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Hi I just incubated 8 eggs, one was an early quitter. When I candled on day 16, all 7 were developed and moving, but one looked noticeably smaller maybe by a few days (but moving with good veins). Fast forward to hatch day and 6 chicks hatched on day 21. The one I had previously noticed as...

Update: chick was dead the next morning. Only 2/3 of its way out of shell, partially fluffed and warm. Looked perfect, fully developed, seemed bigger than average maybe, no blood, yolk seemed to be absorbed (though I’m not an expert on what that’s supposed to look like) there was what appeared...

So I let a broody hen incubate eggs during the winter, a risk I know. I candled them on day 16 and all was good. I was planning to move mama and her eggs to a private brooder on the evening of day 17. Unfortunately in the afternoon of day 17 she was kicked off her nest by other hens and the eggs...