I have felt like a powerless imbecile with this whole thing, because I don't know what went wrong, and they died. Being a novice really sucks when things like this happen.
Amsunshine, you were able to do what I never could--artificially incubate and hatch pea chicks. I royally suck at that. I can hatch chickens all day til the cows come home but I have yet to hatch a pea-chick. THAT is an accomplishment in and of itself. I was going to suggest having a chicken hen raise your pea-babies next year but I saw you have adult peas who can do that. I've decided to let nature do all my pea hatching/raising from now on.