Hi,
This is my first time posting and my first time hatching quail. Today is day 19 of incubation and they should be hatching. I have seen what looks like it may be an external pip but im not sure. My main problem is that my eggs have been troublesome to candle. I dont have a real candler and Ive been using a flashlight that is bigger than the egg. I can see the airsack and its the right size but I was not able to see any blood vessels the entire time. The other problem is that the glare from the flashlight makes it hard to see anything except the top of the egg. My final problem is that my eggs have thicker shells. One egg has a shell so thick and dark that the flashlight doesnt go through. The other eggs have much thinner shells but still thicker than normal and are harder to see through while candling. Should I do float tests on them tomorrow?
This is my first time posting and my first time hatching quail. Today is day 19 of incubation and they should be hatching. I have seen what looks like it may be an external pip but im not sure. My main problem is that my eggs have been troublesome to candle. I dont have a real candler and Ive been using a flashlight that is bigger than the egg. I can see the airsack and its the right size but I was not able to see any blood vessels the entire time. The other problem is that the glare from the flashlight makes it hard to see anything except the top of the egg. My final problem is that my eggs have thicker shells. One egg has a shell so thick and dark that the flashlight doesnt go through. The other eggs have much thinner shells but still thicker than normal and are harder to see through while candling. Should I do float tests on them tomorrow?