundred day old Nandanam quailIII were randomly assigned to 2.5 x 1.5 ft cages and distributed with 3 treatments (20, 25 and 30quails per cage or 0.17, 0.14 and 0.11 sq. ft per quail, respectively) and 4 replicates. There weresignificant differences among treatments for bi-weekly body weight, feed consumption, feedconversion ratio and net profit per bird. There was a reduction (P>0.05) in body weight with theincrease in stocking density and the 4th and 6th week body weight were 144.17±3.84, 128.55±3.63and 108.03±2.69 g; and 216.86±5.95, 207.76±4.01 and 197.27±3.81 g, respectively. The feedconsumption per bird (g) up to 42 days were 665.69±0.01, 532.19±0.01 and 443.23±0.01respectively. Better feed conversion ratio (2.57 and 2.25) and net profit per bird (Rs. 4.48 and 7.15)were observed where the birds reared at the cage stocking density of 0.14 sq.ft and 0.11 sq.ft perbird, respectively. This study concluded that the cage stocking density between 0.11 and 0.14 sq.ftper bird will be more economical for rearing Nandanam quail III in cage system of rearing up to42 days of age.