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Getting ready to start some quail - and if we are going to do this work, want to maximize the healthy natural nutrition that can be gained from the eggs. That being said, I'd like to avoid commercial feeds even so called organic ones. For the older quail we have a large area to tractor our small flock, with plenty of food the wild quail sure love, and will also seed it to keep the food crop up for them. But for the young chicks - I have seen threads on here about how feeding meal worms causes "toe-pecking" and do not plan on feeding any sort of worm - but I found on the UK Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust - a study about what quail chicks eat - both in the wild and under human care. And though the percentages varied, both ate a variety of 7 different invertebrates. Has anyone out there tried feeding their chicks a variety of crickets, ants, beetles, spiders, etc? Not a pleasant picture, I don't look forward to that prospect - but I feel it would be worth it.
Any input about natural feeding appreciated.
Thanks!
Megan
Any input about natural feeding appreciated.
Thanks!
Megan