good feed for meat quail

[Haileybailey]

what is a good feed for meat quail? please let me know what you feed yours. i belive i am getting japanese quail but i don't know yet. does it matter what type of quail i am getting for the type of feed?-thanks

 

[H@tcher]

I feed Nature Wise Meatbird feed from TSC. It's 22% but my quail are heavy, healthy and it lasts longer than anything else I've tried. Even 30%.

 

[Haileybailey]

I feed Nature Wise Meatbird feed from TSC. It's 22% but my quail are heavy, healthy and it lasts longer than anything else I've tried. Even 30%.

i will be keeping them till they are 12 weeks of age so will this make them overweight in that time period?

 

[CoturnixComplex]

I am on the other end of the spectrum and am a fan of purina gamebird startena 30% protein, at least as youngsters/teenagers. My adults get a cut closer to 25% for sustainable gut health. If I were soley raising meat birds from egg to slaughter I would feed 30%. No need to wait until 12 weeks, though - they grow FAST on that mix.

 

[Fishkeeper]

If you want meat quail, you probably want Japanese, aka coturnix, quail. Every other domesticated variety I can think of is either too tiny or needs too much flying room and/or can't be kept in a group during breeding season.

 

[Fishkeeper]

If you want meat quail, you probably want Japanese, aka coturnix, quail. Every other domesticated variety I can think of is either too tiny or needs too much flying room and/or can't be kept in a group during breeding season.

 

[H@tcher]

i will be keeping them till they are 12 weeks of age so will this make them overweight in that time period?

By overweight you mean fat? No, they will not get fat on the MBF. 40 lb. bag lasts me longer than the 30% game bird feed in 50 lb. bag.