OK, a little background -I hatched eggs myself and at exactly 6 weeks, I got 3 eggs. 2 had been pecked open and one literally exploded in my hand. Rotten, stinky rotten and looked like puss. I assumed that I had missed them somehow and they rotted from the heat. That very night, a dog broke into the pen and killed half of them. There is now 6 remaining. One is a rooster for sure (Golden), but the others I am unsure (not good at vent sexing and they are tuxedo, white, rosetta and 2 tibetan.) I fed/watered today at around 4pm. No eggs and they are now 8 1/2 weeks old (I knew they would stop laying after the dog attack from stress). Then, I went out to cool off (it is mid 80's here today and now it's finally cooled down outside, but no inside yet). Anyhow, checked again at 9pm and there was now 2 eggs. I noticed they felt rather ''light'' - so I float tested them. They floated like bobbers. I broke one open and it looked like puss! Light gray and thick, gross! Could the eggs have gotten ''cooked'' in mid 80 temps in just a few short hours (the quail are in a ground pen with wire sides, but a solid top for lots of shade - the eggs would have been in shade the whole time). Has anybody had quail that laid bad eggs????
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