I have had 2 shockingly low hatch rates in my last two attempts at incubation, while a funny looking little bantam x that my wife was given has hatched out 100%. First lot got cooked for a few hours when we had a scorching hot day and the incubator got to 104 for several hours. Got 11 out of 40. Then with this last lot, 1 out of 11 candled as fertile (originally 20 posted eggs). We had 2 power outages. the eggtopsy showed they died a few days ago, probably before lockdown. Only one looked like it should have hatched. Apart from those issues, I had been doing the same old technique that had seen me hatch out 90-100% consistently.
Are all bantam breeds prone to broodiness and are some better than others. Tempted to get a couple. Even my barnevelder did better and she was incubating 3 eggs and 2 large round stones. I think it is much less stressful leaving the ladies to do it.
Can anybody recommend a breed? Or all they all pretty similar.