Thanks everyone for the insight, tips/tricks. After closer examination I saw what I thought was a head. Pulled it out and it was wrapped around itself. I think it either choked itself out in the egg, if thats possible, or had some sort of birth deformity. It's body was crimped and wrapped around the head. The head was very deformed. Bottom jaw was bigger than top, one eye larger than the other, head had no taper and was smaller than the body, and it was completely lifeless/limp. Part of the underbelly appeared to have rot/decay starting to form. Yolk sac attached and about the size of a couple grapes..... A very sad event.

All in all I think it was a good learning experience. Oh, and it was the bottom egg, and had crazy patterning, as Jyohe stated.

Any ideas to why it died? Or is it just one of those anomalies that happen?

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