I think I have made candling a whole lot easier for coturnix eggs

[quail kid1]

hello,

Well for curiosity I put an coturnix quail egg ( not fertile ) in vinegar, after half a minute- 1 minute the egg turned from a dark egg to a white one!!! And then I tried to candle and you could see it easier!!!! Could this work on fertile ones without killing them? Just when they arrive pop them quickly in vinegar and get them out and incubate, but there is a downside to it, since vinegar is so strong wouldnt it have sort of boiled the egg inside?

Thanks,

quail kid1

 

[kbeagle]

I don't think that's a good idea, i would just put the eggs in the bator, andlet the nature take it course.

 

[CoopCrazy]

I am pretty sure you would ruin any chance of hatching them..

 

[aprophet]

In one of the publications I have read it mentions something to take off the mottling but I will have to find it

http://books.google.com/books?id=zm...0CBsQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=labs coturnix&f=false

if you download the book check page 21 under managment it has some ideas about what you are talking about

 

[jenjscott]

If you leave it in vinegar long enough, it will decalcify the shell and you have what we used to call a "rubber egg".

 

[darkfur]

I find I can candle coturnix ok with a very small LED torch - it just has one bright white LED bulb in the end and the diameter would be only about 5mm (is that about 1/5 in?). I don't see much detail but what I do see is the contrast between the air space where light is passing through freely and the embryo area which appears dark. Dud eggs the light transmits through brightly. I can also sometimes pick up failed embryos by spotting the "brown ring of death" but it does depend on the degree of colour and texture of the eggshell
PS I got the torch from an electronics store sold as a keychain torch, runs off watch batteries.