I have a big black Australorp rooster. He's almost 1 year old. All his hens are the same age. He has 6 Australorps, 6 Buff Orps, and 1 production Red. I had a Buff Orp hen go broody last month. Couldn't break her so I decided to let her set and gave her 8 eggs. They all failed. I had another go broody when the other was at the 14 day point. I let her have 7 eggs, all but one failed and she is still setting on that 1. Yesterday I cracked some eggs. First set I got 1 in 3 fertile, I broke 5 more and 2 were fertile. Is my Roo still to young, Are the hens still to young? Is 14 hens too many for him to service, I know 12 is about right, he's only got 2 more. I'm thinking about raising 1 more Roo and add maybe 3 more hens. Any thoughts? Thanks
