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I don't know why I didn't do this sooner, just made myself a printed chart and it's making me very happy :wee

To be fair, I did see that there has been a rebuttal study posted that's much more recent. I do wish I had kept detailed records of my hatches so that I could see more if there was a pattern, but starting out I was very hit and miss with different incubators, to where I just now feel like I'm...

I'm really not interested in hashing it out, lol. All I know is that there is an Australian study that was done citing which temperatures male embryos will die in greater numbers, and it seems to work that way for me. I'm not saying anyone has to try it. http://www.publish.csiro.au/cp/AR9600664

Yes, we've hashed that out many times before. It's not economical to do on a large scale, especially when they get value back from male chicks as byproduct, but it's fun to play with on a small scale ;) I can tell you the reverse is always true for me, if I run that incubator too hot I'll end...

I'm going to end up posting results in the December Hatchalong thread, in the Hatchalongs subforum here, if you want to follow that. I might not remember to come back to this thread. They're due the 21st.

I've got a batch in right now that were laid in an outdoor coop and it's ranged from 25-40 degrees, so I'll mark down what develops and what comes out. I seem to remember I did refrigerate some on purpose a couple years ago but didn't end up tallying males, might have been one of my bad hatches.

Yep, you sure can. The hatchability will be lower since some embryos won't survive being under 40 degrees, but many do. I know some were experimenting with doing it on purpose to have fewer male chicks hatch as males are especially sensitive to cold. Congrats!