funky shaped eggs?

[ColleenT]

well, my female laid two eggs in her plant last night. i marked the tops and moved them into my perlite container. they are long, sort of like the shape of a grain of rice, and the sides are sort of mushy, are they any good? How do i know if they go bad? thanks. Colleen

[dj_honeycuts]

I have a female who has been laying infertile eggs all season long that look very similar to what you are describing. Usually within about a week the eggs begin to turn yellow, and if you candle them it looks like the egg is empty. With good eggs you will see a "ring" of blood vessels where the embryo begins to develope. If you are unsure, just let them incubate until they fungus, collapse, or rot. I've read plenty of stories of odd and discolored eggs that went past the estimated hatching date that still hatched. That's why I don't chuck em till I'm 100% sure there isn't anything going on in them.
Good luck with them!

[CDN-Cresties]

They could be under calcified. Try adding some more calcium in your females diet. I would incubate them, you never know if they could hatch.

[ColleenT]

she gets a lot of calcium, i make sure of it. but i will try to hatch the eggs. who knows. the last batch i did not think were fertile and they were.. Thanks.