What has gone wrong?

[hecatesmoon]

I had a white rock go broody, and I have been so excited. I blocked her off from the other chickens...or so I thought...but I finally got her to stand up and discovered she had more than ten eggs under her. I was only expecting there to be 4 or 5.
She fouled the nest. I know now I made one mistake at least in putting her water and food too close to her.
One chick hatched yesterday, but for all those other eggs, not a single one more.
It is day 22.
I found an egg sitting more or less out from under her with a hole in it this morning. There were maggots and little bugs. I don't hear that single chick peeping beneath her. I don't believe those other eggs are hatching, and she won't move no matter how I poke or prod her.
I wanted to let nature take its course, and I guess it has....
What happened though? Does anyone know?
What do I do now? Do I call it a loss and kick the poor bird off her nest? Do I hold on and see if maybe there's going to be some little miracle?
My first chickens, my first broody, and I don't know how to intervene properly now or if I should at all since again, I wanted this to be a nature taking it's course kind of thing.

 

[JimnTer]

It's pretty normal for a chicken to sit tight on the nest for a couple of days after the chicks hatch and I think that is what you are experiencing right now. I would give her another day on the nest, then on day 23 move her and the chick to a safe brooding area.

 

[hecatesmoon]

Thanks, Jim.
IF any others try to hatch, will they get maggots in them? Do flies lay on animals that are vulnerable? Or do they only lay on an animal that is wounded or dead?
Ugh...I cannot tell you how disappointed I am that it didn't go better or how sad I am for B.B. that she sat so long through all the heat. One chick will do it I suppose, but I would have liked to see her so much better rewarded for the effort.

 

[AwallRooster]

I would give here a few days,if she had that many eggs under her,an if she was the only hen using the nest, then it will take a few days for all the eggs to hatch (if fertile).as far as the maggets go, yes they will feast on live animals, if their wounds are nasty, if they are in the egg, with the peep hole, then it needs to be discarded, before it gets germs in the other eggs. good luck!!

 

[rungirl]

She's going to hang out for a couple days and try to hatch those remaining eggs but after that she will take whatever chicks hatch and leave the nest with them. She'll take them out so they can eat, drink and learn to scratch for food. You don't have to worry about kicking her off the nest. She'll give up on those eggs when her chicks need to get out. Any eggs that haven't hatched will be abandoned.

Now if you think that those unhatched eggs just need a little more time, then you can take the first chick out and put it in a brooder so she stays on the eggs longer. Then put the chick back after the remaining eggs hatch. Sometimes you have to do that with large clutches of eggs.

 

[hecatesmoon]

All together, there were 15 eggs.
The chick is dead. I removed the egg with the hole and changed the nesting with all the maggots and little bugs.
She went off the nest awhile but just got back on.
I don't understand what went so terribly wrong. I feel so awful wondering where the huge mistake was that so many eggs would go unhatched and the single chick should die. I know that most are fertile from using so many before.
I wanted to let nature do what nature does, and I guess it did. I just didn't expect it to disappoint me, in fact it hardly occurred to me that it would. :/