Is it normal for 1 egg to hatch a week later?

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I had 9 bantam eggs that my hen was sitting on i had to put them incubator after 10 days of her sitting on them cause mother was killed by raccoon, anyways 5 hatched on May 5 & 1 hatched on May 11 and 3 were not fertile so my question is it normal for the one egg hatch later like that? And why didnt it hatch on the day it was due May 5?
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My guess would be that the late hatching egg was added to the clutch by another hen 6 days after the hen started setting.
This.

I always mark the eggs I'm wanting momma to hatch so I can pull out added bonus eggs while she's brooding. Other hens seem very generous about donating eggs to her, or some broodies literally go steal them!
 

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