Should Quail Have Mealworms?
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- I often get asked about whether you should feed mealworms to quail or not. Mealworms are a great way to boost the protein level in your feed and they make a great treat for your birds but there are a few things to keep in mind.
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I have to adress that every video is full of good infos, 2021 I'm starting poultry on my new home! Here in tropical countries we have in fact a problem with insetcs, but the quails and chicken love and are great helpers in that matter! Thank you man for all information
Thank you so much for the kind comments.
I have mixed in mealworms in their feed before but not regularly. I do put a handful of black oil sunflower seeds and grit in the plastic GLAD feeder container. I've been told it's a good fat for wintering fowl.
Black oil sunflower is a very good winter supplement. very high in fat and helps with keeping them warm. That is a great suggestion.
Thanks Chris! You always have great "nuggets of wisdom". I am raising my own mealworms (and quail) and they do go bananas, and. I have been able to hand feed with them!
Nice. Mealworms are a great motivator for taming up the birds. :)
My quail are spoiled, they have a treat mixture right now that I mixed up that contains dried meal worms, hulled sunflower seeds and a bit of cracked corn. They get a sprinkle at chore time in their sand box or sometimes a sprinkle over their organic game bird feed. They go nuts for it! :)
Nice. Sounds like some very spoiled birds indeed.
It's funny that you say that I actually noticed that my babies were pecking at each other's toes when they were in the incubator and the light was being shown inside so that was their first instinct I figure since they're too small to handle a mealworm anyways I actually took all my mealworms and fly grubs as well as crickets and they're all dried out I buy them in bulk and I grind them together with the regular feed that's already at a 24% protein I noticed that my baby started growing their feathers out on the second day and by the third day small peaks of feather started to show it stay for now and they look like they're going through an awkward teenage stage just much younger they're getting big fast so I would definitely suggest grinding it all up you grind up the food anyways for the first few weeks might as well throw in their treats and their two LOL I also take all of their egg shells that they hatch from and grind those up as well and place it all into their food since it's all a fine powder they consume it all I feel that this benefits them the same way a mother consuming her placenta. love your videos you're always hitting the nail on the head with your topics keep it up you're awesome
Nice. Sounds like you are doing a great job with your birds. The only suggestion I would have is to not add the egg shell. Put it in a separate container and allow them to eat from it as needed. It is easy to give them too much calcium (which can be as bad as not enough) if you mix it in with their feed but if it is offered on the side, they will only eat as much as they need. I hope that makes sense.
As always a great discussion. I raise my own mealworm alongside the quail. Their leftover dust is also a great fertilizer. My veg thrives on a mix of this, quail poo and my tiger worm composter.
I freeze then boil the mealworms - then either chop or mash it up for the chicks. Looking at your cages - I have to ask - do many of them fall out on the wire? my birds like to drop and peck at them before eating :D
Yes. if I do feed mealworms to the birds, a lot of them end up on the wire and fall through. Like you said, the tend to peck and throw them around before eating them.
I fed my baby quail small crickets and it was a feeding frenzy! One would grab a cricket and take off running and four or five others would chase him, trying to steal the cricket. They'd chase after one that caught a cricket even when there were still crickets roaming around uncaught. Vicious bloodthirsty little fluff balls... Sharks got nothing on these guys...
lol. I have experienced the same thing. I always find it funny to watch.
the 1st time i gave my young quail dried mealworms they grabbed one and ran off they loved them
They do indeed.
What's the recommended quantity per bird?
Good info, never heard of babies eating toes....kinda funny too
Thank you for watching. I am glad you liked it.
and one more thing they love is maggots
Oh yeah, and the black soldier fly larvae too.
Great video thanks Chris....👍🏼👍🏼
If I raise my own mealworms, could I feed tiny baby mealworms to the tiny baby quail chicks? I would think if they are small enough they wouldn't resemble quail toes. Thoughts?
I raise them and find it hard to handle any that are not large, let alone see. As far as the size for baby quail to not confuse for their own or others toes also I would think that the time spent trying to collect the little worms wouldn't be worth it. Just my 2 cents
You can try for sure. But really, if the birds are accustomed to eating worms, they will probably go after toes too. It may not be a huge issue though.
I grow mealworms for my breeding finches so I also give my quail some because I can't get the game bird food around here even the chick feed is hard to find in winter.
That works out. I am sorry you have so much trouble finding the food. I have lots of people that say the same thing.
i use dry meaworms as a mix in my feed and they love it.
Nothing wrong with that.
Lol. I call my brooderbox babies my baby T rex. They attack food and water. 😆
Might want to make sure any dried mealworms are from a safe source. When they're shipped over from Asia they're sometimes grown on 'night soil' i.e. human poo.
That is a good suggestion.
What if I have quail in a mobile coop on fresh pasture every other day or so, mixed with mealworms, would I still need to feed them a game bird feed?
great topic loved this.
Thank you so much.
I have been feeding mine mealworms just to give them a natural snack and as entertainment
Hi Chris, I have plenty of earthworms in my yard do you think it's a good idea to feed the quails, would they eat it?
Earthworms are fine to feed to quail. They may or may not eat them but it is worth a try.
Bit late but I have been feeding live and dead meal worms and super worms for 3 years even in brooder i havnt had a problem but other people might have different
Exclusively worms or did you supplement with other things?
My quail is biting herself a lot, what can be the reasons?
does 1 mealworm per day seem good?
Last time I put new hens with established group those hens was killed I believe by the rooster , I want to put new hens with old hens. Should I change out roosters?
It probably wasn't the rooster. Unfortunately, when you try to combine new birds together, they almost always fight. I have addressed that issue in video before. Here is a link if it is helpful. ruclips.net/video/LaZwrp0ev4I/видео.html
What if I'm buying these quails from someone else? They probably were in a big place that they aren't much familiar with each other. While my space is only a small cage 40cm*40 where I wanna put all of them together. Will they fight?@@Slightlyrednecked
My dwarf Rex is making nest outside box, her cage isn’t set up for outside box nest do you have an idea can I put nest materials in box?
I am so sorry for the slow response. I bet you figured it out by now. Yes, I would put the material in the nestbox for her. Watch her closely and make sure she has the babies in the nest box. If she doesn't, then pick them up and move them to the nestbox as soon as you can.
They are birds. My baby's get them from 2 weeks.
Nothing wrong with that. No reason to change what you are doing.
Hi Chirs! I’m a newbie to quails. I got 18 hens & 4 roosters (51 days old). One of the roosters are extremely aggressive & it pecks & chases everyone. (Both hens & roosters) What is this behavior? Do I need to remove the rooster?
It sounds like you have an overly aggressive rooster. Many times they will calm down after a little while but if it keeps up, you may have to remove him. Some birds are just more aggressive than others.
I already did that Chris thanks for the instructions! That rooster is immensely annoying. Now the girls have become calm.
I have a question dont know anything about quail just begining soon to have -15 weather here got the itch to incubate some cortunix quail eggs maybe have some chicks around dec 28th all goes well when should i move them outside in that kind of weather?
-15 F or C? Either way, I would give them until about 4 to 5 weeks old before moving them outside. And try to find a way to acclimate them to it a little. Like a slightly warmer spot to move them to for at least a few days before moving them outside.
@@Slightlyrednecked thank you so much -15 C. i was gonna wait till spring time but jumped in the fire now with raiseing quail in the winter.i have 4 grown hens and one Male too seem to take the cold well here in canada so far.i will keep watching your videos.
@@jeffsim3858 I am keeping mine inside until it gets warmer