Why did my broody hens eggs stop developing

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i candles them 5 days ago at 6 days old they were developing fine I candled then again today at day 11 and only three out of ten were still developing the rest of the eggs the veins had disappeared and the embryo had stopped developing:’(
 
My guess would be she accidentally went and sat on another nestbox for a few hours one day. But there are multiple other scenarios, and it's really hard to tell without knowing your setup. Is she a first-timer?
She’s kept in a nesting box with a black curtain pinned shut so other hens don’t go in I only open it for a few hours in the afternoon when the others are done laying and I’ve collected eggs so she can go out and eat and drink as far as I can tell she didn’t leave them :(
 
My guess would be she accidentally went and sat on another nestbox for a few hours one day. But there are multiple other scenarios, and it's really hard to tell without knowing your setup. Is she a first-timer?
It’s probably her first time I have lots of barred rocks that all look the same so I can’t tell
 
It’s probably her first time I have lots of barred rocks that all look the same so I can’t tell
She might just be a bad setter, then. I had one hen who never managed to cover all of her eggs--even when she was down to four, one somehow ended up kicked to the back of the nest. (I felt bad for her, so I picked up some feedstore chicks. She turned out to be an excellent mother.)

She may also have taken a longer beak than usual to go eat. If it's cold where you are, that could have really hurt them.

My other guess has to do with nutrition. Higher nutrient feed (chick, allflock, game) has a strong correlation with chick/egg vitality.

In the end, I doubt you can be sure. I hope your remaining eggs hatch.
 
She might just be a bad setter, then. I had one hen who never managed to cover all of her eggs--even when she was down to four, one somehow ended up kicked to the back of the nest. (I felt bad for her, so I picked up some feedstore chicks. She turned out to be an excellent mother.)

She may also have taken a longer beak than usual to go eat. If it's cold where you are, that could have really hurt them.

My other guess has to do with nutrition. Higher nutrient feed (chick, allflock, game) has a strong correlation with chick/egg vitality.

In the end, I doubt you can be sure. I hope your remaining eggs hatch.
Thank you for you advice !
 
hatchery usually will never go broody that is why I asked you have a good chance she will take the chicks but do it at night
Sorry I don’t know what you mean she’s on the eggs all day she’s in a nesting box with a curtain pinned over it so other hens can’t get in I open the curtain for a few hours in the evening so she can get out and eat if she wants but she’s always on her eggs that’s why I am confused why more than half of the eggs stopped developing
 

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