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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: piggy on August 18, 2010, 09:25:32 pm

Title: What do Quail eat?
Post by: piggy on August 18, 2010, 09:25:32 pm

Bought some Quail today,will they be ok with chick crumb?

Thanks

Title: Re: What do Quail eat?
Post by: sam.t on August 18, 2010, 10:19:34 pm

we have some quail that we bread and they eat chick crumbs (5 weeks old) and not had any probs with them
sam :chook: :goat:

Title: Re: What do Quail eat?
Post by: bamford6 on August 19, 2010, 10:18:53 am

i think qual are a better bet than chickins redey to lay 6 weeks cocks for supper and lots off people wonting the eggs chick crumbs fine as well as bird seed millitt and meal worms and eney frute lettice i have 50 hens at the mo Coturnix Quail

Title: Re: What do Quail eat?
Post by: sam.t on August 19, 2010, 11:51:37 am

Quote from: bamford6 on August 19, 2010, 10:18:53 am

i think qual are a better bet than chickins redey to lay 6 weeks cocks for supper and lots off people wonting the eggs chick crumbs fine as well as bird seed millitt and meal worms and eney frute lettice i have 50 hens at the mo Coturnix Quail

how do you get rid of your eggs we carnt fined anyone intrested round where we live ours are japanese
sam :chook: :goat:

Title: Re: What do Quail eat?
Post by: bamford6 on August 19, 2010, 09:16:06 pm

i sell 12 eggs  for 2 pound the order with the butcher is food for us .better bet than chickins they make 5 pound each sell 10 at a time