4 dead chicks in shells.. They just needed to hatch..What did I do??

[standardbanty]

Everything was ok all good conditions. 1 did have a crossed beak. They did not drown either.

 

[Wynette]

You may not have "done" anything wrong! Sometimes, they're just not meant to hatch. I'm sorry...

 

[DANNY]

How many eggs did you try to hatch?

 

[Darin115]

I generally have a few that just never tries to hatch. I hatch out 25 this past weekend and had 4 that just died in the shell. Another one pipped but died afterwards.

Sometimes it just happens. The humidity was perfect, the temps were perfect. They were turned 3 times each day.
It is just meant to be I guess.

Last night I candled the eggs that I have in the bator now. 6 were non fertile or had blood rings. That is the most that I have ever had in a hatch. I guess I need to give the roo a pep talk.
generally have 2-3 nonfertile or early quitters. I guess it just happened.

The only other hatch that I had more was when my neighbor gave me 17 eggs. At day 8 I candled, all 17 were not fertile. I had 28 of my eggs. All of mine were fertile. I had 2 that did not attempt to hatch that had a full term chick inside. I had 2 others to pip and die.

I hope I never have a total hatch failure. I am not sure if I could deal with it.

I am happy with the ones that do hatch and try not to think much on the ones that don't make it.

Darin

 

[ams3651]

it was my first time hatching and it was with a broody hen, I had 2 chicks that had a hard time making it out of the shell. I helped them a little only for them to die after hatching. They were weak and one had some kind of problem with it abdomen. I learned that next time I wont help and I will accept that they were just not strong enough to make it out and wont make it if they cant get out themselves.