I'm Probably Gonna Need My Hand Held Quail Hatch-A-Long

[redinator]

I may be also guilty of poking around in this corner of the forum way more than I did in the past.

I usually hang out the most in the coop and run construction forum.

My usual haunt is the breed/gender forum. lol. That gets a bit dangerous though because I end up seeing other breeds I want, lol.

 

[Sefirothe]

My candling light came today. Boy it’s hard holding these tiny eggs and the light with one hand then my phone in the other to take pics. Need to find something to rest the egg in. I tried using a 10mm socket and that kinda worked but I was worried about scratching or micro fracturing the shell.

I only randomly picked some of the larger less mottled eggs to try it out. I ducked into the bedroom with them where there’s a black out curtain over the single window.

This is #1, seems to have a dark band around the middle.

#16 - I can see a good air cell and maybe a smidge of a shadow around the middle of the egg?

#50 - Veins!!!?? I didn’t expect to see those this soon, it’s only the end of day 3 beginning of day 4

#65 - a shadow around the middle?

#91 - has a good air cell, this is the one I tried setting in a socket to hold it upright.

 

[redinator]

If you kept the foam they shipped in you might be able to use that to hold them...? Then you could quickly candle several at a time . . ?

I always keep questionable ones until day 10. Actually I've started waiting until day 10 to do my first candling. It takes a lot of self control, which I'm still working on.

 

[Sefirothe]

If you kept the foam they shipped in you might be able to use that to hold them...? Then you could quickly candle several at a time . . ?

I always keep questionable ones until day 10. Actually I've started waiting until day 10 to do my first candling. It takes a lot of self control, which I'm still working on.

Im already kicking myself for not telling my husband to not set the box out with the recycling yesterday. Yea the foam is long gone.

I'm thinking I might start candling them in batches next week in the evening when its dark out and the room the incubator in is darker. That way I dont have to run back and forth from room to room.

Might also start sorting them as "I think its viable", "I'll give it a few more days" and "I dont think so but really no clue". At the end of the week, pull the "No clue" ones after one last check.

 

[GreenJay]

Let's grow little quails!

 

[Sefirothe]

#7 got pulled. I spotted a hole in the shell. Not sure how that happened, maybe jostling when the turner was moving? I really don’t like this egg turner and wish I’d been able to find one where the eggs sit in cups.

I cracked it open and looks like it was a dud, no development.

 

[redinator]

#7 got pulled. I spotted a hole in the shell. Not sure how that happened, maybe jostling when the turner was moving? I really don’t like this egg turner and wish I’d been able to find one where the eggs sit in cups.

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I cracked it open and looks like it was a dud, no development.

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At least it was a dud. One less to worry about exploding in the incubator.

 

[redinator]

@Sefirothe my second batch of shipped eggs just arrived if you want to stare at more eggs,

 

[GreenJay]

@Sefirothe my second batch of shipped eggs just arrived if you want to stare at more eggs,

Does this mean another hatch-along thread!?!

 

[GreenJay]

Let's grow little quails!