You're average broody (without human intervention) will usually have a hatch rate of under 50%. With artificial incubation human hands (because we have oils in our skin) will remove the protective covering from an egg with constant handling. No protective covering means bad stuff gets in and kills your eggs.
Thanks! Guess I didn't have an average broody! Good to know....
..... Hey, that means I should put MORE eggs under my broody so she gets one or two chicks, riiiighht??
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-Banti