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Glad to have been found! And yes, I am mixing my own feed—it is lots of fun.

Here is the current recipe:

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Here is the current egg program, with amendments implemented upon discovery during the egg programming note series.

-- Japanese Quail Food for Magnificent Eggs --

To make ~ 1.43kg @ ~ 20% Protein & ~ 5% Fat:

-- 1kg Yellow Peas*

-- 270g Raw White Rice

-- 34g Paprika

-- 30g Dehydrated Pilchards

-- 30g Flax Seeds

-- 25g Grass-Fed Butter°

-- 10g Coconut Oil°

-- 10g Dehydrated Bull Kelp (Durvillaea potatorum)

-- 10g Dehydrated Grass-Fed Beef Liver

-- 7.2g B.V.M. Probiotic Powder

-- 4.2g Iodised Salt

Optional:

-- 7.5g Turmeric

-- 5.25g Cloves

-- 5.25g Dry Olive Leaves

-- 1.2g Onion Powder

-- 1.2g Cinnamon Powder

-- .75g Ginger Powder

Calcium carbonate/egg shells/cuttle bone/limestone/oyster shell grit provided separately and consumed at the discretion of the performer.

Grean leafy lower oxalic acid things also provided daily.

* = Rinsed then soaked for 12 hours. Then drained, and then roasted for 90 minutes at 170°C/338°F, then dehydrated for ~ 5 hours at 70°C/158°F.

° = Melted and poured through mix.

Note within a note (noteception): entire mix is ground prior to feeding.

The next note in the series will be about #paprika.

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