Kitchen Fact: The ideal temperature range for your freezer is 0Â° Fahrenheit or below (-18Â° Celsius or below). Food stored at 0Â° Fahrenheit or below is safe to eat indefinitely (although quality and taste may be compromised after a while).
Quail also eat rose hips, acorns, crabapples, and other shrub fruits. Although ensuring that all needs are met throughout the year is important, winter is the most critical time for food and shelter availability. Winter severity is a great equalizer in Michigan for the bobwhite quail.
Pesticides are used on store-bought vegetables and plants and can kill your bird. Also, try cutting up the veggies or fruits into dices, long slices, or thin little strips. You can feed apple whole as long as you skin it. My birds love to shred apple! You can also feed them *plain* apple sauce! Also, make sure you remove the roots, pits, and seeds of the food you give them.