How will you feed your Coturnix Quail if SHTF and can't buy feed?

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Almost everyone depends on store bought feed to take care of their Coturnix Quail flocks. What if you run out, and there isn't any available to buy? Not likely, but possible. Best to have a plan. You might also discover some supplemental feeds around your homesteads that can save you money even if you have feed.
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@BillCoSmith 2 жыл бұрын

Develop a composting worm farm, and use excess worms for feed.

@smilingdog54 2 жыл бұрын

If food is in short supply so no scraps, what do you feed the worms

@MommaHo888 2 жыл бұрын

@@smilingdog54 leaves, paper, grass clippings, weeds that we cant eat...

@dont.ripfuller6587 Жыл бұрын

@@smilingdog54 leaf mould, if we're talking about wigglers, black soldier fly larvae are amazing composters of manures mealworms like starchy potatoes stuff and wheat germ

@nicolesnaturalpath8010 Жыл бұрын

Omg thanks! That's brilliant 🖤

@-whackd Жыл бұрын

Red wigglers are a little weird tasting, even some chickens ignore them. I would go with a black soldier fly bin or mealworm farm.

@interuniversal321 Жыл бұрын

Great video, because the standard advice is they only eat grains and nothing else, which is weird because presumably in the wild they don't have a never ending source of milled grain.

@spencerfoster9192 2 жыл бұрын

Few ideas: 1) seeds from kitchen vegetables such as squash/pumpkin and peppers. 2) Algae and aquatic from ponds, lakes, rivers, and ocean. 3) Funnel traps for flies, wasps, and roaches.

@steffybael1245 Жыл бұрын

I LIVE ABOUT 1 CITY BLOCK FROM A CATTLE FEEDING OPERATION. biting flies are a real bad problem. i collect bottles and cans for the 5 cent deposit. i also collect empty water bottles. i use a rack from an old dishwasher sitting on a sloped cookie pan to drain out old beer and sodapop.(NO SUGAR FREE ARTIFICIALLY SWEETENED) TO THEN PUT ABOUT 3 INCHES WORTH IN THE EMPTY WATER BOTTLES. when the weather is warm enough for the flies to be out, they will fly into these bottles i have to put lids on them after just 1 week (they are really full) and throw into the garbage. roadkill can be hung in wire baskets for the flies to lay eggs on, the maggots will fall off so if you put a bucket underneath you could collect maggots to feed. hang over a body of water and the fish will hangout underneath to get a free meal(old poachers trick).

@brandongreene9615 2 жыл бұрын

Black soldier fly larvae are pretty awesome. I shot an opossum that was in my black soldier fly bin and just let the larvae eat it then fed them to my birds lol

@brandongreene9615 2 жыл бұрын

I put a screen over the top of my bin now and have the collectors inside. This keeps house flies from laying their eggs in the bin. House flies won’t get in your bin if you don’t put any meat in it. If you ever put meat in a black soldier fly bin that is open to house flies you’ll inevitably get house fly maggots. You can put a screen over it and the BSF will lay their eggs in the top and houseflies will only lay their eggs on top of the food. You can transfer the eggs the BSF lay on top into mason jars with coffee filters instead of the top mason jar piece. Let’s the larvae grow for a bit and put them in the bin. I use chicken feed and water to grow them for a couple days and then put them in the bin

@Scoutdogs Жыл бұрын

Things I plan to grow to feed my birds (and rabbits): (Note: Quail diet should be 80% seed and 20% protein) Dandelions Clover Wheat grass for hay/seeds (& flour for me) Duckweed Millet Sunflowers Peas/beans Dubia Roaches Black Soldier Fly larvae They can eat their own eggs (scrambled in non-stick pan, no oil) Crush the shells for calcium Mix greensand in their dust bath for minerals/grit Can soak/ferment regular bird seed (which might be more available) Can make fodder with cheap grain Baby quail should be able to eat tiny seeds (dandelion, soaked millet, strawberry), fresh peas, cooked/mashed eggs, small bugs I agree it has been really hard to find info on this and had me scratching quail off my list. But I have compiled the above items through research and think it would work. Just have to hope the power stays on since it is hard to get them to successfully hatch and raise their own chicks. But I also plan to try to keep some in my big garden area along with lots of natural hiding places and hope they go broody.

