1st hatch lockdown- Did I mess up?!

[Stayc]

Ok. Eggtopsy was interesting, sad and mildly traumatic, but interesting.. A little background. Egg #1 (Tolbunt Polish) & #2 (BLRW) were from the same breeder out of Missouri. Not shipped but driven to Oklahoma. Egg #3 (GL Wyandotte) was from a local breeder.
#1. Polish. Fully formed chick. No internal pip although air cell was normal in size. Quite a bit of fluid, blood, and yoke had not been fully absorbed. Seemed in the correct position to pip. No smell.
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#2. (BLRW) Fully formed chick with completed internal pip. Adequate air cell? Perfect positioning. Little extra fluid and yoke seemed mostly absorbed? There was some loose yoke in the shell (wondering if this is postmortem leakage?), but mostly clear goo. Maybe someone can tell me if the hole or opening where a bellybutton would be, looks normal? I have no idea why it died. Shell didn't seem overly hard when opened. 1 other egg from the same place/ same breed hatched.View attachment 1202870 View attachment 1202871
Egg #3. ALIVE when opened! (Candled and float tested but determined dead. Oops) when I cracked the air cell I could immediately see lots of blood under the membrane. I started to peel back both membranes to a lot of blood then I saw the chick move! I just about fainted. Unfortunately, (fortunate for me bc if it was healthy it would've died thanks to me.), this was severely deformed and never would have hatched. Malpositioned with head tucked between it's legs smashed into its yoke which was unabsorbed. Only had a small bottom portion of its beak (by tip of pencil), and no discernable eyes, or mouth. Small underdeveloped head, but very much alive. I culled it, sadly. (Which was awful)
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Its very interesting, scientifically, to see such a deformed animal still developing and surviving, even if it was just in an embryonic state. I'll be reading up more of causes of such deformities. Perhaps some are preventable.. Sorry for the graphic photos, but I hope it helps someone else somehow. Any opinions are welcome!

Big help for me. Thanks for the information.

 

[Ducky0601]

How did your hatch turn out?

 

[amunk01]

How did your hatch turn out?

Hi Ducky, thanks for asking! Overall, I was really happy with it. Of the 13 that went into lockdown, we have 10 baby chicks running around the brooder. I learned a lot, and got addicted. Setting another batch of eggs tomorrow! Lol