Quail egg candling not looking great.

[SierraMara]

Hi everyone, I'm completely new to birds and have never incubated anything before. I recently got quail eggs locally and put them in the incubator on 8/31 about 1-4 days after they were laid and they're now going on day 9. I made a massive mess up in the beginning and the eggs had way too high of humidity (literally 100%) since I was worried they'd be too dry here in Texas, but I fixed this on day 2/3 when I got the hydrometer (my incubator doesn't have one) I candled them day 3, 5, 7 and today and did a float test, tossing out around 11 because they floated really high with half the egg out of water. The others look like they have some sort of growth, but I'm not seeing any veins or movement. I think I messed up beyond saving and the eggs that were tossed had no development whatsoever. Should I just start over or should I wait and see? Photos are from today from the clearest 2 I found with the biggest spots.

 

[nuthatched]

They're duds, sorry.
The float test doesn't indicate life, fertility or anything else you'd need, I'd reccomended you skipping it next time.

 

[Debbie292d]

Usually a few hours of super high humidity wouldn't affect them, but days of it would. I see no veins or dark spot in them which would mean development.

If you have none with veins, I'd start over. If you have some questionable ones, give it a couple of more days.

Don't kick yourself as you're doing the best thing, wanting to try again! We all make mistakes so just learn from this one is all, and you'll make another. That's how we learn and get good at this!

 

[SierraMara]

Usually a few hours of super high humidity wouldn't affect them, but days of it would. I see no veins or dark spot in them which would mean development.

If you have none with veins, I'd start over. If you have some questionable ones, give it a couple of more days.

Don't kick yourself as you're doing the best thing, wanting to try again! We all make mistakes so just learn from this one is all, and you'll make another. That's how we learn and get good at this!

Thank you for that. I've never even been around livestock other than 4H so I really hope you're right about getting good. I feel bad that all of them went to waste, but I feel better knowing that none of them developed so no babies suffered.

 

[Debbie292d]

Thank you for that. I've never even been around livestock other than 4H so I really hope you're right about getting good. I feel bad that all of them went to waste, but I feel better knowing that none of them developed so no babies suffered.

You will, as see, you already learned one important thing...get a hygrometer/thermometer. I have four incubators and not one is right. You'll have success the next time, so then you can say you're good!

 

[SierraMara]

You will, as see, you already learned one important thing...get a hygrometer/thermometer. I have four incubators and not one is right. You'll have success the next time, so then you can say you're good!

Thank you for that..