Show FARM JL TOPICS P ii C lot SHOULD TURN EGGS WHILE incubating poultry expert cites four fundamental factors poultry 0 aultry husbandman I 1 o W C thompson by dr station i experiment new jersey ewsej s service ervi ce temperature ventilation aaion moisture of position are the ture and change four fundamental factors in obtaining good hatches in in incubators cuba tors changing the position of the embryos during the three weeks of development within the shell is very mother hens incubating important their setting of el eggs s on n the old fashioned nest usual usually move the beneath them at least twice during eggs the day thus tending to equalize the exposure 0 of f each egg to the conditions of temperature fresh air and moisture all of which must be uniformly applied to each egg in the operation of the modern incubator cu bator man can well copy this rule of the hen experimental evidence seems to indicate that lie he can go the hen one better by doubling the number of turnings during each 24 hour period if hatching eggs are changed in position once every six hours optimum res results alts other things being equal will generally result it is partly a matter of preventing the sticking of the developing embryo to some one position within the shell and partly a matter ot of equalizing the exposure of the respective eggs to the conditions which will bring about normal natural embryonic growth most modern incubators are provided with devices tor for turning eggs it is important to be regular and consistent in this practice it is one of those many small items which taken collectively spell successful hatching and the production of chicks |