Bobwhite quail air sacs day 4 candleing?

[Lhynes1478]

I am new to hatching bobwhite quail eggs. I thought this whole hatch was going to be a dud because they took 4 days to arrive in mail and it was freezing out in Alaska. I’m seeing development at 4 days of incubation in almost all 43 eggs after setting for 24hrs. I’m curious if I should be seeing a more defined air cell for each egg or if it’s too early? I think I see it on a few, but others are questionable. Any suggestions or opinions? I haven’t touched them until today (because I figured they were all unviable) and won’t touch them again until probably day 21 before lockdown, unless suggested otherwise. (24 days total to hatch). Open to all and any suggestions thank you!

they’re at 55% humidity and 100.0F.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

I’m afraid I’ve never incubated bobwhite but only Cortunix.
You have some fabulous veining there that looks good so I would think the air cell will develop as incubation progresses and weight is lost from eggs. @TwoCrows maybe able to help as I believe she may have incubated this breed.

Also a good article here ~ https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/hatching-quail-eggs-and-brooding-quail-chicks.67362/

 

[TwoCrows]

All of your eggs are showing good development, great for only day 4! I think you are on track for a good hatch. Yes lock down at day 21, Bobs like a higher humidity than other birds, 60 to 65% at lockdown is good.

Good luck and keep us posted!

 

[Lhynes1478]

I’m afraid I’ve never incubated bobwhite but only Cortunix.
You have some fabulous veining there that looks good so I would think the air cell will develop as incubation progresses and weight is lost from eggs. @TwoCrows maybe able to help as I believe she may have incubated this breed.

Also a good article here ~ https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/hatching-quail-eggs-and-brooding-quail-chicks.67362/

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it! I was so pleasantly surprised to see so much development in these guys. I will check the linked article out.

 

[Lhynes1478]

All of your eggs are showing good development, great for only day 4! I think you are on track for a good hatch. Yes lock down at day 21, Bobs like a higher humidity than other birds, 60 to 65% at lockdown is good.

Good luck and keep us posted!

Thank you! I couldn’t believe how nice some of the development looked already. I went in expecting 0, and as of now have 40/43 shipped eggs still developing well on day 5. I candled the remaining eggs today!

I definitely have some loose-ish air cells in a few, but don’t seem totally detached. I also have more than a few saddled air cells too. So we will see how it goes! I’ll keep this updated. thanks again!

 

[Mr Spot]

I am new to hatching bobwhite quail eggs. I thought this whole hatch was going to be a dud because they took 4 days to arrive in mail and it was freezing out in Alaska. I’m seeing development at 4 days of incubation in almost all 43 eggs after setting for 24hrs. I’m curious if I should be seeing a more defined air cell for each egg or if it’s too early? I think I see it on a few, but others are questionable. Any suggestions or opinions? I haven’t touched them until today (because I figured they were all unviable) and won’t touch them again until probably day 21 before lockdown, unless suggested otherwise. (24 days total to hatch). Open to all and any suggestions thank you!

they’re at 55% humidity and 100.0F.

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Looks good : )

 

[Lhynes1478]

Looks good : )

Thanks! I hope so!!! Here are some of the concerning air cells, I think. A few look pretty saddled. Should I continue to try to hatch? I added the last photo to show how much they’ve still developed regardless of air cells being wonky.

Thanks for everyone’s help! @TwoCrows @Yorkshire Coop