Show fresh eggs are best needless to say eggs intended for hatching should be set as soon a as possible after they are laid not alone because the new laid egg hatches batches earlier than the egg which Is kept a couple of weeks but because the longer an egg Is held the more evaporation takes place which subtracts its vitality furthermore in holding eggs there Is always the danger of unfavorable influences for instance it if the eggs fire are stored in too low a temperature the chilling Is likely to injure them if they are stored where it Is too warm the development of the germ Is apt to start and later die A temperature of from 50 to 55 degrees has been found to be the best eggs should not be held over two weeks |