incubating quail eggs

[jackiedon]

I have some cortunix eggs in the bator. It smells really bad but how do you tell which egg it is? I have about 100 eggs in the bator?

Do you candle quail eggs? What day?

Thanks in advance.

jackie

 

[dbcooper02]

I candle cortunix eggs on day 7. With the blotchy shell you really can't see much detail. I can ususlly see if there is an air cell developong and a reddish tint to the other end. Clears sort of have a bluish tint throughout. I can occasionally spot a blood ring. An egg bad enough to stink is most likely all dark. Probably your best bet of finding the bad egg is to use your nose. db