A quail will mostly eat seeds, including acorns. Other common foods are alfalfa sprouts, cabbage, small insects, and, on occasion, small amounts of grass.It is important that a quail be fed many insects during the first few days of its life - though quail are mostly herbivorous, protein is important to their growth.

The diet of the quail varies depending upon the time of year or the individual's age or sex. Quail mostly eat seeds, but sometimes they will eat invertebrate animals. You can find more information here: http://home.flash.net/~falline/ocrQuail....