I’m so sorry
These ones are tough on us
Nothing you could have done would have helped that baby
Unless baby makes internal pip or bruises the egg it’s not safe to try to hatch them
Unfortunately this happens now and then :(
Baby looked like it was going to hatch so I’m not sure you could have done a thing different
I do assist if baby hadn’t made external pip
Or there is a bruise at the wrong end
Or baby naked a big hole instead of a zip
But to have one make the external and not show signs of needing help I...
I’m very sorry 😢
It looks to me like the yolk was fully absorbed
The swollen belly is from absorbing
It’s really hard to say what happened but
My thought would be possibly baby gave up when it couldn’t zip out
That’s just a guess
I had a duck egg that had 2 air cells. We didn’t know till hatch time
Both were attached
One at each end of the egg
Unfortunately it left less room for the baby to develop
He needed assisting in hatching
As he couldn’t get turned
Keep a close eye on the egg for bruising ( in case you need...