Pre-incubation candling shipped eggs

[SailingAgape]

I'm candling and cataloging a couple different kinds of quail eggs and I have some questions about pre-incubation quail air sacs.

The eggs have rested about 24 hours with the pointy side down. So far, I've completed Candling 13 Celadon eggs and I've noticed a lot of odd shaped air sacs.

If an air sac moves, would it leave a trail everywhere it's lived or do I just have oddball shaped air sacs from here on out?

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[Kale the Quail]

@Nabiki ? you know a lot about this kind of stuff

 

[Nabiki]

@Kiki is more of the candling expert than I am.

 

[Fenrisulfr]

Can you post some photos candling with the light on the bottom side?
And maybe shoot the photos from the side, not the top?

 

[SailingAgape]

Can you post some photos candling with the light on the bottom side?
And maybe shoot the photos from the side, not the top?

I would, but I just set them all.

I'm planning on starting turning tomorrow afternoon and candling next week. I'll take better photos then.

I used a 90,000 lumen LED flashlight and a 1/4 piece of plywood with a 1/2" hole drilled and sanded smooth in the middle

 

[SailingAgape]

This one was definitely floaty air sac

 

[Kiki]

Ughhh.
Just set them and .

I had some jacked up air cells once and I was sure that none were going to hatch and guess what... Every single one of them hatched.

 

[Kiki]

How are your eggs being turned?
Are you incubating them upright or are they laying on their side?

 

[SailingAgape]

How are your eggs being turned?
Are you incubating them upright or are they laying on their side?

They are upright, pointy side down in a standalone turner. According to the sally sunshine shipped egg post, I wanna wait a bit before plugging it in and starting turning.

 

[Kiki]

They are upright, pointy side down in a standalone turner. According to the sally sunshine shipped egg post, I wanna wait a bit before plugging it in and starting turning.

I've never read that.


I set my shipped quail eggs immediately...in my turner.