What to feed quail
What to feed quail
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- margo - newbie
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Re: What to feed quail
What sort of quail do you have ?
I have Japanese quail (coturnix coturnix i think they are called) they eat about the same scraps as chickens. They have a smaller and less powerfull beak though, therefore they are just not able to eat the tougher scraps.
Quail have more need for protein though. Giving them some cooked chicken scraps, dog food or bugs and snales etc from the garden is a good idea. This increases there egg production and growth.
Dave
I have Japanese quail (coturnix coturnix i think they are called) they eat about the same scraps as chickens. They have a smaller and less powerfull beak though, therefore they are just not able to eat the tougher scraps.
Quail have more need for protein though. Giving them some cooked chicken scraps, dog food or bugs and snales etc from the garden is a good idea. This increases there egg production and growth.
Dave
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- A selfsufficientish Regular
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Re: What to feed quail
If you hang a mesh bag full of acorns over the pen, most birds will love the acorn grubs that crawl out. After a few days you can coarsly crush the nuts in the shell, and they'll pick through for the nutmeats. Be aware that this can sometimes turn the egg yolks green, but doesn't effect flavor.
Re: What to feed quail
I feed mine chuck crumbs or layers mash which they do very well on supplemented by the odd scrap of vegetable.They all lay fine and appear to be healthy!