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Using the eggs in - chicks out method I can accept 70% as an occasional worst rate but certainly not as the best. Most of your hatches should be better. So something is not as good as it could be. And you've shot down practically everything I can think of. I'll toss out another idea, though...

I assume you count hatch rate the same way I do, eggs in versus chicks out. Some people do it differently. 70% isn't that unusual for me but less than that is. Most are better. And yes, a reasonably active rooster should keep 20 to 25 hens pretty fertile. Dad kept a flock of 25 to 30 hens...