Quote Originally Posted by _BoidFinatic_
Yeah...and what makes it worse is that not only is this my first clutch, but also the feeling that I could have prevented this in some way. At the realization that he died while poking through, I felt really bad.
Don't let it get you down too much. Although many abnormalities will go full term, it's unusual for them to survive very long after they hatch. It probably has something to do with them receiving nourishment from their yolk instead of relying on their organs to survive.