Steps to get my awesome Quaker to think I'm awesome

I am a first time bird owner and I have a new 6 month old Quaker. Her name is Emory . I have had her 5 days and she is not very fond of me at this point. She allows me to put my hand on the cage, she just stands there and stares at it. When I put my hand inside the cage she runs for dear life. Every now and then she will take a treat from my hand from outside, never from inside. She also spends most of her time on a perch a made for her way on the top right corner of her cage.

I got her from a pet shop and I am feeding her the same food the pet shop was and she eats normally. My only problem is that I do not think I am taking the right steps to get her to like me. I am already in love with her lol.

You are awesome!!! Great advice! I will do that.

i made a bird playgym after bout a month, and put Tuukee on it. i let him watch me make it, and i played with it while in front of him too to show him that its a toy. also treated him a lil when he'd make progress. it built trust between us and that worked very well, also food is a great bonding tool. givin your baby food that is parrot save- you eat a bite- then offer some to your babes, then you find out what fresh foods she likes. by letting her know that she can flock with you is a good step. now the lil booger is a flocker- but only with me lol. he wants everything i have and to do everything with me- even if it scares him... but i love that beak!

Now while I can only recommend being patient. With ONE of my birds I have taken the aggressive route (NOT ADVISED UNLESS YOU CAN READ BIRD BODY LANGUAGE VERY VERY WELL, Not to mention being able to handle them well). This was the route I took with my cockatiel "Tango" ... The utter love of my life (this bird knew the sound of me going to the bathroom over 6 other family members and flock called when I did, not to mention she knew the sound of my footsteps). My god did that bird break my heart when she passed . Anyways she was on Day 7 of open cage door in my room with me in there every hour I was not at work. 90% of the day... I placed my hand slowly in the cage, and very slowly approached her, Eventually grasping her while she bit me a little (she was young and that young beak can't do much). I held her and brought her to my face and with the other hand with 2 fingers held her little beak down and spoke to her and kissed her. once she calmed down i brought her to my knee while sitting with one hand over her wings (all my birds ALWAYS have the right to fly) after 10-20 mins she was completely at ease with me being completely still. And the baby steps continue from there.

I don't recommend this to anyone who cannot read a birds body language incredibly well. If you scare/scar a bird to badly you can cause Almost irreversible damage (Leda has HORRIBLE fear of hands (because of the breeder and his method of catching her in a free flight cage) and its been an on going process for years now, but she is slowly coming around).

What I can recommend to ANYONE AND EVERYONE with a new birdy is the stay in the same room as much as possible and open the cage. Once he/she has started climbing on/around their cage... You should then be able to move on to hand feeding if you haven't already. So on and so forth, baby steps. Trust must be earned one way or another.