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I just had a clutch of burm X bateater eggs 2 days ago. I put them in the incubator and have it at 90deg with 100% hum. Today when I checked them they are turning brite blue in spots which I have never seen in any of our eggs before. Has anyone seen this?

Blue is never good. The blue spots that you are seeing is from bacteria that is growing on your eggs. It will continue to spread until it completely overtakes the egg. Hopefully they don't all go bad but the reason why the blue bacteria growth is even growing is because there are no viable embryos in those eggs. Your temps look good and if your humidity and substrate are all good too, then it's not something that you did wrong...those eggs just weren't meant to be.

Good luck with any that are not showing that blue/green color.

Tom

If some last longer before bacterial growth sets in and they are obviously dead, go ahead and cut them open to check for embryos.
As Tom said, if they die shortly after laying, they were most likely infertile.

Kelly

Would they turn bad if they were infertile in 2 days? The next day is when they started looking blue. If I can figure out how to attach a pic I have one.

It's not unusual for them to start turning blue on day 2-3. The first 5 days are the "scary period". After 5 days, if they're still white and fluffy, then generally, they are fertile and have a good chance to make it to the end, assuming that the environmental conditions are right. The first 5 days are all about observation, crossing your fingers and hoping for no unusual colors.

Good luck with all the rest.

Tom

I have seen this first hand recently one of my females layed a whole clutch of small not so nice looking eggs, I incubated just to give them a chance and they started showing blue-green spots within the first week some before others. What i found strange was that there was no rotten egg odor, when i cut them open eventually their was a thicker crusty yolk around the shell and the inner was still liquid, it still look and smelled very much like regular egg yolk.

Infertile eggs or died very soon after deposition.
jsc
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