Villagers won't make babies even with spawn eggs

Put the summary of the bug you're having here

What I expected to happen was...:
After a wile in the breeder they would make babies and in creative mode if i head down the right click button on a villager it would make babies.

What actually happened was...:
I was making a villager breeder and they did not make babies even though i waited over two hours. I rebuilt it it to make sure the left and came back and they all vanished, which is not relevant but confused me.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Make a breeder
2. put the villagers in and wait
or
1. Go in creative mode
2. Hold down right click on a villager with the spawnegg