GAH!! What the heck??? knew someone just died in there when my temp suddenly dropped down to 99 
It was more than just one someone... 
3 Partridge penedesencas dead in the shell at hatch. I snatched the ones that hadn't pipped out one at a time and candled them. No internal pip, no movement and they felt "cold" the way dead eggs feel. Poked a peek hole and confirmed they were dead. AGAIN with the horribly malpositioned chicks???!!! One with head down between thighs into the small end, one with both feet all the way over its head, and one that obviously stopped growing about day 10ish but it was so dark I couldn't tell. The other three had internally pipped or were trying to and I just made them a breathing hole so that at least if they were stuck they could keep breathing to absorb yolk and blood till they were ready to get out. At least one looks to be badly malpositioned too and I will be surprised if it makes it. It was trying to pip out the side and I actually had clear its beak for it but it was like it was already in the process of dying. It also had some blood near its beak so I think it pipped a vein when it tried to pip out the side. But I don't think it looked like a lot of blood - just afraid since its by the mouth it might be enough to suffocate it. And it doesn't want to keep its beak at the necessary angle to keep it cleared. I think its almost in there sideways. So I have those 3 (probably only 2 really) Partridge Penedesencas, 1 Crested Cream Legbar, 2 Blue/Black/Splash Ameraucana, 2 homegrown Olive Eggers, and 1 homegrown SBEL that are pipped and currently alive. Dead are 3 partridge penedesencas, 1 Splash Ameraucana, and one SBEL.
So I originally had 12 hand delivered eggs from a local breeder - only 6 are still alive. I had 4 of my own, and 3 are still alive. Its so frustrating seeing so many lives lost
It was more than just one someone... 3 Partridge penedesencas dead in the shell at hatch. I snatched the ones that hadn't pipped out one at a time and candled them. No internal pip, no movement and they felt "cold" the way dead eggs feel. Poked a peek hole and confirmed they were dead. AGAIN with the horribly malpositioned chicks???!!! One with head down between thighs into the small end, one with both feet all the way over its head, and one that obviously stopped growing about day 10ish but it was so dark I couldn't tell. The other three had internally pipped or were trying to and I just made them a breathing hole so that at least if they were stuck they could keep breathing to absorb yolk and blood till they were ready to get out. At least one looks to be badly malpositioned too and I will be surprised if it makes it. It was trying to pip out the side and I actually had clear its beak for it but it was like it was already in the process of dying. It also had some blood near its beak so I think it pipped a vein when it tried to pip out the side. But I don't think it looked like a lot of blood - just afraid since its by the mouth it might be enough to suffocate it. And it doesn't want to keep its beak at the necessary angle to keep it cleared. I think its almost in there sideways. So I have those 3 (probably only 2 really) Partridge Penedesencas, 1 Crested Cream Legbar, 2 Blue/Black/Splash Ameraucana, 2 homegrown Olive Eggers, and 1 homegrown SBEL that are pipped and currently alive. Dead are 3 partridge penedesencas, 1 Splash Ameraucana, and one SBEL.So I originally had 12 hand delivered eggs from a local breeder - only 6 are still alive. I had 4 of my own, and 3 are still alive. Its so frustrating seeing so many lives lost
