Mold on Egg

[TheSnakeEye]

Ok so my very wrinkly egg has started to develop a little bit of mold. What worries me is that they were only laid a week ago. I've read in some threads to put anti-fungal foot powder. But which one specifically? A couple of the other eggs are starting to develop an almost transparent window. This is from condensation sitting on them. But what I don't understand is how that is happening. I have no condensation anywhere else, so water can't be dripping on them. It's almost like if those 2 eggs are just sweating from that specific spot. I'm at a standstill. I altered my incubation method and the eggs look much better, but I am still having problems. Idk what to do.

[Zombie]

Ok so my very wrinkly egg has started to develop a little bit of mold. What worries me is that they were only laid a week ago. I've read in some threads to put anti-fungal foot powder. But which one specifically? A couple of the other eggs are starting to develop an almost transparent window. This is from condensation sitting on them. But what I don't understand is how that is happening. I have no condensation anywhere else, so water can't be dripping on them. It's almost like if those 2 eggs are just sweating from that specific spot. I'm at a standstill. I altered my incubation method and the eggs look much better, but I am still having problems. Idk what to do.

Pics may help, and have you candled the eggs?

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[Don]

Mold in the first week is not a good sign. I agree with Zombie, pics and have you candled them to look for veins? You also stated you changed or altered their incubation method, from what to what? What did you alter?

[TheSnakeEye]

Every egg has been candled and they all have veins. Even the little wrinkly one has small veins. My previous incubation method was burying them halfway into vermiculite. That's when the problem first arose. The started to develop bumps and kind of cave in. So I decided to go subtrateless. When I removed the eggs to place on the diffuser, I noticed the buried part was perfect and the problem was only on the surface of the egg. Since placing them on the diffuser and adding more water to the vermiculite, they have plumped back up and the bumps have gone down. Except one egg looks like it's still fading away. And a couple other have an almost clear window that looks like it's sweating.

[Don]

First, I would move the eggs a little more towards the center of the container. Condensation dripping down the sides of the tub can get on the eggs if they are touching. It is perfectly OK for the eggs to be touching each other. The moldy egg does not look like it is going to survive to me, but I'd leave it in there and leave it alone until positive it isn't going to make it. It looks like it got too wet. I know some people advocate using foot powder, but I prefer not to use any chemicals on eggs. The best thing you can do is leave them alone. The more stable the environment the better, IMHO. The windows do look like they either did not calcify correctly or they got wet. Make sure there is plenty of water in the bottom of the tub and keep them in a stable environment. Ensure that your fan is not blowing directly on the eggs, but gently moving the air around inside the incubator. Also, be sure you have a good seal on the incubator so that the humidity level stays high.

Good luck, hope that they all make it out of the egg for you.

[TheSnakeEye]

It looks like it got too wet. I know some people advocate using foot powder, but I prefer not to use any chemicals on eggs. The best thing you can do is leave them alone. The more stable the environment the better, IMHO. The windows do look like they either did not calcify correctly or they got wet.

This is what I don't understand! Only the top part of the eggs look like that, and that was the part exposed to air. The part that was buried, which I would imagine got more wet, is perfectly fine if not looking way better than the top.

[Don]

The moisture in the buried part may have wicked up to the unburied part. If you had a fan running, it may have helped the wicking affect. I do not bury my eggs, but use the light diffuser method that you are now using, so I'm just theorizing. Maybe someone with experience in your previous method can comment.

[Zombie]

This is what I don't understand! Only the top part of the eggs look like that, and that was the part exposed to air. The part that was buried, which I would imagine got more wet, is perfectly fine if not looking way better than the top.

If I remember correctly I think the vermiculite also has anti mold tendencies. I agree that one egg looks like it may not make it but I'd leave it until it was absolutely gone before removing. I have never used the foot powder trick..

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