I raise ringneck doves. Even though they are different in some ways than chickens i still think someone here can help me. I have a pair that are first time parents. They had 2 eggs that went a day over the due date to hatch. I looked last night under the hen and saw that both eggs had a small hole with the chicks beak out breathing! So i left them until morning. I noticed the hen wasnt moistening the chicks skin to help them come out of the shell...which all the others hens do. I thought maybe because this was her first time she was inexperienced. So i checked the eggs and both chicks hadnt made any progress..they were still breathing with only their beak out. I also notice they looked dry. I took each egg out and carefully removed the shell little piece at a time...no blood...no yolk...no.moisture...the shell came off easily. Both chicks were moving around but one had a hard time straightening out. Put them back under mom and in 2 hours they were dead. This was heartbreaking. I didnt want to try and get the chicks out too early but after 12 hours without any progress i knew i had to do something. Even the membrane was dry...What was the problem?...is there anything i could have done to save these chicks? Never had this happen before. Thank you