Stacking eggs during incubation

[Sethc]

I bought 105 quail eggs and my brinsea octagon 20 incubator only holds 60-75 eggs depending on size and how you place them. I could try and borrow an incubator but I dont want to use someone else's for 22-23 days. So I was wondering if could place eggs on top of each other and then a few days before hatching put some in a borrowed incubator to allow for more room while hatching. So there would be 4 eggs on the bottom and one sitting in the middle on top. I didn't know if that would harm the eggs were they touched. If anyone has tried this or has any insight on the matter could you please send me that information. Thanks.

 

[enola]

If you can candle quail eggs at 10 days like chicken eggs, you will probably have more room since some of the eggs may not be developing. I have had 2 layers of chicken eggs in my incubators several times and still had good hatch rates. Be sure to let us know how this turns out !

 

[Sethc]

I haven't candled bobwhites before but I have candled coturnix but they were very dark eggs and I had a very hard time telling if it was fertile so I hope bobwhites will be easier. I try to keep you posted on how they do. They are shipped eggs though so I'm sure their hatch rate will be lower.

 

[Sethc]

Hey Enola I just received the eggs and looks like I won't have to stack them because 10 of them were broken from shipping and another 12 had un-attached air sacs because they bounced upside down during shipping. The seller had excellent reviews so I thought they would package eggs better, but it did fill my incubator up to the brim.