Poor fertility or something else?

[Jendenscott]

I have 25 hens, a mix of bcm, cream legbar, Easter eggers, and barnyard mix. I have 2 roosters, a bcm and a lavender Ameraucana. All the bcm eggs and brown eggs I try and incubate are fertile and hatching, yet not a single blue egg ever starts developing and most green don't and if they do they aren't making it to hatch day. Is this a rooster problem or a hen problem or maybe both? I know the bcm roo is servicing most of the flock, the other roo is more docile for sure. I guess I need to take the time to try and watch? I just can't figure out why not a single blue egg is fertile, like half my flock lays blue eggs and I'd sure like to hatch some. Should I add another roo to the flock?

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

At roughly 12 hens a roo, I wold not add any more. The eggs that never hatched could totally be a hen problem, and you could see if the Roos favor brown egg laying hens over blue.

 

[McChooky]

I would cage the Maran and see if the other rooster gives you fertile eggs.They may like the more docile rooster better or they can be rejecting the Marans sperm( is he servicing them?)

 

[RcoM]

Try trimming fluffy butts! That was my only issue in the end. Maybe the blue eggers are more evasive or more fluffy down there?

 

[Cheekychook12]

Do your hens accept him? One of my hens hates the head rooster and never lets him near her
Fluffy butts is also an issue I trim my hens occasionally to keep them clean and better fertility rates

 

[LuciferRoo]

bcm? Maybe it's just me but I think it is much better to spell out the breed. It took me somewhere near 30 seconds before figuring out bcm is probably Black Copper Maran.

When I have to decode acronyms, I lose interest in the post.

 

[McChooky]

bcm? Maybe it's just me but I think it is much better to spell out the breed. It took me somewhere near 30 seconds before figuring out bcm is probably Black Copper Maran.

When I have to decode acronyms, I lose interest in the post.

I googled bjg the other day and it immediately came back with 'black jersey giant' I felt kinda stupid when it popped up so fast

 

[NatJ]

bcm? Maybe it's just me but I think it is much better to spell out the breed. It took me somewhere near 30 seconds before figuring out bcm is probably Black Copper Maran.

When I have to decode acronyms, I lose interest in the post.

Blue Cuckoo Marans and Blue Copper Marans would also be BCM. I agree, it really helps if the breed is written out in full at least once in the post. After than an acronym is not as much trouble in the rest of the post, because it was already made clear.