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Awww Paula
I don't know either. Did you candle the remaining ones yet? Terri up in WA had to crack one out of the shell last night. It was Day 23, the chick couldn't break through the egg. Once they took the shell off it pushed its way out and is doing great. They lost 1 and the other didn't finish. They had broody issues. Broody's aren't always reliable either so don't feel bad.
I did candle eggs tonight. No movement in any eggs and some started looking watery. So I decided to start cracking the eggs.
All were dead.
They all had started. Only 2 had come close. (they had almost developed into a chick)
They were very small, but had feathers and looked somewhat like a chick. One of these had looked like it was maybe a day or two from hatching, but the other still had a large yolk(ish) attachement. The other 5 were all at different stages of developments. I did some research on egg hatching, and I think I came up with that maybe my incubator temp maybe too high. The thermometer reads 99.5, but maybe it reads low. I've read that too high temps may result in early hatches or incomplete hatches. (Which is exactly what I had)
It still sucks
Aww Paula, I'm sorry
If you want more eggs to try again (after you calibrate your incubator), let me know. I will send them to you. I really am sorry this hatch did not go well for you
I wish I had small enough babies to give you for your lone chick.