Bluebirds lay one egg per day until the clutch is complete. Did she start laying eggs on May 28th or was she done laying all six eggs on the 29th? If she started laying on the 28th then the last egg would have been laid on the 2nd of June which would make this 15 days since incubation started. They start incubating normally the day the last egg was laid and incubation is typically 12-14 days but can be as long as 20 days. If she was done laying eggs on the 29th then this would be day 19 of incubation. Either way I would keep waiting to see what happens. It is too early to say they won't be hatching and I would definately not be removing those eggs. If you want to know if the female is incubating them you could put a small dot with a marker on one of the eggs, look the next day to see if it has been moved as the female will rotate the eggs during incubation. You should not touch eggs with your bare hands as the oils from your hands can clog the pores on the eggs and cause them to not develop. These should be close to hatching though so I "think" it will be ok. Good luck and just be patient. Donna

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This is a really hard one. I would have to defer to those more expert but the general thought is leave them be until they quit visiting in case it was a late incubation. i personally would be tempted to see if they are warm and candle them but this is probably not really the best thing. We have a time crunch here due to heat which factors in...