Hello Guys, hoping you can help me out. I have a flock of 14 black and lavender Orpington girls and one handsome black Orpington rooster! I had one broody girl this spring, so I let her sit on a clutch of 14 eggs. I candled them and there were 8 not fertilized, NONE of the 6 that were fertilized hatched! (I ended up buying 3 day-old chicks and she has adopted them). I waited till day 25 before I took the eggs from her. All of them were fully developed when I broke open the shells, all died a day or two it seemed like before hatching. Round 2 was 2.5 dozen eggs I gave to a neighbor to incubate, at day 21 when I talked to them four of mine had started hatching, I haven't spoken to them since so I don't know how many they ended up getting. Round 3 I gave 2.5 dozen eggs to my daughter's grade 2 class to hatch in their incubator. It's day 22, no peeping, no movement, it's not looking promising. So my question is, what's up? Momma's clutch died, and the class room ones aren't doing so good either 
It seems as if my neighbor was the only one to get at least a few chicks. My rooster came from a local breeder and he is not related to MOST of my girls ( two of the girls are his sisters). Everybody seems healthy and in fine breeding form, and we have tried 2 different incubators and a broody momma so it's definitely not a problem with an incubator. Any thoughts?
It seems as if my neighbor was the only one to get at least a few chicks. My rooster came from a local breeder and he is not related to MOST of my girls ( two of the girls are his sisters). Everybody seems healthy and in fine breeding form, and we have tried 2 different incubators and a broody momma so it's definitely not a problem with an incubator. Any thoughts?
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