Need Help Determining Egg Status

[Saam.m]

I have had these eggs since December they are about to be 6 months old in a couple of days. They are currently not on a hatching substrate. They are sitting on eco-earth. After about a few weeks from the day they were laid they turned this brown-ish color. None of collapsed or molded over, however have a rubbery texture to them. Last month candled them and they all have veined through the eggs. I candled them again not too long ago and they seem to have solid bottoms. Some of the eggs have a little bit of sweating. The eco-earth has been doing great at holding the humidity. I opted for the closet method. Two eggs look like they might be sweating. I just want others opinions on what's going on with my babies. Let me know if any of you would like close up pictures of the eggs. Thank you in advance for the advice.

 

[Brodybreaux25]

This is what mine currently look like, they are just starting to hatch. Unfortunately the ones that have pipped never make it out of the shell.

 

[chameleonneeds]

Your eggs look fine. The discoloration, I think, is due to the shell stretching over time as the egg grows with the growing baby inside. You should have them hatching any day.

@Brodybreaux25 that horizontal slit across the egg is not pipping. See my reply in your thread

 

[Kat_72]

Patience. I hate when people say patience but it’s actually true before hatching they change color. I missed the first one sweating it was shriveled up a bit then pipped. And to the person above with the egg Slit that is not a natural pip. It comes from the end of the egg you will see a little star or lines at the end it’s piping like a cracked egg. The color just is the changing they go transparent ish and orange yellow even. Don’t worry I did and was shocked how useless it was. I didn’t help any hatch I don’t think it’s good a few of mine sat head out then back in for days absorbing the yolk sac and are perfectly healthy. They have their own time schedule and will come out when they are ready. I had the last egg #22 hatch last week almost three weeks after the rest of that clutch. Go get ready for babies. Get those feeders and bins ready to go. Breeding your own feeders is a plus don’t do like I did and expect pinheads to survive USPS also I kept them all together the first week and then separated 5 to a bin so I could monitor them better. Not sure what method your planning but just as a distraction from waiting for those babies to pop out(;View attachment 209186

 

[Brodybreaux25]

Your eggs look fine. The discoloration, I think, is due to the shell stretching over time as the egg grows with the growing baby inside. You should have them hatching any day.

@Brodybreaux25 that horizontal slit across the egg is not pipping. See my reply in your thread

Agreed. When I wrote that I didn’t know any better. The eggs in those pics were swollen due to a combination of too much water in the hatching media and a bacterial infection. Some burst, that’s why I thought they were hatching. A few days after this post most did hatch, even some of the ones with those slits in them hatched out alright in the end. This was my first attempt at hatching eggs, it was defiantly a learning experience...

 

[chameleonneeds]

Agreed. When I wrote that I didn’t know any better. The eggs in those pics were swollen due to a combination of too much water in the hatching media and a bacterial infection. Some burst, that’s why I thought they were hatching. A few days after this post most did hatch, even some of the ones with those slits in them hatched out alright in the end. This was my first attempt at hatching eggs, it was defiantly a learning experience...

Yes a big learning curve! I'm not so convinced that you had a bacterial infection with your eggs. That wouldn't cause your eggs to burst. It's more likely just over moisture. Bacteria could enter the egg because of the premature splitting of the shell due to over moisture. But it wasn't a coupled problem to cause the egg to burst. Just moisture alone.