Freaking out here on day 24 (almost 25). Roosters to blame?

[Whimsical Farming Wife]

I have 3 hens sitting on eggs; all of them on day 24 now! There is absolutely no way that every single egg was infertile- so I am left to wonder the following:
Is it possible for the presence of a rooster to cause issues with hatching? Now I don't mean a rooster mating with and mingling with the broodies... My three girls are enclosed in their own private nest and box each- but there are 6 roosters are living in the house which the broodies are enclosed in. The girls have been diligently sitting on their eggs for 24 days now, but I am wondering if maybe their temperature or something has not done its thing due to stress of the lingering roosters?!

 

[Mahonri]

you may have non-fertile roos.

 

[evonne]

or it could just be cold....
my broody set a nest just outside the front door of the house... her first pip showed up on day 23, and most hatched on day 24....
it was chilly on and off those 3 weeks... nt cold to most people, but definitley some jacket weather...
eggs the week before hatched 2 full days early.. i think they were too hot.. therm read 99.5, but i'm thinking with them being early it was probly more like 101...

temperatures definitley affect hatch rates...

did you candle at any point??

 

[Whimsical Farming Wife]

I haven't candled at all. The majority of the eggs were from a coop with a rooster who turned out 100% fertile eggs this last December. The rest of the eggs were from my Silkies and their now passed Silkie rooster (I am SO hoping to get some Silkie babies!!). After a coffee I am heading out to check.

I am really trying to be patient & positive- it just seems so unlikely to have had every single egg hatch from my last round, and not a single one this time! It has been kind of chilly, and one difference in the nests from last time is that the nest is bedded with shavings rather than hay.

 

[Katy]

How many hens are the 6 roos with? Sometimes it seems as tho if there are too many roos fighting over too few hens and nobody gets the job done....they're too busy fighting each other off.

 

[Whimsical Farming Wife]

The 6 roos are quite young (they were hatched in Dec)- they were not the roosters I was expecting to fertilize. Their flock consisted of one Silkie Roo, 3 Silkie hens, and 21 Mutts hatched in December. I actually saw the Silkie Roo mating with one of the Silkie hens on more than one occasion.
The other eggs came from a different flock, where there were 6 hens with one roo. These were the breeders for the December hatch (every single one of which hatched!).
Going to check now!

 

[Whimsical Farming Wife]

Still nothing!!! Maybe they're waiting for Easter.