I have two out of three clutches of eggs. One clutch is king eggs, the other corn (in seperate hova-bators). The corn layed 21 smaller eggs and the king layed 7 large eggs. The king eggs look pretty good. One swelled up a bit, but is still looking nice. I have all the eggs half covered in moist perilite. I then have moist but not too moist) moss on top of the eggs. The temps are between 78-80. I do not have a humidity guage in there, but I keep the trays (below the eggs) filled with water.

I have noticed three of the corn eggs start to grow mold. I know mold is okay, but they smell. The eggs still look solid and white (besides the part starting to mold). I noticed a majority of the eggs have hair-like cracks in them. Just surface cracks. Kinda hard to describe, but kinda like old paint does when it dries out, before it peels. I was wondering if I put the eggs in the hova-bator too soon. They were kinda leathery/moist when I put them in. Freshly layed, They had not dried. The eggs are not drooping, sagging, and are still white. They are not yellowing and don't look bad to me.

Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong. I want to do everything I can to get these little guys to hatch.

Or, am I just freaking out over normal stuff?

The king eggs did not do the cracking thing and they have not molded at all. Thanks for any feedback
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