➡ Quail Hatch Along🥚

[Kiki]

Anybody have an idea what's going on with this egg? Notice the color change over the air sac. It is a very distinct difference. I haven't seen another egg like it so far from our birds. I float tested it thinking it might be rotten, but it passed with sinking colors (see what I did there). I am not sure exactly when it was collected, but it was within the last couple days for sure. We just keep our quail eggs in a dish in the fridge.
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As a second question, any ideas for keeping track of when quail eggs were laid? We use a pencil to write the date on our chicken eggs, but quail eggs are too dark and quite small to write on.

Permanent red marker.

 

[BullChick]

I’ve had eggs like that, and assumed it just took a moment longer to pass through at the tip.

Use a white gel pen to mark quail eggs.

 

[BReeder!]

Gel pen and marker won't bleed the shell will they? May sound dumb, but egg shells are porous afterall. I don't want to feed the family or myself unnecessary chemicals in our eggs.

 

[BullChick]

It’s an old question, and the answer has always been no to my knowledge.

 

[ketojenn]

I get eggs that look like that. Normal.

 

[BReeder!]

I get eggs that look like that. Normal.

Thanks for confirming.

 

[007Sean]

Anybody have an idea what's going on with this egg? Notice the color change over the air sac. It is a very distinct difference. I haven't seen another egg like it so far from our birds. I float tested it thinking it might be rotten, but it passed with sinking colors (see what I did there). I am not sure exactly when it was collected, but it was within the last couple days for sure. We just keep our quail eggs in a dish in the fridge.
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As a second question, any ideas for keeping track of when quail eggs were laid? We use a pencil to write the date on our chicken eggs, but quail eggs are too dark and quite small to write on.

A wax pencil

 

[Kiki]

My babies poop too much.

I think I am going to put them outside today or tomorrow.

 

[mixedUPturk]

My babies poop too much.

I think I am going to put them outside today or tomorrow.

Told u so

 

[Kiki]

Told u so

17 poopers...poop a lot.