2 bantams failed to hatch.

[Snowball1993]

Hi all,
you were so helpful the other day with my duck drama so I thought I'd ask about my unhatched bantams. We set 12 eggs(bought locally a mix of bantam breeds) and have been quite lucky and only had 1 infertile. 9 hatched successfully but 2 failed to hatch or even pip and when I opened the eggs they were fully formed with feathers (well fluff) and taking up most of the egg except the air pocket obviously. What causes such a late death is it something we can avoid in future or is it to be expected . I'm quite sad about it as they were beautiful little chicks. We use a brinsea mini eco, set at 38 degrees, half the reservoir filled until lock down then both sides filled until hatch. Am I doing anything wrong.

Photos of our little brood below

 

[1muttsfan]

Sometimes the developing chick does not form quite properly, or environmental issues occur, and it's unable to hatch. You should not feel bad about your success rate, everyone that hatches loses some chicks.

You can read more about hatching issues here https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/eggtopsy-what-happened-to-my-egg-graphic-pictures.363717/

 

[Myheartsezyes]

It happened to me as well except I had a lot of blood and one had un absorbed egg yoke and one was half absorbed very disappointed . Good news is my boss broody hen is sitting on some of her bantam eggs so I may still get a couple