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I was minding my own business when I smelled something. I thought "no you pooped on tge eggs again?" I let her off the nest and another egg broke. There is a dead chicken inside. It was stinky but it didn't contaminate the other eggs. There was no fluid inside.
So now it's down to 4. We will see tomorrow what comes out of this whole exercize.
Btw her poop is bloody.
So now it's down to 4. We will see tomorrow what comes out of this whole exercize.
Btw her poop is bloody.
I'm not certain how many hens to rooster ratio you have, but with 5 roosters competing to mate it's not uncommon to have infertile eggs. Most times what happens when one goes to mate, one or more other roo's try to mate the same hen at the same time. Then nobody is effective because they are pushing each other off. I think the hen to roo ratio is 1 roo/to 10 hens if I'm not mistaken. If you don't have that many hens I would temporary remove at least 3 of the roosters & see if your egg fertility increases. Wishing you the best of luck with the 5 remaining eggs 
