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The eggs are fertile, I candeled them and saw blood vessels, but if they're fertile, why are the eggs incaving?, I know its not becuase of humidity, there is more than enough, the moss is very damp and it has been the same throughout the incubation, so why now are they suddenly incaving at only 7 and a half weeks, it was only 81 degrees not 84 so they wouldnt be hatching now would they?

The amount of time your candling them for you will likely have cooked babies,lol. RELAX, forget about them completely for a week and you should come back with a result one way or another...worrying yourself and others about it does no good at this point. You get what you get.Put the eggs down and cross your fingers,Jeff

Yes he should have candled once in the begining ok but nobody told him to. You are right though once you have candled just be patient and wait for them to hatch. Too much candling can lead to paranoia, dementia, sooty black fingernails, teeth falling out, foot fungus, and a whole host of other symtoms ala the movie Candling Madness.

As people have been telling you on this forum for weeks now, LEAVE THE EGGS ALONE!

Good eggs hatch, unless you screw them up. There is no reason to candle eggs 7 weeks into development. By this point, they are either developing normally, or they would have collapsed. You have already broken/killed one of them from handling it so be patient.

Eggs usually collapse a little prior to hatching.
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Chris Harrison

When those eggs finally hatch they are going to follow you around like some ducks do that have imprinted on humans as much as you have hovered over them.
It would really be best to keep your temp and humidity right and just leave them alone until they hatch or start to rot as folks have suggested.
There is one thing there is no question about and that is that you are sure as hell concerned about those little rascals.
If I see that you put these guys up for adoption after all these posts I will be awful let down. LOL
Later, Randy Whittington