beardie eggs: help needed!

[mycrunchie]

my friend's big orange beardie layed a clutch of eggs last night. but then she went crazy and started trying to destroy them all so wee took about 5 out and are now trying to hatch them on our own (we don't have an incubator) i just need to know the basics of how to tell if their fertile or not, how long it takes till they hatch etc etc.

so far we have them in a cardboard box lined with plastic and filled with a rice kitty litter (bad, i know, but we're getting the proper stuff today) and they are all shrivelled and dented (this has only happened in the past few hours) is this because of lack of humidity?

also, my friend is hopless, and hasn't been feeding his beardies properly, and has not been giving them calcium. will this effect the eggs?

 

[RedBeard11]

Hi - I'm new to breeding myself, but from what I've read, the shriveling is definitely due to lack of humidity. Get them in an incubator in some proper substrate and some moisture ASAP.
Calcium is important, but if the beardie was given calcium rich greens, then it's not too terrible if they aren't given a supplement. (Although they should be) My girl that just delivered her first clutch since I've had her wasn't given a great diet before I got her either. I've only had her about a month. I'm hoping her eggs will make it. I wish I could be of more help.
Best of luck.

 

[Akeath]

If you darken the room and hold a flashlight to the eggs, you should see red veins and possiby a red spot. If you see either, then they are fertile.
As long as she had a suitable UVB light, you can hope that the eggs aren't calcium deficient. If they are calcium deficient, the shells will be weak and brittle and discolored, almost see-through in some cases. The Bearded Dragons, if born, could be handicapped if this is the case. There is a fairly recent thread on the Rescue section showing the result of a calcium-deficient egg. The poor guy had some spinal problems, if I recall correctly.
Try and get your friend to give her a proper diet, because she will have 2-4 more clutches, and that will take a lot out of her.
With proper incubating temperatures and humidity, the average is 55-75 days. Without that, they can potentially still hatch, it will just take much, much longer. They do need humidity of 60-80%, preferably, so they don't dry out. It sounds like that is the problem right now.