candling please help

[Jeffr3333]

First time candling don't really know what I'm doing

 

[Granny Hatchet]

on day 8 your just looking for blood veins, like a spider web.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

ok, post 8 lol, what day are you on?

 

[Jeffr3333]

Day 7 is it to early I'm just going by what I read

 

[Granny Hatchet]

no, i was just looking at how many posts you had made and got it mixed up with candle days. you can candle now but if you find some you are not sure about then you should recandle in a few more days

 

[Granny Hatchet]

do you know how? i use a flash light with a paper towel holder taped to the end w/ black tape so it concentrates the light better. just a couple inches of it will do.

 

[Jeffr3333]

I've done a lot of chicken eggs but this is my first time candling quail

 

[Granny Hatchet]

shouldnt be much different except a little more advanced

 

[LindsayB]

Here's a quail egg around day 3

And one day 5/6

I just a small led flashlight

 

[James the Bald]

I take a dime and trace it on the bottom of a small cardboard box. Then I cut the circle out, and place the egg on top of the hole. Small LED flashlight underneath the box works like a charm, as it doesn't produce heat like the candle that came with my incubator. Last night was lock down for my bobwhite eggs, and for the first time, I was clearly able to see a defined air cell. Then I was bummed out at how easy they were to view compared to Cots; made me wish I had candled at day 12 or so to view the veins and development of the chick inside. I should have took a picture of my set up.
James