well not so good news , I should have checked under my broody hen . I got home today expecting to find chicks but when i found none, and my hen was up off the eggs for the first time ( that i saw) , in 21 days. I found one dead chick looked smothered , and 21 other eggs , what the heck , way to many eggs Im guessing. there was 2 that had piped so i left them under her then I put the rest into my bator . do you think any will make it ? I could here some peeping when i loaded them into bator but i didnt want to take the time to check them all since its should be lock down.do you think the dead one freaked her out ? She wanted out of the area that i set her up in . then when i opened it up she went back to her eggs i removed all but the 2 that had piped . do you think she killed the one because there were to many eggs under her?This really stinks I was really looking forward to watching her raise the little buggers . any advice or hope would be great Thanks Tom