Looks like I got carried away with the original peri/vermic mixture... thought there was no such thing as too humid.

Thanks to your advice - I remixed a new substrate much drier and put them in there. We'll go on from here and try to keep humidity 75-80% I suppose.

Hopefully they will dry just a bit and be okay. The whole project is for my kids to learn about reptiles and biology - so really hope for my kids' sake that these eggs make it to the finish line.

Again, thanks.