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For a quail brooder I would go 1/4x 1/4.
Is 1/2' x 1/2' wire to big for a quail brooder?
Use 1/2x1/2 and lay something like burlap over it until they are 2 weeks old then they will be big enough to walk on it without any problem..
As far as putting a piece of 1/4" over the 1/2" for the first week or so, then removing it.............I wouldn't want to have to deal with the kaos that it would be to try to remove the wire in a brooder full of birds. That would/could be a disaster.