In many countries, quail breeding is organized on a large scale, using modern industrial forms of production. Due to quail farming, the range of dietary foodstuff s necessary for a person is expanding. When rearing and housing this species of poultry, its complete feeding is of particular importance, because health and productivity depend not only on the presence of protein, energy, fats in the compound feed, but also on the amount and ratio of minerals in it, which are a necessary component of any diet. The introduction of beech fl our containing lignocellulose, which relatively recently began to be used for animal feeding as a source of high-quality dietary fiber, can increase the availability of feed nutrients. The purpose of the research was to study the influence of compound feed with the introduction of 1 % beech fl our in different rearing periods on the metabolism and productivity of quails. The results of the influence of complete nutrient-balanced compound feed with beech fl our on zootechnical and economic indicators in the rearing of quailshave been presented in the article. It has been found that expenditures of feed per 1 kg of live weight gain of poultry of the experimental groups were lower by 3,10 % due to better absorption of nutrients. The live weight of quails in the control group at the age of 42 days was 348,25 g and was lower than in the experimental groups by 0,81 and 0,75 %. It has been established that the use of compound feed with 1 % beech fl our is of practical importance in connection with the increase in the productivity of quails and the level of profitability of meat production by 3,2 and 5,5 abs.%.