@juliaroberts6636 Жыл бұрын

If you get cochins batams or silkies they can hatch Quail for you. Just takes them a bit to realize they have to be more gentle with smaller eggs. But I had a few hens hatch quail successfully for me.

@joannewolfe5688 Жыл бұрын

Watch videos on what wild quail eat...

@bethannemcintyre2951 Жыл бұрын

Any game chickens will hatch out eggs

@lizb2637 22 күн бұрын

Thank you, I can’t wait to pick my quail some butterfly needles and poor man’s pepper from my yard tomorrow! I didn’t realize I was sitting on all these free greens for them to eat just growing in my yard, I hope they like them!

@-whackd Жыл бұрын

I think the easiest thing would be a black soldier fly bin. They separate themselves automatically and fall out into a bucket, so you can just dump some to your quail each day

@ellenj8896 2 жыл бұрын

For those of us in northern climates, I think we’d need to grow crops like amaranth and corn, as well as raising worms. Mealworms would be eaten really quickly so I’m looking into raising earthworms or red worms.

@nictnt8197 2 жыл бұрын

Oh amaranth!! Do you grow that? Do you find it easy, I keep wanting to, but I haven't gotten to it yet. That seems like a great seed source!!!

@susieronnenberg3087 Жыл бұрын

Crickets can be grown inside as well, I would also look into seeing if Black Soldier Flies can be grown inside with a net enclosure also.

@rosebraskett Жыл бұрын

@@nictnt8197 I am in WA and amaranth grows easily as soon as we get summer heat. Very very easy. Also seed saving is very easy. Many grains can be difficult to collect but this really is like a weed. Can wait to harvest when dry but I harvest when seeds fall easily, then dry in boxes.

@nictnt8197 Жыл бұрын

@@rosebraskett awesome! Thanks so much!

@-whackd Жыл бұрын

The reason they eat mealworms quickly and avoid red wigglers, is probably because red wigglers don't taste to their liking. Try it and see, but not many animals like the compost worms--you can't fish with em. Black soldier fly, on the other hand, is LOVED by poultry and just as easy to do.

@tiffanybecker8789 2 жыл бұрын

I grow comfrey. It’s supposed to be high in protein and natural animal fodder for rabbits and your poultry.

@isthatsonotsofast9604 2 жыл бұрын

Good video. When I had my quails, I stop buying sand and started using regular yard dirt. I got a shifter and shifted the dirt. The very fine particles is what I gave them. They loved it for bathing.

@stacylee8919 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for putting this up. Was just asking my other half the other day what we're going to feed them in this situation.

@TheRainHarvester 2 жыл бұрын

Crushed snails. You can grow all year. Pill bugs: put a couple boards over leaves to grow them.

@h.s.6269 2 жыл бұрын

Oh jeez. Never thought of snails! I had a pond snail infestation in my fish tank (hitch hikers from plants) and i couldn't keep up with them. That was before i had quails though so i never made the connection... i fought that infestation for like 2 yrs before finally tearing down the tank, sanitizing and restarting it free of snails... now i may want to get a tank going with them again if quail actually like them! You actually feed yours snails or is it just an idea?

@TheRainHarvester 2 жыл бұрын

@@h.s.6269 They absolutely love eating snails!! You may need to crush an occasional hard shelled one, but mine peck them until they crack.

@Psychodegu 5 ай бұрын

@@TheRainHarvester Do you think they would eat mystery snails they get up to golf ball size?

@TheRainHarvester 5 ай бұрын

@@Psychodegu i think they would!

@sharlawilliams2454 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been trying to find what to feed my quail without spent a lot of money, this is great information.

@captbill279 2 жыл бұрын

A quail tractor allows them to forage on their own just like they would in the wild. They will eat whatever bugs, seeds and plants they need. Just need to make sure you are moving it enough. Also need to have a very diverse and fertile plot to move them on with lots of good heathy plants that will attract the bugs.

@wardrobelion 2 жыл бұрын

They won’t lay every day if they don’t get enough protein.

@nictnt8197 2 жыл бұрын

@@wardrobelion that is very good to know!

