➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[Kiki]

Day 13 but it is my fault as I candled them all yesterday and I have probably kept them outside for too long and it died.

No I don't think keeping the egg out of the incubator for the short time of candling would have caused it to explode.
Most likely it got bacteria inside of it somehow.

 

[R2elk]

Day 13 but it is my fault as I candled them all yesterday and I have probably kept them outside for too long and it died.

The egg most likely had a small crack in it allowing the bacteria to enter. Once you are familiar enough with candling, you should be able to spot rotten eggs before they reach the explosion point and remove them promptly.

If you see an egg oozing material through the shell, get it out of the incubator ASAP. Use caution so that it doesn't explode in your hand.

 

[Kiki]

Day 13 but it is my fault as I candled them all yesterday and I have probably kept them outside for too long and it died.

What is your candling process like?

Do you remove all of the eggs and candelable and then put them back or do you just take one egg out at a time?

 

[Kiki]

The egg most likely had a small crack in it allowing the bacteria to enter. Once you are familiar enough with candling, you should be able to spot rotten eggs before they reach the explosion point and remove them promptly.

If you see an egg oozing material through the shell, get it out of the incubator ASAP. Use caution so that it doesn't explode in your hand.

This is also why you should never set cracked eggs.

 

[BantyChooks]

This is also why you should never set cracked eggs.

(raises hand) I set cracked eggs. They often hatch, as long as the insides haven't been too shaken up. I use new skin to patch them.

 

[ShrekDawg]

It's technically a town.... I just call it a city. It's big enough for a grocery store, feed supply store, a library, and a few other assorted businesses. The real cities are much farther.

Ah okay. That makes sense then. That sounds like most of the small towns/old towns I’ve driven through in “country”/rural areas around here haha but of course I don’t live in one and it’s like 2 minutes down the road to quite a lot. Mostly grocery stores, pharmacy, food, gas, banks, dollar store, etc. but like 5-10 minutes away are even more stores. A movie theater. A mall. And an outdoor mall down the street from that.

Yep, similar situation here with any job that pays well enough to support a household. Working from home makes things a lot easier in these cases, so remote jobs are in high demand.

Oh wow! Maybe I should get a remote job

 

[R2elk]

Oh wow! Maybe I should get a remote job

Do it. You will make money but you won't have the time to spend it or to have a social life. You also won't be able to have pets since there won't be anyone around to take care of them while you are at work.

 

[BantyChooks]

Do it. You will make money but you won't have the time to spend it or to have a social life. You also won't be able to have pets since there won't be anyone around to take care of them while you are at work.

Remote as in completing work from your own home... not remote as in commuting from a distance.

 

[R2elk]

Remote as in completing work from your own home... not remote as in commuting from a distance.

But commuting from a distance would be better for her.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Do it. You will make money but you won't have the time to spend it or to have a social life. You also won't be able to have pets since there won't be anyone around to take care of them while you are at work.

I meant like working from home.

Remote as in completing work from your own home... not remote as in commuting from a distance.

Yeah exactly. This is what I meant haha