Effect of Temperature Fluctuation During Storage on Hatchability and Embryonic Mortality of Broiler Hatching Eggs
Published:September 2, 2016
Summary
Figure 1. Temperature profile of experimental group in a day in Experiment 1. Figure 2. Temperature profile of experimental group in a day in Experiment 2. ...
Very interesting experiment that really mimic the real situation on practical conditions. My question is a simple one: How to explain the good hatchability on backyard chickens where the eggs remain on environmental temperature for 10 - 12 days? Besides this fact remember that, in a cycle of 10 eggs laid, except the last one, all the others suffer everyday short heating (above 100 F) at least for 10 to 15 minutes every day?