INCREASED "Hatchability" Study (egg STORAGE method)

[dancingbear]

I think I'd try it first on a batch of eggs at home. Collect a number of eggs, pre-warm and then cool half of them, mark them clearly, and put them in the fridge. Or even just put them on a room-temp shelf while waiting to incubate. Set the whole bunch, pre-warmed and non-pre-warmed, all clearly marked, and see what hatches.

Then, if that looked promising, send a bunch of eggs to somebody, half having been pre-warmed, then cooled, (and again, clearly marked) and see what hatches for them. I'd want to be sure I send eggs to an experienced hatcher who normally has good hatch rates.

 

[Hoosiermomma]

[P.S. Are the 5 rascals "the girls" and the 2 angels "the boys"? That would be my "twisted" presumption....... (I raised 3 girls and 1 boy.....so, I sorta speak from "experience". Thankfully, my children haven't asked ME to help them raise their own "teenagers". MEAN Ole Grandad! Ha-Ha!)

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LOL 5 rascals are my hmmm how should I say it lovely but so very challenging kids ranging in age from 18 to 3(going on 30). I have 3 girls and 2 boys. The angels would be the two that I lost one being a boy and the other too early to tell, that now watch over us.

Thanks for posting that link! The information is so fascinating!

 

[onthespot]

I wonder if a broody setting a freshly laid egg for a few hours after it is laid is the same thing?

 

[OrchidCanoe]

The article isn't up anymore, I really wanted to read it!

 

[lclough1998]

The article isn't up anymore, I really wanted to read it!
I did the same thing, just now. See if this link works:

http://www.worldpoultry.net/PageFiles/31210/001_boerderij-download-WP6505D01.pdf

 

[OrchidCanoe]

Yay it works! Thanks so much! I've been dying to read more studies!