[jadrig]

The last clutch of eggs that my Henkels laid looked good. But, I later noticed that the bottom surface of both eggs were concaved due to the substrate being too dry. They had some cracking along the edges of the dents.

I figured I should just stick them in the incubator with the other eggs...

Two weeks later, they seem to be doing fine. The one pic is one of the eggs being candled...

The other pick is of the bottom half of the same egg.

The vein in the egg is big and clear to the naked eye...but the Photo does it no justice...

I will keep you guys posted on the developement of those two eggs...

[allen]

I`m very curious about this because i have a similar situation. . I have an egg that has a crack in the outer shell ( was a bit to enthousiastic about finding them i guess...) but the membrane is still intact. The egg is fertile and still looking good. i also will try to keep you up to date.

greetz
Allen

[jadrig]

yeah, those two 'dented' eggs are the ones that are parallel to the baby food tub in the center...

Ill try to get a close up so that you can see the cracking of the 'outer' shell

[miguel camacho!]

Any egg I ever had with a crack in it ended up going foul eventually. But I had eggs with dents turn out just fine. The dent really shouldn't have any effect on the embryo.

[jadrig]

I know what you are saying...

That was the case with some of my Phelsuma eggs.

But...these eggs seem to be different...

there is an 'Outer Shell' that appears to function for protection or water retention.

You can see it in this pic around the circumference of the dent...

You can also see how it is cracked and a different part of the shell is exposed.

The eggs have both the same problem and are also still doing well at 21 days old.

This 'outer' layer might just serve as camouflage. The female rotates it in the substrate giving the egg that 'camo' look.

[allen]

With my egg, the crack goes around the whole egg. And after a month or so, the egg still goes on and seems fertile (i already saw the bloodvessels in it).

greetz
Allen

[jadrig]

if you put the egg up to your nostril...and smell it...you can usually tell if it is good...

If it is bad...it will have a minutely fowl stench...

[DJreptile]

Another thought for cracked eggs. Try a little bit of clear nail polish...seriously. I've used it with Argus monitor eggs more than once and had them hatch out successfully. Just a thought. Either way good luck!

[jadrig]

I used parafilm or the ziploc pull and stretch stuff... on Henkels egg that I broke into prematurely...

It hatched a week and a half later...

[allen]

Thanks for the ideas people!!

greetz
Allen