How do you teach quail chicks to eat?

[bietsch624]

I know I saw on here somewhere how to teach the newly hatched chicks to eat, but I can't find it..

 

[Denninmi]

Sprinkle the food on something shiny like a little square of aluminum foil, and "peck" at it with your finger or a pencil or pen. They'll get the idea pretty quickly.

 

[Fat Daddy]

Sprinkle feed on the floor of brooder and I even put some on on the bator floor. Then a new dime in a jar lid of feed is JJ's trick, and it works. Bill

 

[Wifezilla]

You have to teach them to eat? I just had to stand back and try not to get trampled! LOL

 

[Stellar]

I sprinkle food in the brooder and watch the party.

 

[JJMR794]

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YES AND PLACE IT DIRECTLY UNDER THE HEAT SOURCE... MAKE IT THE WARMEST SPOT IN THE BROODER AND THEY WILL HANG OUT THERE... ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE NOTICES THE "SHINEY" AND STARTS PECKING.. BEFORE YA KNOW IT HE HAS A MOUTHFUL OF FEED... 1 THING LEADS TO ANOTHER AND THE NEXT THING YA KNOW YOU WONT BE ABLE TO KEEP ENOUGH FOOD IN THERE TO SUIT THEM

I ALSO SPRINKLE FOOD THROUGHOUT THE BROODER FLOOR FOR THE 1ST 3 DAYS OR SO...

 

[bietsch624]

Cool..definately am trying this...so far, the lone chick in the brooder is sleeping in the middle of the food!

 

[JJMR794]

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PERFECT... SEE IT WORKS WONDERS!