Why did this chick die? (Necropsy)

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The rest of the batch is doing well, but this one didn’t make it. I decided to do a necropsy in hopes of determining what went wrong.
There’s a strange white coagulation I haven’t seen in my other egg necropsies
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His head was tucked inward rather than pointed out, away from the air cell or egg wall
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The flat surface is where the air cell was. His head was tucked behind the foot
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His head is completely different from the other egg necropsies. It looks flat with large, bulging eyes, and a dip in the middle of his skull between the eyes
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And then one of my wet specimens for comparison:
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So what went wrong with this bird while the rest of his batch are doing just fine?
 

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