@interuniversal321 Жыл бұрын

@@wardrobelion Surely bugs provide more protein than grain? ( Sorry I have no experience with this, am I missing something?)

@americangrit7759 2 жыл бұрын

Microgreens: amaranth& Broccoli because I easily can keep the seeds going long term. Whatever comes out of the kiddie pool weekly (tadpoles, duckweed, larvae). Maggot bucket & BFL. Silage from corn stalks (store in 55 gallon sealed barrel). Acorns crushed in jeans. I plant more beans than we will ever eat on every climbing surface available to share with chickens, quail, rabbits, turkey, and sheep. Cooked eggs and kitchen scraps. Weeds, garden trimmings, dropped fruit, sunflowers, etc. Grow out tractors instead of cages (there's a cheap, simple, light pvc tractor build on utube built by kids primarily). Grow clover instead of grass. Possibilities are endless...as is the work involved. Feed them now like you're in grid down and cut your cost to zero. Find a use for everything. Grow excess to accommodate your animals without any waste. Amaranth and Broccoli can both be grown all over your yard and produce tons of seeds and will meet your protein levels. Remember they need grit; Justin Rhodes consistently shows going to the creek to get grit for his poultry. I think I'm on the raising my own crickets bandwagon too. My biggest issue is having enough for us, the animals, and the compost pile. So little ends up in compost.

@castaspell7 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this detailed information . Will see what I can grow here in central Florida. Love the micro greens

@americangrit7759 Жыл бұрын

@castaspell7 I'm in nw Florida . You can do it 😀

@caz4523 2 жыл бұрын

I grow herbs...oregano thyme and basil....they love it...

@lauragreen49 2 жыл бұрын

I'm new to quails but I was thinking of cooking and drying excess offal from my rabbitry to feed the quails. I've also found that putting rabbit manure in a bucket produces a lot of insects. Great video with lots of practical ideas, thanks

@Heather-xm9ul Жыл бұрын

I wonder if they're suspicious like chickens? I've given offal to my chickens, and then those entrails dry out before they touched them! It just laid there for three days (it's super dry here, it basically just dehydrated)

@tagladyify Жыл бұрын

Commercial feed for any animal is generally pretty bad as far as food goes. I keep chickens and ferment whole grains for mine. In the process of setting up to grow more and more varieties of grain on my property. They also free range 3 season. I would research what quail eat in the wild and grow those things myself. Most birds eat seeds, nuts, fruit veggies and bugs. Looks like you are well on your way to being self sufficient with your birds. Thanks for sharing.

@Whiskeyshotglass 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I live in Florida and i usually throw the tadpoles into the ground. Now I will feed them to my quails. Excellent information.

@Colorado_APN 2 жыл бұрын

How about getting a bug zapper or two, depending on the size of your flock. Put it out at night (dusk to dawn) with some type of collection reciprocal underneath to catch the zapped bugs as they fall to the ground. Then feed these dead bugs to the quail.

@yusufusayd3151 Жыл бұрын

What do you do for electricity if shtf? Waste your gen fuel on zapper?

@HoldTh3beef Жыл бұрын

@@yusufusayd3151 They have solar powered bug zappers

@sancraft1 Жыл бұрын

@@yusufusayd3151 There are these nifty things called, solar panels.

@pegsol3834 Жыл бұрын

Solar light hanging from a rope over a water bucket. Bugs fall in water. Collect and feed to birds.

@bryanmcleod9346 Жыл бұрын

@@yusufusayd3151 The generator would surely be running anyway, in early shtf. If the juice can produce another benefit, it aint wasted!

@SaloniesSimpleKitchen 3 жыл бұрын

Very good information, great sharing.

@mysongzz1521 2 жыл бұрын

Good ideas, thank you !

@IArkProject Жыл бұрын

This video was amazing! Thank you for the help.

@bryanmcleod9346 Жыл бұрын

Great content and tips! We have a small lake adjacent to our property in N. Fla., and you flipped my switch on emergency feed for our chickens. Small minnows, crayfish, bug larvae, frogs, and all sorts of duck weed and veggie matter are available here year round! Thanks for the tips!!

@rockyroadranch72 2 жыл бұрын

Great ideas! Thanks!

@talori5417 2 жыл бұрын

Great great great information! Thank you.

