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Can you tell if eggs are good?

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Well, she is finished. The larger eggs in the front were laid over the past week 2 a day. Today she finially found a happy spot to finish in. She laid 14 more dug them up and cleaned the best I could still dirty though. Any way of telling if they are fertile or not by sight this early?
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The eggs don't look good to me. Perhaps some other members will come along and give their opinions. Although a few are a nice white, they all appear to be severely undersized and unfertilized. A normal sized egg would fill the spoon you were using, or come close to it.

The female also looks way to small to dropping clutches. Give her a nice long vacation and let her fatten up and get some much needed rest. If she does indeed drop another clutch in 3 weeks, I wouldn't hold out much hope for those eggs either.
 
They don't look fertile to me either. How old is she? she doesn't look big enough to have successful clutches. Is she housed with a male, was this planned?
I would incubate them if you want, but if they start to get dark, greenish spots or shrivel, they are gone.
 
I have to agree, the the eggs look way too small to be any good, and they look oddly colored as well. The female also looks WAY too small to be bred at all.
 
We got her in March as a gift for my son from a Pet Store. I don't know how old she is. Nose to tip of tail she is 12". She laid 17 eggs April 24, now these. The eggs are 1 1/4". The last batch stayed "full" looking until end of May 1 got a mold then the others followed. She seems so skinny now. Thank-fully she is a very go eater and should fatten up soon. Although this wasn't planned the idea of babies is exciting. When I called the store about the first batch they said Beardies rarely lay unfertile eggs so I am not sure what to think. I have not intention of breading her at this point I agree she seems too small maybe in the future but who knows.
 
these eggs don't look fertile to me. make sure you give the female some fatty foods like pinkies that are high in calcium to help her bounce back. fertile or not she used alot of calcium and other vitamins to make those eggs.
 
Thanks for all the replies I guess I can just wait and see and hope. She doesn't seem to like pinkies I have tried 1x week to give them to her and she has no interest. She is a big "green" eater along with her crickets and meal worms everydayand beardie bites. All are dusted with calcium 2x week. Last time she laid I dusted daily for 10 days will do that this time also.
 
She was with multiple dragons at the pet store when we bought her in March.
 
unless you are 100% sure of who is the father of the eggs, i wouldn't try to incubate any of them, just freeze them. Petstores get whole clutches from wholesalers or brokers, so chances are she bred with her brother or cousin.[another reason petstores don't get any of my money]
Also, i don't agree with pinkies. 'fatty' foods will not help much getting good, healthy wieght on her. Silkies, greens, roaches, etc will help much more.
 
Keep in mind, that besides pinkies being "fatty foods" they are also a good source of calcium, both from their bones and the undigested mother's milk in their tummies.
 
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