I am sorry for your loss.Originally Posted by adizziedoll
But I must reiterate what Tim said. Some are just not destined to make it.
I will add this. The eggs being in a pile is not the problem. I generally deal with carpet clutches of 16 to 32+ eggs. 90% of the time they have already adhered by the time I am able to get them out from the mother. With this many eggs, you may lose one or two, but it does not have anything to do with them being in a pile.