That's sad! looks like she may possibly be able to squeeze through that wire, chicks are pretty squishy! Rat could have dragged it out through that wire (assuming the pic is where She was staying) lv lost chicks to rats pulled them up through a small gap in the fence.
Hi ,my chooks possibly have signs of CRD either that or gape worm maybe, sneezing, coughing, one is rattly in the chest (wheezy kind of) so lv disinfected everything and cleaned out all the bedding etc and put them on a bird antibiotic, (avicycline c) question is, is it okay for chicks to...
sounds like some might already have been dead and they have turned rotten the popping noise was probably the egg exploding and the smell because it was rotten.all you can do is try again. oh and the missing eggs are probably been taken by rats.