Do quail egg explode?

[als77]

I saw a comment somewhere in here that (unlike chicken eggs) quail eggs don't explode. Is that true? (i.e has anyone had a quail egg explode in the bator?)

I have seen comments of people warning that quail egg can explode, but not sure if that it from experience or from advice they got...
I have also seen that some people don't bother to candle (because they are difficult to candle) - which might indicate that they don't explode.

If they can explode; will they always smell before they explode so that you can go by smell and remove them before they explode?

I just set my first batch of quail eggs in the incubator. Didn't candle them beforehand, but am planning on candling them as they go into lock-down (aiming for the "lightbulb or not" to see if they are fertilized, and not whether they are still alive or not)

 

[007Sean]

Yes, they can explode, and not necessarily smell before hand. If they smell, there is most likely a crack in the shell or an extremely porous egg shell. Porous eggs allow bacteria to enter the shell more easily, and a hairline crack that's not seen and no obvious signs of the contents leaking out, can provide an avenue for the bacteria. I've had them explode in the bator and just sitting on a table, waiting to put them in the bator.

Most of the new LED flash lights are bright enough to see inside the egg when candling. 600 lumens and up work great. Some cell phones have good lights for candling.

 

[als77]

On the table as well

Yes, I've tried with the light on my phone (on a non-fertilized batch) and got the "lightbulb", so I'll try that when going into lock-down

 

[RosemaryDuck]

I saw a comment somewhere in here that (unlike chicken eggs) quail eggs don't explode. Is that true? (i.e has anyone had a quail egg explode in the bator?)

I have seen comments of people warning that quail egg can explode, but not sure if that it from experience or from advice they got...
I have also seen that some people don't bother to candle (because they are difficult to candle) - which might indicate that they don't explode.

If they can explode; will they always smell before they explode so that you can go by smell and remove them before they explode?

I just set my first batch of quail eggs in the incubator. Didn't candle them beforehand, but am planning on candling them as they go into lock-down (aiming for the "lightbulb or not" to see if they are fertilized, and not whether they are still alive or not)

I've had a quail egg explode in my hand . I missed one when collecting eggs once and it got buried under the bedding. Resurfaced a while later before I had cleaned out the pen and I picked it up thinking it was a new one. As soon as I grabbed it...kaboom! Really did not smell good .

 

[FloorCandy]

I’m lazy and don’t candle before I fill the bator. The winter is hard on eggs, and if an egg was laid early and froze, the shell can be weakened or cracked, and when it goes in the bator it might eventually explode. I’ve had 3 do this, but the proper term is more like pop than explode. There’s no propelling of goo, the egg cracks and it oozes out. I have no idea if they smelled beforehand, my incubator didn’t smell until I opened the lid for lockdown, and it was bad in there once I opened it haha.