Candling quail eggs. Not sure what is happening in them.

[Jada22]

I wanted to post my egg pics somewhere to keep track. If anyone has any opinions let me know. I thought by now (day 8) I’d have a better idea on what’s going on but I’m clueless.
I candled a few at day 4 and a few at day 5(3-4 eggs) and I think I could see better then than I can now) not sure if they’re all just failing at this point. When I last asked for advice on them I also mentioned one of the eggs had a crack only visible by candling, I was advised to toss it which I did and it had been developing which made me feel extremely guilty so now I am terrified to toss any eggs.


Picture 1- top 2 pics are both egg 13. One side I can see veins- the other side has a red “blob”
Egg 21 has a darker almost triangle shape along the middle- egg 18 pictured separately is similar but I can see some veining in egg 18 not in 22
Egg 12 is just dark- I presume nothing is happening here egg 5 is the same

Picture 2 is eggs 1-10
I see veins on egg 3, egg 4 possibly has a blood ring? I see veins in egg 7 and 8. Egg 5 I didn’t picture as it’s the same as 12- dark

Picture 3 is egg 11,14-20 and egg 22
I think I see veins on egg 16- egg 17 looks the same but I can’t see veining here. 18 is the same as egg 21 where it is darker along the middle but I see some veining in 18.

 

[Jada22]

Also I noticed a few days in my incubator is a little colder on the left and hotter at the right, eggs 8-15 would have been at the right temperature. 4-7 may have been at a slightly lower temperature and 1-3 may have gotten a little too cold. 16-19 would have been slightly hotter with 20-22 hotter again.

 

[vall]

Need better pictures - it's easier to candle when you put the flashlight on the fat end so you can see the air sac. There's nothing wrong with the dark ones, they may have a blue membrane which is much harder to see through. It's the totally clear ones that are infertile.

Some of these don't look great, but I don't usually candle till about day 12 so I'm less familiar with early development. 13 with the red blob is probably a quitter.

@Kiki can give some better advice. Post in the quail forum next time!

 

[Jada22]

Need better pictures - it's easier to candle when you put the flashlight on the fat end so you can see the air sac. There's nothing wrong with the dark ones, they may have a blue membrane which is much harder to see through. It's the totally clear ones that are infertile.

Some of these don't look great, but I don't usually candle till about day 12 so I'm less familiar with early development. 13 with the red blob is probably a quitter.

@Kiki can give some better advice. Post in the quail forum next time!

Thank you,
It’s harder to candle at the fat end then on its side, I have to put my fingers around the light to block some of it so that blocks the air sac. If I angle them slightly they all basically look the same, most air sacs are the same size with some being a little smaller and some a little bigger. I don’t see veins when I candle like this. Maybe I need a different light but I can’t find one small enough. It’s hard to know what to do because I don’t want to candle them too much but I’m also worried that if I don’t find out which ones are “bad” it could ruin any good ones.

 

[vall]

The new photo looks good to me.

 

[Jada22]

I think 4, 14, 18, 19, 20 and 22 have quit. 4,14 and 20 are bright at part of the eggs about half lights up. The others seem to have blood rings. Although some are also showing veining so not too sure…

 

[Jada22]

These are the ones that I think I’m seeing veining in. Some are too dark to see anything.

 

[Jada22]

I am wondering if their air cells are too small?
Day 12.