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First clutch this year, and...

The stack of 10 eggs had bonded itself together by the time I was ready to remove. I didn't try to seperate the eggs for fear of causing damage, but when I was removing the eggs from the females cage the stack was heavy enough that despite me trying to take care, I briefly pushed in a section about the size of a fingerprint on a couple eggs. It didn't cause permanent damage as far as I can tell, as the eggs sprung right back into their original shape. But I'm wondering if this could have caused a problem with the embryo inside the egg? Mom had been sitting on the eggs for about two days before they were removed.

Also, according to the Raytec temperature gun, Mom had a couple of the eggs at 91 degrees. I know ideal temps are 88-90, so that's just outside the range; would that cause egg death or damage?
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You are being overly cautious, which is fine for a newb, you will learn the eggs are very tuff.

Your good.

People have patched small holes with band-aids and have had them hatch out no problem. Have you candeled them to make sure they are fertile?

91 degrees isnt too bad either. Get them in the incubator and at a steady temp. asap.

Good luck!

You want to weigh them now.

I mark the tops with a pencil and then I weigh them. I continue to weigh them periodically to make sure the are not gaining or loosing too much weight.

Also, do NOT invert them. Keep them level.

You may already know this, but maybe not.