@wardrobelion Жыл бұрын

Great ideas! Thanks for the video.

@loganlin6109 Жыл бұрын

You will have to grow crops like corn, wheat, sunflower seeds. Same goes for any livestock, that is why when survival prepping crops should always come first before livestock, the two go hand in hand, but without crops you can’t raise most livestock. ALTHOUGH, there are some livestock I consider better for prepping because they can feed themselves on grass in natural pastures or forage in the forest. These animals would include geese, some ducks like Muscovy ducks, goats, sheep, pigs, cows, and rabbits. Most other livestock(and sometimes pigs) are only useful for prepping if you can grow the crops necessary to fodder them.

@laslohollifeld5463 6 ай бұрын

Very good ideas! Thanks!

@guppycolours1199 Жыл бұрын

Nice, happy and Healthy Birds

@reggieregan8675 Жыл бұрын

My favorite was you netting bugs from the water in the canal. That is a great thought!

@whitetrim1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@jacquiegines 3 ай бұрын

Thank to you for this!

@johnalexander7609 3 ай бұрын

Thanks you from Katy Texas 👍

@ljtminihomestead5839 3 жыл бұрын

Very good video, thank you, just subscribed

@DefiantAngel87 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@Deauxneal Жыл бұрын

❤️ thank you!

@chandelierhands669 3 жыл бұрын

Great Video

@Prepare2Prosper 7 ай бұрын

Those are some great ideas

@christieheyblom Ай бұрын

This is the exact question I was thinking the other day as I was sitting in the middle of my property looking at all these birds I have … like seriously… My quail are more picky than my chickens though. I haven’t had them long but they turn their nose up at any food that isn’t bought from the produce store…

@johoney5458 2 жыл бұрын

newbie here. hi. I plan on feeding mealy worms, earth worms and black fly larvae. I am still in research stage but all three of these can be grown fairly easy and they basically reproduce and self-sustain themselves. Also grow buckwheat, corn etc... it is hard to figure the amounts needed for good quail health. More research needed for me. really good video and commentors. Look forward to the next one.

@nictnt8197 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with these three supplements whole heartedly. I grow all of those plus roaches. And you could even use the quail waste and eggs and such to grow them. I haven't started quail yet. But I expect growing those 3 in conjunction is going to be very interesting. (I have heard of people using quail droppings for mealworms and I am hesitant, but I will probably at least try it, right? But the other 2 for sure especially worms. They would love it after a but of composting)

@mikesolns1364 2 жыл бұрын

Black soldier fly larvae isn't that easy to farm

@nictnt8197 2 жыл бұрын

@@mikesolns1364 can be. But this video is in Florida right? Fair to meddling chance that was what he had when he said fly larva. Plenty of folks do it. And the only thing that he would need to add here would be the self sorter so he wouldn't have to dig them out.

@nictnt8197 2 жыл бұрын

@@mikesolns1364 but I do agree. I have raised them on purpose and on accident and the on accident was always way easier. Lol. Go figure right!?

@mrjon75 Жыл бұрын

Great video, subscribed.

@guymccown5342 Жыл бұрын

Love your video like to see more on your birds....

@joshswenk1967 Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir

@passionfruiter3184 Жыл бұрын

Oyster and clam shells for calcium too! There are freshwater snails and clams so it’s not only limited to coastal areas

@mblankenship15 2 ай бұрын

Nice video!

@Glaciershark Жыл бұрын

Dang that was cool they hammered the tadpoles

@ftelarico Жыл бұрын

very good vid, thx!

@yehmustafa2959 Жыл бұрын

good info

@wardrobelion 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Thinking about alternate food.

@quailsnest8354 2 жыл бұрын

I grow them a small garden of lettuce, and couple squash for seeds, sun flowers, peas, stuff that is fast and easy to grow, doesn't take much room, just spread the seeds for veggies, and it grows just fine, hagd..

@h.s.6269 2 жыл бұрын

I also grow comfrey for mine as well, they love it.

@quailsnest8354 2 жыл бұрын

@@h.s.6269 can you tell me about the comfrey, i don't know that green veggie..? thanks

@nictnt8197 2 жыл бұрын

@@quailsnest8354 comfrey grows kinda like a green. It is grown for medicinal purposes or for compost or for feed. Oddly, it is not actually legal for human consumption (I think that is a federal law)

@nictnt8197 2 жыл бұрын

@@quailsnest8354 what kind of squash do you grow for them? This is pretty genius, I would have thought the seeds would be too big for them, so glad I saw that.

