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This is not necessarily a true statement. Worming quail just for the sake of it, or because you assume they need it is never a good idea. Unless they show signs of worms, then worming often only becomes a poison to them.
Many folks keep their quail on the ground with no ill effects. The factors I have found that keep quail healthy ground dwellers is, number one, and this is a big one, dry, drier, driest. Keep the ground as dry as possible. Diseases, bacterium, fungus, worms and all those nastys love wet, warm conditions. So if you cover the area when it is going to rain, or build a roof over the area they are living in, disease is less likely.
Number two, is plenty of room. If they are not standing in their own filth all the time for having plenty of space to live in, then they are less likely to pick up crud.
Number three....keep it clean. Clean it often, use a dry bedding that is absorbent and don't allow the gunk to build up.
So, back to the worming...I went nearly 5 years with aviaries filled with quail before I ever wormed my birds, and I only wormed them because I thought it MIGHT be time to worm. My birds are healthy, happy and I have never lost one of them to disease attributed to being on the ground. If you are in doubt, you can take a fecal sample to your vet and they can determine if they do in fact have worms or what type of worm they have.
Worms are everywhere and do infect all birds and ground birds are more suseptable. But you do not have to be afraid to keep quail on the ground. They will love all the freedom available to them and if you can offer areas with grass, they will think they died and went to heaven! Good luck!
-L