Ah, a triple post, you should be patient when submitting a message

But no, only 4 children, and enough breedable females.

Edit: Well, I just checked the parenting skill for a male that had no skill at all, and he's been busy. But that still leaves the question: Why didn't the master farmer, that was checked to parenting, do so well?

They have about 50,000 food units, so that couldn't be it.