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The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of pine needles and vitamin E powder on blood biochemistry and carcass characteristics of female Japanese quails. A total of 180 female Japanese quails were obtained from the open market and maintained at deep litter housing pens system for 42 days. After adaptation, all female quails were divided into the following groups, group 1, control QC; group 2, QE; supplemented with vitamin E at the rate of 150 mg L⁻¹; group 3, QP; pine needles at the rate of 150 mg L⁻¹and group 4, QEP; the combination of both. The high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLC) and total cholesterol (TC) were significantly (p < 0.05) affected by QE and QP groups as compared to QC and QEP groups. Triglyceride (TG), total protein (TP), glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) significantly (p < 0.05) increased in all treatment groups except for the QC …