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A 13-year-old girl hatched a quail from a supermarket egg—and now hopes the bird might start its own family.
Zara Sutcliffe calls the affectionate fowl her “best friend” after she reared him from an egg purchased at the local grocery store in England.
For months she had begged her mother to try an incredible project she heard about online about how a shopper had managed the same feat with a duck egg.
Mrs. Sutcliffe eventually relented and bought her a box of Clarence Court quail eggs, even though her husband had insisted the family ‘couldn’t have any more animals’.
At the store, Zara had a choice between chicken and quail eggs, and she loved how small the quail eggs were.
After three weeks of warming and nurturing the egg, Zara hatched “Pebbles” at her suburban home outside of Manchester, and began raising him in her bedroom.
“It was exciting but also scary because you always wonder if you’re going to do anything wrong,” said the teen.
Mom Claire recalls, “She kept checking them and she said, ‘I think one’s got one in it.’”
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Zara Sutcliffe calls the affectionate fowl her “best friend” after she reared him from an egg purchased at the local grocery store in England.
For months she had begged her mother to try an incredible project she heard about online about how a shopper had managed the same feat with a duck egg.
Mrs. Sutcliffe eventually relented and bought her a box of Clarence Court quail eggs, even though her husband had insisted the family ‘couldn’t have any more animals’.
At the store, Zara had a choice between chicken and quail eggs, and she loved how small the quail eggs were.
After three weeks of warming and nurturing the egg, Zara hatched “Pebbles” at her suburban home outside of Manchester, and began raising him in her bedroom.
“It was exciting but also scary because you always wonder if you’re going to do anything wrong,” said the teen.
Mom Claire recalls, “She kept checking them and she said, ‘I think one’s got one in it.’”
Continued below.
Girl Hatches a Quail From a Supermarket Egg And Now Has a Devoted Pet (Video)
A 13-year-old girl hatched a quail from a supermarket egg—and now hopes the bird might start its own family.
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