First Time Broody, All Died

[Lrd0005]

I had a 1 year old Buff Orpington go broody a few weeks ago. She started with 9 eggs and they all died despite her being very faithful - wondering what happened and how we can improve next time. I’m thinking possibly the heat (has been 100+ degrees here in Alabama and very humid) as well as heavy handling did them in. I have a 5 and 3 year old that love their chickens - being our first time, we carefully handled the eggs a lot (excessive candling, turning, looking, etc) but no trauma to the eggs. Any thoughts?

 

[BackYardChick2015]

Constantly touching them could be a problem, I would just not touch them next time

 

[Lrd0005]

Constantly touching them could be a problem, I would just not touch them next time

Thank you, I agree.

 

[BackYardChick2015]

Thank you, I agree.

My brother wrote that for me... (he knows more about chickens then me)