@h.s.6269 2 жыл бұрын

@@quailsnest8354 its probably closer to an herb. It has broad leaf greens that they love.

@easygardener8909 2 жыл бұрын

That was really good. Thank you!!!

@Whiskeyshotglass 2 жыл бұрын

Please make a video on what to do if no electricity for the incubator. During a shtf we need to find a way to keep replenishing our flock. Thank you

@mikesolns1364 2 жыл бұрын

Solar

@nictnt8197 2 жыл бұрын

That is the same thing I worry about. Having chickens, they can raise them, but no idea otherwise.

@jimj9040 2 жыл бұрын

Tape the quail eggs to your inner thighs and under your armpits and move carefully for 18 days.

@Whiskeyshotglass 2 жыл бұрын

@@jimj9040 wow! Great idea! Did it work for you?

@jimj9040 2 жыл бұрын

@@Whiskeyshotglass It sounds ridiculous, but no doubt it would work. What a great KZfaq video That would make. I’ve thought about that problem quite a bit and this came to mind mind years ago. No need to test it as of yet.

@carolforsythe6316 2 жыл бұрын

I used dog cages as chicken tractors . had some FAT chickens!

@shykass8949 Жыл бұрын

Black soldier fly larvae is what I’m working on for my chickens and quail.

@keng528 3 ай бұрын

Great info🎉 around here, I eat half the eggs and the other half go into the incubator...😂😂😂😂

@stacyberry6097 2 жыл бұрын

I take corn flakes and oatmeal grind it up add wild bird seed. They love it and mixed salad.

@hal7ter Жыл бұрын

corn flakes are processed - look out!

@Lorittax3 2 жыл бұрын

Surprisingly I have found that beer is the answer! Not the actual beer, but the byproducts from production. The used hops still have SO MUCH protein to offer. Now it's going to smell like hops. It's kind of a sour smell, but where I live I can get a barrel of spent hops for $25 plus a $10 refundable deposit for the barrel. It weighs about 300lbs so I can only get a few barrels each trip with my trailer. Obviously this won't be available if a nuke drops or something like that, but it's a cheap form of stinky protein for the birds. Call a brewery near you!

@robertschmidt9296 Жыл бұрын

If it doesn't spoil, stock up on them. If a nuke drops, I don't think that they will be in a hurry to get them back.

@rephaelreyes8552 2 жыл бұрын

I find that they like lentils or barley. They'll eat any left over scraps like chickens too

@just_ducky_acres7561 2 жыл бұрын

Quail love ants.....I have a ton of ants in my grass. They're better than an anteater.

@pvp6077 2 жыл бұрын

Seriously? Those are the one pest that no animal likes to eat, if I can feed em to quails I'll be set!

@nictnt8197 2 жыл бұрын

Are you serious!? Do you think they would be able to take on fire ants. Cus I am super worried about fire ants!!

@just_ducky_acres7561 2 жыл бұрын

sorry, fire ants, no; we don't have fire ants in the NE, thank God

@nictnt8197 2 жыл бұрын

@@just_ducky_acres7561 ok. I figured that might be the case. They are just the WORST!!!!

@stevenhamer6810 Жыл бұрын

You should look into starting a mealworm colony. I do this for my chickens and will be feeding my future quail with them

@MrArtbyart 2 жыл бұрын

Sorghum is high in protein, but provides an abundance of seeds.

@elainematiasiewich7292 Жыл бұрын

I've never had quail. My parents fed milk & cottage cheese to chickens(if you have cow or goat you milk). Also table scraps. Sprouted or fermented seed & or grain may be an option. Also scraps from butchering.

