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[roosterhavoc]

Your forgetting the thickness of the egg shell too. What were the hens being fed? How much calcium was the hen being fed? Was it a commercially made layer ration? Or your own “unscientific concoction”

 

[roosterhavoc]

I’ve collected eggs, tossed the frozen cracked eggs and hatched plenty that were in the same nest that weren’t cracked. Then again maybe the eggs that cracked were taking the brunt of the wind.

 

[BantyChooks]

I’ve collected eggs, tossed the frozen cracked eggs and hatched plenty that were in the same nest that weren’t cracked. Then again maybe the eggs that cracked were taking the brunt of the wind.

Eggs are altruistic, don't you know? Half sacrificed themselves and took the cold for the sake of the rest of the brood.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Maybe I’ll go check the temp of any eggs I find

 

[BantyChooks]

Maybe I’ll go check the temp of any eggs I find
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Make sure to use a thermometer that's been proven accurate.

 

[centrarchid]

Clutch was on north facing porch without protection from wind. Temp recorder was placed beside nest in same box the nest so likely experienced less thermal variation than eggs.

Where I have done this the most, clutches are protected within a barn where air temperature can get as low 27 F for short periods of time without apparently impacting percentage of hatch.

It is not exact to be sure but it does reflect reality more than most controlled trials involving poultry where birds are maintained under environmentally controlled conditions.

 

[centrarchid]

As long as I’m getting 100% hatch rates I think simple works. And it’s not once it’s normal for me

Credibility an issue there.

 

[SOHC-FTW]

I've got 10 RH eggs from sdm and development is good so far from shipped eggs hopefully it stays that way.

 

[sdm111]

Blah blah blah why not produce always talk anybody can do that

 

[roosterhavoc]

Clutch was on north facing porch without protection from wind. Temp recorder was placed beside nest in same box the nest so likely experienced less thermal variation than eggs.

Where I have done this the most, clutches are protected within a barn where air temperature can get as low 27 F for short periods of time without apparently impacting percentage of hatch.

It is not exact to be sure but it does reflect reality more than most controlled trials involving poultry where birds are maintained under environmentally controlled conditions.

What was the point of this study? What were you actual findings? Looks like sh*t. Smells like sh*t. It must be sh*t. Whoopty damn doo.