How long can eggs be stored before hatching? This is a frequently asked question. The answer came from a series of trials conducted at the Research Institute for Animal Husbandry in Lelystad, the Netherlands. It shows that pre-storage incubation...

Traditionally, single-stage hatcheries had difficulties competing with multi-stage hatcheries, especially where costs were concerned. Now the hatchery industry is about to change and will learn that the rules that control the incubation process ...

In the past decade major changes took place in broiler breeds. Characteristics of breeder hens as well as broilers changed. During that time little was done to adjust the hatching process, the result being a drop in the number of viable chickens...

Embryos are quite able to withstand sub-optimal incubation conditions, but when high eggshell temperatures are being measured, hatchability will be decreased. Research has shown that air velocity is crucial in controlling the temperature of the ...

To improve hatchability and chick quality, the modern hatchery manager continuously searches for new technologies. Thanks to the enormous efforts of scientists involved in basic as well as applied research projects on avian incubation and embryo...