No it is not rocket science, but there is a lot of conflicting information out there. Difficult to sort through it all sometimes. A lot of myths, wives tales, general bs, conflicting studies.
You hear one experienced breeder say this, and another that. Both are sharp, but they both cannot be right.
Then you think you have it, and along the way find out that you were wrong.
You would think that an animal that we have kept for thousands of years would have been figured out by now.
I am getting to the point that I do not believe anyone and just try it out myself.
A very good idea to find out things with further research. Some of the variables are in the management and birds themselves.......not so much how long the sperm lasts, but I have found through the years that things that are true on one farm may not work on another. When I learn all there is to know about poultry I'll find another hobby, but that is not likely to happen.
Off to Springfield in a bit.
Walt