Marriage's Quail Layers Micro Pellets – 7.5kg

Marriage's Quail Layers Micro Pellets – 7.5kg

The same 2mm quail layers pellet as the 20kg sack, in the bag size that actually suits most quail keepers. A dozen laying quail get through roughly 240g a day between them, so 7.5kg is a month's feed — bought fresh, used up, and replaced, rather than sitting in a bin going stale.

That matters more with quail than with hens. A 20kg bag can take a small covey most of a season to finish, by which time the vitamin fortification has had a long time to degrade and the bag has had every chance to attract vermin. For a garden covey the smaller bag is usually the better buy even at a higher price per kilo.

Performance & Benefits

• 2mm micro pellets, easier for quail to eat and digest than standard 3mm pellets.
• 20% protein, the level a laying quail needs and well above a hen ration.
• 7.5kg is roughly a month for a dozen laying quail, so feed stays fresh.
• Easier to lift, store and keep vermin-proof than a 20kg sack.
• Includes a specific layers premix to promote yolk colour.
• Same formulation as the 20kg bag, so no transition is needed between sizes.

Suitable For

• Laying quail from point of lay.
• Garden coveys and small breeding groups of a few birds up to a couple of dozen.
• Keepers short on dry, vermin-proof storage.
• Not for growing quail chicks, which need a starter or grower crumb — and for a large covey or several pens the 20kg bag works out cheaper per kilo.

Feeding

• Feed ad lib from point of lay.
• Marriage's advise allowing at least 20g per bird per day.
• Offer fine insoluble grit so birds can grind their food.
• Fresh, clean water at all times, in a shallow drinker quail cannot drown in.

Composition & Analysis

• 7.5kg bag. 2mm micro pellet. Also available in 20kg.
• Crude protein 20%, which is the only analytical figure Marriage's publish for this feed.
• Marriage's publish no ingredient list and no further analysis — no oil, fibre, ash, calcium, phosphorus or sodium figure — on their own website, and invite customers to contact them directly for a fuller nutritional analysis. None is invented here.
• Treat the declaration printed on your bag as the authority.

Care & Caution

• A layers ration carries calcium for shell formation. It is not suitable for growing quail chicks, which need a starter or grower feed until they come into lay.
• Quail drown easily. Use a shallow drinker or add pebbles to the water tray.