@Clostridiumbotulinum37 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe a bsfl bin fed with manure and unsuitable food scraps and weeds. This is similar to just getting the maggots, but you would specifically be growing black soldier fly larvae due to decreased risk of disease transmission. Also I hear some people with ponds have a problem with duckweed overgrowth. It's supposed to be high in protein and grows super fast, and also often needs to be removed anyway for the health / visual appeal of the pond. For more calcium and other nutrients, you could crush the bones of whatever you eat and feed them that too. Boiling first would make it easier but leaches out lots of the nutrients, but would also give you bone broth. If you grow vegetables and save seeds, then you could feed them extra seeds or seeds that you've kept too long and aren't germinating. i don't know if this would be worth it, but having a worm or other compost bin, and then transfer handful's of the compost with the worms in it to a small container in their cage. They forage for the worms giving food and entertainment, and your compost gets extra nutrients from the manure. Feeding dead quail (possibly only ones that didn't die of disease), back to the quail. Might be too far for some people and I would cook them first. I haven't tried any of these and only have a limited knowledge of quail. Just generating ideas here.

@johoney5458 2 жыл бұрын

I like some of them. thank you. really good idea of feeding extra seeds saved for growing.

@nictnt8197 2 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!

@acpatriot2347 2 жыл бұрын

buy a literal ton of feed and use food grade 55 gallon barrels to store it , you save almost 50% on the cost. I just started with quail for emergency feed and I'm ordering my ton of starter crumbles and egg layer next week

@CoolBreeze640 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! About how many barrels is that, and what is your cost?

@h.s.6269 2 жыл бұрын

How do the logistics of that work? How do you get it home and in the barrels?

@markdandeneau2904 2 жыл бұрын

The feed has a shelf life. Most people say not to keep more than a one month supply.

@acpatriot2347 2 жыл бұрын

@@markdandeneau2904 well I posted this when I was planning my quail situation ,, now I'm getting out of the quail game as the feed went from 15 a 50lb bag to 24 for 40 lb bag and the deal on a ton went from 450 to 1050 and I get queesy after eating quail so its a nogo for me,, good luck

@CoolBreeze640 2 жыл бұрын

@@acpatriot2347 Sorry it didn't work out. If it isn't possible to raise quail without having to buy feed then I doubt the economics will work out for me either, at least without selling quail eggs or something. That they make you feel unwell makes the whole endeavor kind of pointless.

@user-dc5sw3lt2k 5 ай бұрын

Azolla plants reproduce like crazy. They are floating water ferns and often are used for food.

@kararogers9439 2 жыл бұрын

For tadpoles you could look into keeping frogs

@h.s.6269 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for mentioning the tadpoles and fish from the river. I hadn't even considered that. I raise guppies so maybe I can give them the fry?? Its surprisingly hard to find information on what they like to eat besides some veggies. It'd be nice to know what greens like tree leaves and weeds they would like but I can't find much at all. I grow lettuce and comfrey and sometimes a tray of buckwheat or millet (only a few inches tall though, not full grown) for mine but I should look for a local area to forage weeds and wild greens, I don't have many in my yard. You can also feed them bread in a pinch but it doesn't do much for them and you shouldn't do it often. Itll at least make them full for a lil bit. It just isn't great nutritionally and i think it might affect blood sugars. So only do a bit and rarely.

@nictnt8197 2 жыл бұрын

You feed comfrey? What backing? This would be great for me to know if any comfrey would be ok!! I can grow that. You can also grow duckweed pretty easy. This has been what I have been thinking lately. I think about this kind of thing a lot. If you get a container of water. You can grow duckweed and gambushia pretty easily. Both would be food sources for a bunch if things. Your birds, your birds food like bsfl. Your compost and plants. My biggest worry with these so far. Is if I don't have electricity or chickens.... reproduction becomes my problem since they don't really brood as I understand it.

@nictnt8197 2 жыл бұрын

By any comfrey, I really mean also every comfrey.

@nictnt8197 2 жыл бұрын

Also, just a note. Guppies are edible, but something like Goldfish are not for anyone thinking they could switch that to goldfish. 😊

@h.s.6269 2 жыл бұрын

@@nictnt8197 sorry i didn't get a notification for this. Yea i feed comfrey, idk the kind, but its the kind that permapasture farms here on youtube sells. Its a nice broad leaf. It grows pretty easily and i believe even propogating it is easy since he sells so much, i haven't tried myself yet. I only have 1 live plant right now and 10 roots buried everywhere trying to wake up since i planted them late.

