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.
1 Quail love nuts and seeds. Consider having some nut or seed baring trees around, such as: ash, cascara, hazelnut, and oak. The quail will eat the nuts and seeds that the trees drop.  Quail also love insects, especially chicks.