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The less you check the better to prevent shrink wrapping and disturbing the hen. With the feed store chicks (which will be at least a couple of days old..even as "day old" chicks), you've created a staggered hatch, which isn't desirable. The hen now needs to get up and take the chicks to food...

That's frustrating, I know. The only things I can suggest would be to really, really be careful about lifting the hen and checking too often. You have to realize "lock down" for the hen is from day 18 forward and not be tempted to check progress. Often an egg is pipped when you don't realize...