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.
The breast often cooks faster than the legs so that by the time the dark meat is cooked through, the white stuffâs all dry. We donât want this to happen to you, which is why weâre sharing this new approach to trussing your bird. As you may know, âtrussingâ a chicken means tying it with butcherâs twine.