Candled my Bobwhite Eggs...

[SamG347]

Candled the 10 Butler Bobwhite eggs I have in the bator from Charlie....10/10 are developing!! I knew after my past hatch of bobs from Charlie that I wouldnt need extra eggs to get the number of birds I wanted. His eggs are always extra fertile!
They are set to hatch August 23/24!

 

[injunjoe]

Good luck on your hatch!
Are these quail bigger then the other bob whites?
And I would also like to buy some eggs from Charlie'
Can you let me know how to get in touch with him?

 

[SamG347]

Yes these are Jumbo Bobwhite...You can just pm him....find his post in Other Poultry about his pheasant hatching out chicks.
His username is
Wildsofpa

 

[injunjoe]

Thank you!

 

[BirdBoy88]

Congrats Sam

That just makes me even more excited since i'm getting eggs from charlie this week

 

[CountryMom]

Ok, where are you time wise in incubation that you candled these eggs Sam? I am learning here and need to do this with what I have in the turner right now. I have 50 bobs at 5 days and another 11 speckled at 7 days. Am I too early?

Sorry to jump in like this. Just still learning and obviously you know more than me!

 

[BirdBoy88]

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It shouldn't be early.. i know when i incubate chicken eggs i do my first candle at day 3 you c an already see veins by then .... i no chickens and quails are different but when i was incubating my coturnix eggs from sam i candle at day 4 and saw veins

So you should be able to see veins by now

 

[SamG347]

This is day 7 for these eggs. Also are you planning on mixing those different bob eggs Countrymom or keeping them seperate? Bobs dont do well when mixing different hatches.

 

[CountryMom]

Thanks guys I will give candling a try at this point. I don't plan on mixing the breeds as I know they won't do well. I have my eggs marked and hatching bators set. We have two seperate sets of Bobs right now. One young batch and one breeding batch. I am busy working on cages - when it isn't raining! Thanks to TS Edouard. Seriously thanks we need it. Anyhow, I am in hopes to just have a few speckles for interest. The others we have are two different breeder's jumbo bobwhites.

 

[wilds of pa]

Sam sounds like the po was forgiving with your eggs for the most part..
Good thing you didnt set them all (eggs)or you'd really have your hands full.

I wouldnt recommend doing any candling until at least 7-14 days.. we always wait till 11 days for chicken eggs and any wild eggs are done around 12-14 days~ but thats just are way of doing it...

Thanks
charlie