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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5890755" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>Actually, they really don't have to stay at a constant temp.</p><p></p><p>Eggs are fine dropping 15 to 20 degrees during incubation for up to a couple/ three hours at a time as the hen gets off the nest during the first 2-3 weeks to stretch/ water/ feed/ or gets bumped off by predators. The embryos inside the egg don't die, but they do go into a form of 'suspended animation' where development is temporarily halted until incubation temp is resumed. But if that happens multiple times during the standard 28 day incubation period, actual hatching may take 29 or 30 days instead of 28. Now during the last week of incubation, temp stability is critical. Hens that nest very close to food/ water and only have to take 15-20 min breaks once a day to get those basic needs in the first 3 weeks will often have their poults hatch in 27 days instead of the 'standard' 28 days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5890755, member: 2805"] Actually, they really don't have to stay at a constant temp. Eggs are fine dropping 15 to 20 degrees during incubation for up to a couple/ three hours at a time as the hen gets off the nest during the first 2-3 weeks to stretch/ water/ feed/ or gets bumped off by predators. The embryos inside the egg don't die, but they do go into a form of 'suspended animation' where development is temporarily halted until incubation temp is resumed. But if that happens multiple times during the standard 28 day incubation period, actual hatching may take 29 or 30 days instead of 28. Now during the last week of incubation, temp stability is critical. Hens that nest very close to food/ water and only have to take 15-20 min breaks once a day to get those basic needs in the first 3 weeks will often have their poults hatch in 27 days instead of the 'standard' 28 days. [/QUOTE]
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