I have had luck hatching fridge eggs, being female.
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I wouldn't say that it would kill all the male ones.If that was the case all hatcheries would do it and buying straight run chicks wouldn't be a thing
I'll try this!I have had luck hatching fridge eggs, being female.
Oh... I didn't know they got stuck in the egg... I thought that they just died earlier...There have been studies done on broiler chickens being selectively bred for particular genetic markers and then they lower the incubation temperature to make it more difficult for males to develop properly, so they are then stuck in the egg because they are malformed. I think it's kinder to sell off or even give males away free if you can't handle processing them yourself. I breed for meat, and kindness is at the top of my priority list, what is easy on you is usually hard on the bird.
It slows normal development and leads to a higher incidence of curled toes and longer necks with malpositioned heads, and late hatches. However, again this something that's only been studied in extremely fast growing breeds. It's possible that the outcome could be better or even worse with other breeds.Oh... I didn't know they got stuck in the egg... I thought that they just died earlier...
Okay!It slows normal development and leads to a higher incidence of curled toes and longer necks with malpositions heads, and late hatches. However, again this something that's only been studied in extremely fast growing breeds. It's possible that the outcome could be better or even worse with other breeds.
3 days in fridge. Then take them out and wait a day, then put them in the incubator?3 days in fridge. then room temp.