Improving hatchability by applying short-term egg heating during incubation

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The experiments confirmed that the creation of conditions close to the natural process occurring in the nest, using short-term heating of the eggs during the storage period of the eggs, can help maintain high hatchability with longer egg storage.

Short-term heating of eggs can restore more than 60% of the decrease in hatch that occurs during prolonged storage of eggs. If the reduction in hatchability due to storage is 10%. The use of short-term egg heating can improve hatch by 6-7%. The absolute value of improvement increases with a longer storage period.