Put 37 gambel/valley quail eggs in the incubator last Friday, and the anticipation is killing me. First time ever doing this. Temp is holding steady at 99.5, humidity hanging in at 45-50%. So if I candle, would I be able to see anything. I don't want to disturb the eggs, haven't touched them since they went in. Any pitfalls, or am I being too cautious and these things are actually much hardier than I am thinking? Thanks
You maybe able to see some veins but if you haven't done it much I wouldn't toss any or loose hope this early. Try to wait if you can handle it it's better for the eggs to be handled the least amount possible i think. sure you'll probably have a good hatch for those who open every minute but I don't risk it if i can help it.
Couldn't resist. I candled three eggs. One it was hard to see because of the mottling on the exterior of the shell, but on two others I saw veins!
I just had a mixed hatch of valley / gamble , I don,t remember which it was but one of them was easy to see into the other one not so much I candled at 7 days and at lockdown (20) most of mine hatched on day 22
