Candling

[6Chickens&counting]

I set 15 quail eggs yesterday at 7PM in an incubator that's only supposed to hold 12. I was thinking about candling the eggs either the fifth or seventh day that way I can discard any that are infertile. Which would be better? Can I see pictures of candling on the 5th day and 7th day? Thank you!

 

[laseterlass]

I recently had a discussion with a quail expert about candling. Due to egg size and porous shell a quail egg cools much faster than a chickens. It is also difficult to see thru the spots. His advice is that if you must candle. To wait until day 14 as they go into lockdown. If the light up like a green bulb. They are no good. I had eggs hatching on Day 21. We think it may be that they got cooled often enough to slow development but not cool enough to kill the embryo.

 

[kenazzo2000]

I candel them nearly everyday you will start seeing red veins after 3 days i have got a brinsea torch i like it