They weren't shipped eggs or anything, so that's probably why the success. I think the deaths were related to temperature issues before hatching. My humidity and temperatures were too low. The ones that died - 2 had umbilical hernias, one was stuck to it's shell and died after I helped it get unstuck (2 hours after being under the heat lamp), 1 just seemed really weak from the get-go and 1 was a surprise.Wow! I wish I had that luck with hatching!
So sad to hear about the ones that didn't make it.
None of my swedes are laying yet. I can't wait till i can hatch out my own.