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Sorry you had to do it, but it's part of poultry keeping.

In this case, culled means humanely killed. There are several humane ways to do it, I will let you research and find the one that is least distressing to you.

The one that lays with its leg out needs to be culled. It has no chance of recovery. The others that were not standing did look like they were growing okay. Is there Cornish breed in your pen? Some of those birds have legs like trees. It looks like there are quite a few pullets in there...

20 is better than none! Some eggs were never meant to hatch. I think you did pretty well considering how many did not develop. Those that didn't hatch on their own were not strong enough to hatch on their own. As you saw from the first, it's not always a "save" when you help. Sometimes...

Good job on the water candling, it confirms that many are viable, but lack of movement doesn't necessarily mean they are dead, they do rest at times! The humidity will be high thanks to the water dip. It will drop on its own. Because of evaporative cooling, if I water candle I use warm...

good luck!