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sounds like you did everything right, not sure why they didn't develop on schedule except maybe it was too many eggs. I use bantam cochins for broodies so I don't really know how many to put under a full size hen. If you try again, I'd go with a dozen and see how things go.

I've never heard that about the water.....huh. how many eggs?

I don't understand the bolded part. When a hen goes broody, they often steal other hens' eggs. Did you mark the eggs she started out with to be sure no eggs got added later? That's a common problem. How many eggs were under her? Is it possible she couldn't cover them all and they got too cold?

We'd need a lot more info on how the eggs are being incubated--broody hen or incubator? You might also post on the incubation thread, those folks know a lot more about it than I do, I just chuck eggs under a broody hen and let her do her thing. An incubator would be seriously dangerous for me...

Easter eggers, just like the hens. I love the description Mcmurray hatchery has started putting with their birds, it's the most honest I've seen from any of the hatcheries..... This unusual breed gets in name from the India tribe of Chilie where they were first discovered. Our chicks have...