She's almost fully feathered, as you can see, and about 5 times her original size!We had to move her earlier this week because she figured out how to leap up and flap her wings to jump out of her box. You can see the red heat lamp in the background, which she won't need much longer, and some ramps and rocks we put in her cage for her to play with. We also made a tunnel out of two plastic cups duct-taped together and she seems to enjoy running through it several times a day.
She is very easy to feed. We just sprinkle crushed game bird meal (40 cents a pound at the feed store), very small universal bird seed mix, and millet sprays and she pecks at it on her own. We also saw her eat a small cockroach that was attracted by the heat lamp (yuck!) and small, live meal worms are her very favorite. It is very interesting to watch her hunt and peck (she is very accurate and can even consistantly select one color of seed out of many strewn on the floor of her box) and the growth and development from egg to almost-adult bird has been very fast paced and exciting!
Overall it has been a very fun and educational experience.
If you are interested, you can order a small incubator with instructions and 4 quail eggs here for less than 30 dollars.
~EH
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