@nictnt8197 2 жыл бұрын

@@h.s.6269 awesome!! Thanks.

@AmandistheG Жыл бұрын

Take beans, any beans, grains like rye, millet and einkorn (high protein) and ferment them. Give them nuts like cashews, walnuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts and berries and apples. The one thing I was always missing is fish or shrimp. Bugs don’t cut it in an emergency. I don’t give feed either. GMO and full of toxic preservatives. Kale and leafy greens are good as well as certain grain grasses that are easy to forage.

@joannewolfe5688 Жыл бұрын

Yes, amaranth definitely (high protein and complete in nutrients) and small sunflowers; plus worm farm in a plastic tote. But also, store some small grains in mylar bags with oxy absorbers, just like you would do for yourself: millet, amaranth, split peas (you can crush these even smaller at feeding time) quinoa, barley, even oats -- all can be crushed at feeding time. Grasshoppers are premium for raising the chicks: plant a small strip or flower bed of plants that attract grasshoppers. I'm looking at getting quail but next year before I get them I plan to get infrastructure in place, and that includes planting sustainable crops for them. I plan to buy very little if any feed. Same for my chickens. It makes financial sense, not to mention SHTF. Also, get a small solar generator that is capable of keeping your incubators going.

@bentp4891 Жыл бұрын

making a mealworm farm to supply them would be the way to go I think, along with weeds and veggies from the garden.

@hollyhawked Жыл бұрын

Mealworms are super easy to raise in an bin indoors, just feed them oats, bran and veggie scraps.

@Zbee167 2 жыл бұрын

Great ideas! I'm wondering if Iguanas would be a good source of protein for them. If so, they are ABUNDANT and free for the taking. ;-)

@andystampfli9127 Жыл бұрын

In a shtf environment... A chicken tractor type apiary... All spring, summer and fall. In the winter we would have to utilize stored grain / protein. Caned meat and milled grain

@andystampfli9127 Жыл бұрын

Don't forget most flies are f crazy high protein in maggot form ... All of your trash will grow magots to feed and a simple hanging bucket with holes will feed for you

@pickler7773 Жыл бұрын

Mosquitoes like to lay eggs in any standing water. I imagine that larva would be good too

@SandcastleDreams 2 жыл бұрын

Lettuce contains calcium.

@mikebaker8903 2 жыл бұрын

It's really easy to raise red worms and meal worms too for them.

@JNoMooreNumbers 2 жыл бұрын

I have the kiddie tents and could put them back in the garage at night because of raccoons. In the north maybe use sprouted sprouting seeds.

@Ok.interesting.OkThen 2 жыл бұрын

Mackerel is literally my protein source for dog cat chicken quail. I fill my freezer or dry and grind them.

@user-dc5sw3lt2k 5 ай бұрын

SHTF? What does that mean? Ohh, Shit Hits The Fan.

@tagladyify Жыл бұрын

Could you do something equivalent to a chicken tractor for quail so they can scavenge on the ground? I wouldn’t leave them out alone because of their size and probability of predators on them. I had small ones for my chickens when they were pullets and it worked great for a short time each day until they were old enough to free range.

@Hick-A-BillyLLC Жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this. I'm looking for raising on pasture but noticed most videos of pasture raised have feeders in the tractors. That's not pasture raised in my book.

@hal7ter Жыл бұрын

Apparently, pasture alone is not sufficient, but I hear that it makes a huge difference.

@Hick-A-BillyLLC Жыл бұрын

@@hal7ter Thanks Emma. I appreciate your comment. I since found they need high protein. Which they in the wild would get from bugs & not necessarily in a pasture. Maybe I can supply them with worms as a substitute instead of buying a commercial feed

@iartistdotme 2 жыл бұрын

Have you ever raised Meal worms that you can buy alive? They seem extremely easy to raise and I assume rich in protein.

@BuildandGrow21 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the ideas. Got my first batch of eggs and just waiting for the incubator. Got grubs? I got lots of grubs grubs grubs grubs

@elainemartin1801 Жыл бұрын

FYI, generally speaking the first batch of eggs do not have a good hatch rate. it's better to enjoy them yourself and let your quail get a couple months old before trying to hatch eggs. The eggs will be a little bigger and more will be fertile to hatch.

