chicken feed

[quail man]

would it be a good idea to start giving my quail egg laying chicken feed because it has the crushed oyster shells in it for calcium or should i keep giving them wild bird food?

[birdlover17]

quail man,
i have my breeders (Coturnix Quails) on a poultry layer pellet feed and their doing great on it, 4 eggs so far. The feed i'm using has everything that the hens need for laying even calcium but i would provide a little extra on the side in case they need extra. Hope this helps!!

[aKirA]

well the chicken feed would be better then the wild bird feed. I would stay away from the wild bird feed as the main feed period.

Im sure you've read around here and know that a high protein feed is recommended. Gamebird feed. Then can supliment calcium with crushed oyster shell.

[TLsgamebirdfarm]

Akira is TOTALLY correct about the gamebird feed and the protein. The gamebirds and chickens only have a few likenesses. 1)they eat alot. 2) they chit alot. People think a bird is a bird and you can't compare anything to gamebirds. They need HIGH protein especially the coturnix you don't give them hardly anything but gamebird starter (28%-30%) I KNOW what it takes to get good, big, and healthy birds and chicken feed is better than feeding them NOTHING but thats IT. you will see a big differance If you feed higher protei n 22%-24% is low enuff for coturnix and 20% for bobs. Thanks, and GOD BLESS, Tommy