At this stage there should be full eggs with no liquid.
Shipped eggs can be tough as well it depends how long they were laid before you got them. They say up to 14 days but I find I have best results incubating 1 week or less.
I’m confused are these chicken or ducks eggs ?
If chicken they should have hatched a few days ago. If duck they have days to go
That being said why did you intervene with making holes ? Safety holes are only needed if it’s been more then 24 hours from internal pip