@sistercarrieofyahuah8601 Жыл бұрын

What will they eat I the winter ???? That's wild.

@johnkillen588 2 ай бұрын

black soldier flys are another high protien option

@sandrasherwood32 Жыл бұрын

If anyone has birds for eggs and meat and the SHTF plant seeds that will grow and produce more seeds that has high protein even if you have to grind it up to feed it but plant enough to last in the mean time stock up on other stuff that has high protein even if you have to take a drive in the country to get it like berries that birds love to eat... It's not hard to find out what birds love to eat when just look at wild bird seed and then start Google each seed and some are very easy to get and you can plant them and if you can't then talk to different people that lives in the country that may allow you to plant a small plot and you don't even have to work the land just mow the plot and spread the seeds that it bottom line is its easy to find different ways to make high protein feed for the birds.. AND that stands for people that lives more further north you live in

@nessiedestiny8252 Жыл бұрын

Have you tried duckweed? It’s easy to grow. High protein and chicken like it.

@keithlol Жыл бұрын

I wonder if they like Poke berries? It’s a native Florida plant with plenty of berries that birds will eat.

@johnkillen588 2 ай бұрын

LOOK to azolla and duckweed........both high protien and floats on a shallow pond

@christopherfisher128 Жыл бұрын

Here is a list of seed bearing flowers that quail eat. Alliums, Asters, Black-eyed Susans, Blanket flowers, Coneflowers, Coreopsis, Cornflowers, Cosmos, Daisies, Dandelions, Evening primroses, Goldenrods, Hibiscus, Marigolds, Moss, roses, Poppies, Sedum, Sunflowers, Violets, Zinnias

@bobvb 2 жыл бұрын

That may work for you year round, but I doubt if much of that will be available when there is 24" - 36" of snow on the ground.

@Scoutdogs Жыл бұрын

Have to plan ahead and save lots of seeds and raise bugs for the winter. Can freeze eggs (scrambled/raw) then cook them all winter. Dry strawberries, peas, beans.

@quailsnest8354 2 жыл бұрын

I research and found '"FODDER"" FOR ALL ANIMALS, grows in one week, oats, barley, wheat, sunflower seeds, anything seeds starter in water, takes only 7-8 days to grow and they love it, I started with Oats, many use Barley.. but it is a supper way to feed your animals,,supplimentary, (if that is a word.) hagd..

@mikesolns1364 2 жыл бұрын

Not many seeds for this once shtf

@nictnt8197 2 жыл бұрын

I think about this a lot too. You would have to grow something with a high seed yield that could be used for this purpose. Lettuces would work if you had the ability, sunflowers. Corn would take a lot of space to ot be using for yourself. But it would work for that....

@americangrit7759 2 жыл бұрын

Amaranth and Broccoli. Both will give you tons of seeds to make fodder year around. Of course it's work to save the seeds but for shtf you gotta have a plan.

@nictnt8197 2 жыл бұрын

Oh! Also, dandelion would be good for this too I think. A perennial and the seeds are easy to collect.

@crittersincassatt6065 Жыл бұрын

Greens should only be a small part of the diet. 80% seeds and 20% protein. But you can soak and ferment seeds to make them more digestible and easier for them to eat.

@chrisramsay2757 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if they would eat Comfrey. I know I used to feed it to my meat rabbits. Very high in protein

@beansbulletsandbandages891 2 жыл бұрын

Cricket farm, takes just a few totes and theyre prolific with minimal food given to them

@beansbulletsandbandages891 2 жыл бұрын

Also doesnt stink like a worm composting bin, but they chirp at night.

@Zbee167 2 жыл бұрын

By the way, what are those plants in your container ponds???

@tamaracross9 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like water lettuce.

@kellysoo Жыл бұрын

When I am composting I get maggots in the beginning too

@mariannemcallister6359 2 жыл бұрын

Like minded urban prepper in southwest Florida. Looking to join a community for SHTF.

@TheFloridaprepper 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not near any urban areas. It's all suburban here, so I'm assuming you are Sarasota or Fort Myers, so we're not in close proximity to each other. I don't know of any groups in either area, but there likely is. Finding them is the trick. I'm happy to answer any questions you might have. I'll be putting out several more videos the next couple months.