Short periods of incubation during egg storage (SPIDES)

摘要

If hatching eggs are stored for more than a week before being set in an incubator their hatchability begins to drop. When they are stored for longer than 14 days, the hatch loss can be substantial, and is often hard to predict. Due to variable order patterns and sizes as well as seasonal fluctuations in demand it is not always possible to set all eggs within seven days of lay.