Hatchability in turkey eggs stored for 15 days prior to setting improves if the incubator temperature during the fi rst 7-14 days of incubation is increased (Christensen and colleagues in 2003).
Add stinky to the list of preferred fly aromas and a dirty chicken butt is a recipe for flystrike. After the fly eggs are laid on or in the skin, the larvae can hatch into maggots in less than 24 hours; the maggots then begin feeding on the skin, causing deep, painful sores that can become infected.
1 To truss a chicken, cut about a 3-foot length of heatproof butcherâs twine. 2  Lay the chicken on a clean surface with the breast facing up.  Hold one end of the string in each hand, and loop the center of the string underneath the chickenâs tail.