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I checked them today and that one looks like its starting to go down hill even though whats inside looks great I can see movement and lots veins. What do you guys think? The whole top of the egg looks like a slug the bottom is a big window should I flip it so the good side will be up?

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Originally Posted by Emilio

I checked them today and that one looks like its starting to go down hill even though whats inside looks great I can see movement and lots veins. What do you guys think? The whole top of the egg looks like a slug the bottom is a big window should I flip it so the good side will be up?

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No. Leave it alone..

Try and wipe off the mold, keep a close eye on it, and keep it clean. Try and keep it alive, but don't flip it. I think it would be cutting it too close to flip anything at this point. You may kill it.

Thanks I can see its alive inside it would suck to lose it. What do you clean it with?

Wipe it off first with a clean tissue or q-tip, and if that doesn't work, you can use an antifungal (which I can't suggest brandwise, since I've never done it) or liquid bandaid.

Windows aren't a big deal, a good deal of eggs have them and hatch fine. The only thing that leads me to think the slug MIGHT/MAY may it is it seems very large for a slug. Most of the ones I've seen are alot smaller than that. Sorry, the coffee hasn't kicked in and I can't remember what to clean the eggs with... someone else will chip in though.... Good luck!!! Love the YB parrings...

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Originally Posted by Emilio

Thanks I can see its alive inside it would suck to lose it. What do you clean it with?

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I was told to scrape the mold off with the edge of a piece of paper. It worked pretty good on my moldy eggs this year, they looked similar to the ones you have there. Half slug and then half of the good side had the reddish discoloration. I scraped the mold off every day for about 2 weeks before I gave in and picked up some anti-fungal powder. The stuff I used was LotriminAF Powder Spray (miconazole nitrate). After I sprayed down the part that was afflicted with mold (after scraping it off first) it kept the growth down to a minimum and I didn't have to mess with them again. They hatched about 2 weeks ago. :gj:

I have used athletes foot powder with good results, but not on an egg that bad. It's hard to say without seeing the other side but I don't think that egg has much of a shot. I would have probably put it in the incubator with the "good" side up but I don't know that it would have helped either. If it were mine I would probably still flip it but that's up to you. I bet the other 3 hatch fine. I would maybe put the worst egg in it's own box just because you are going to have to clean it every few days and it might be best to not have to disturb the other eggs so often. Good luck

I'm going to go ahead and put it on its own and take care of it, clean it and use some of the anti fungal. Thanks again for all your help everyone.

i feel bad i got nothing for your situation, but ill keep that little guy in good hopes:)

just clean the egg with the antifungal powder but don;t move the egg from its original position....i have one also with a window thats growing mold on it...just keep an eye on the mold and try to keep it minimal.