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I have experienced exactly what you have with the early and late mortalities. With shipped eggs there are extra factors I guess that contribute to this. Here are 2 websites that might help you try to figure out what might have happened. I found them to be helpful and hope you will too. This...

I agree--both look like roosters.

Yes! My sentiments exactly!

Yes if it was alive it would shows signs of life--its head or body would move, heart would be beating. You definitely would see something going on. I did an eggtopsy on my last batch and had one just like yours. Good luck with the rest!

I would personally do a "float it and see if it wiggles" test on any egg that is a couple days late before I discarded it--but that is me. Forgive me if you know this information already but I figured if you didn't that it might help. If you are going to try this make sure the eggs have no...

This morning when I went out to check on my broody Marans (who is sitting on 10 eggs all due to hatch today) I found a little peeper peeping!! What a nice Mother's Day present for her and me! And another one starting to hatch open. I promised myself no more checking under her!! When they are...

How beautiful! That is one of those "magic moments"!

The same thing happened to me with my hen. She had been sitting on 11 eggs for almost a week. Then one day when I checked on them one was broken and all the other eggs were coated and sticky. I didn't know what to do and I left them alone. A few days later she got off the nest and went to an...

I had a similar situation a few years ago. The hen was not on her eggs and the eggs were really cold. I figured since the eggs were cold the embryos couldn't have survived. So I opened the egg and low and behold the embryo was still alive! Boy was that a sick feeling! I bet your eggs are...

Oh how adorable!! What good chickens they are! I have one that been sitting on a dozen eggs for 5 days but someone is beginning to eat her eggs and made a mess in the nest box.Now I don't know what to do. Meanwhile, back in the incubator I had 2 chicks hatch early in the wee hours yesterday...

Thanks! They are little sweeties!

Oh they are so cute! Sorry Peach has a crossbill. Hope she learns how to eat and drink on her own. I had a comet chicken with a crossbill and surprisingly she did really well and thrived just like any other chicken and her beak was really crooked.

Here they are--the 2 little silkies!

This morning when I woke up I checked the incubator and there were 2 fluffy chicks--one black and one white! 9 more to go...Thank you Farmer Viola for your good advice and insight!

Oh no! The dreaded stink bug! We've been finding them in the house throughout the winter. And to find one in the incubator! I would take a wet paper towel and gently pick it up. Good luck!!

I appreciate your help. That is very interesting. Now since you mentioned it, it does look like it started its pip at the top which would be the right spot. I can see that. I guess I just got too worried. It seems to be progressing now. Thanks a bunch!