- Mar 30, 2015
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Hey all, i had a question for ya!
I have two quail, dot and pep, which i named before realizing their gender, they came from two separate hatches way back last year in the early spring. Dot recently started laying eggs so i decided to wait and see if they were fertile, and so far i have 6 potential babies and two new eggs today!
my question though, is how far do they have to hatch day after you can't see anything in the egg?
I've been candling them because my 5 year old is absolutely ecstatic to see his quail having babies (yes he claimed them as him and he does a great job taking care of them too!) but i don't know how long she's been sitting on them for. I was throwing out cracked eggs that got stepped on so they are all pretty mixed but i have three so far that when i candle them, i can't see a thing but the little air bubble at the end. so i was curious how long it took past that point for them to hatch? i know the other 3 have veins for sure so i'm positive something is for sure in them lol but i wanna be extra careful sense this is the very first time i've ever had a hen with eggs and dot is a good mama and not mean at all. She doesn't freak out when we check them and she's a very calm girl for sure! I would hate to hurt her chances!
EDIT: i just got done taking out 5 of the 9. float tested them and two that has visible veins floated right, two that are darker than i can see were halfway and the rest just sank. I go through and open them with my son and three progressed but only by like a 24 hour period and the rest were duds. but i got them labled and i'm waiting it out to see
Thanks in advance!
I have two quail, dot and pep, which i named before realizing their gender, they came from two separate hatches way back last year in the early spring. Dot recently started laying eggs so i decided to wait and see if they were fertile, and so far i have 6 potential babies and two new eggs today!
my question though, is how far do they have to hatch day after you can't see anything in the egg?
I've been candling them because my 5 year old is absolutely ecstatic to see his quail having babies (yes he claimed them as him and he does a great job taking care of them too!) but i don't know how long she's been sitting on them for. I was throwing out cracked eggs that got stepped on so they are all pretty mixed but i have three so far that when i candle them, i can't see a thing but the little air bubble at the end. so i was curious how long it took past that point for them to hatch? i know the other 3 have veins for sure so i'm positive something is for sure in them lol but i wanna be extra careful sense this is the very first time i've ever had a hen with eggs and dot is a good mama and not mean at all. She doesn't freak out when we check them and she's a very calm girl for sure! I would hate to hurt her chances!
EDIT: i just got done taking out 5 of the 9. float tested them and two that has visible veins floated right, two that are darker than i can see were halfway and the rest just sank. I go through and open them with my son and three progressed but only by like a 24 hour period and the rest were duds. but i got them labled and i'm waiting it out to see
Thanks in advance!
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