What happened...fertilized eggs, 30 days under hen & no hatch

Hi Everybody,

Well this was my first time with a Broody hen. YES I do have roosters...She had 9 eggs under her, I did remove 3 after candling. The remaining 6 looked real good!

Well today is day 30, sigh... no little Chickie's no pips nothing. I just brought 2 of the eggs in and candled them again. There is a clear area and the dark opaque area still visible, it's hard to see any veins as the eggs are brown.

The 6 remaining eggs have no smell at all (other than hot chicken) Lol... Wouldn't dead eggs have a smell to them.

I did have one egg explode under my broody about 1 1/2 weeks ago, I did remove all the soiled nesting material, and sent her out for a dust bath. Only one of the 6 eggs had goo on it. I didn't try and remove it. I know that there is some controversy about exploding eggs causing the rest of the hatch to spoil, do you think this is what may have happened????

Very sad, my hen still won't get off her nest. What am I supposed to do with her? I feel bad just taking her eggs away that she has worked so hard for. Any help regarding WHY these eggs didn't hatch would help me a 1st hatch failure.

Thank-you in advance!

Megan

 

Thank-you! Hugs right back at you!