Short and sweet. I wouldn't bury food in it though. They'll go in all on their own.
What size container? For how many quail? What are the shellfish crumbles for?
Looks like a great little set up for inside the coop. Hoping to do something similar for my girls once all the ground is frozen. I like the idea of adding treats at first to encourage the birds to get in!
When they are dust bathing naturally, they are always eating little bits of things as the dust.
Thanks for sharing!
A dust bath for chickens is mainly to clean the feathers and to be less bothered by parasites. I would not add any food. For qual I would make such possible in a sepate free-range bin if you dont have a dirt floor.
For my chickens I add a few tablespoons of diatomaceous earth to the sand for a dust bath. That helps well against feather lice, bird mite and such. The mealworms and grains go in the run. This way the chickens live quit naturally in a run if they can't free range. Always happy to scratch the soil.
