Chickens... from egg to chick

“CHICKENS... From egg to chick” , written by Hans Ringnalda with the collaboration of Wim Meijer and Richard Rosenberger.

Do you really want to know EVERYTHING about eggs?
how to breed under a hen or in an incubator?
This book lists everything, from artificial insemination to what determines the color of an egg shell. The optimal breeding conditions under a hen and in an incubator.
Why eggs need to be turned, and how great the influence of incubation temperature and humidity is on the outcome. And what determines a good position or an incorrect position of the chick.
But also the causes per breeding day of the death of embryos and chicks in the shell, and what you can conclude about the causes of dead chicks in the shell. Or how you can determine the sex of a chick in the egg.
With beautiful illustrations and photos.

Breeding occurs more or less automatically under the hen in the right environment, but in an incubator this is more difficult.
The breeding results are often not optimal. How did that happen?
How does the food given to the parent animals determine the breeding outcomes? How can you tell if an egg is fertilized or unfertilized? What causes abnormal egg shells? Under what conditions is it best to store hatching eggs? How long can you store hatching eggs?
How do temperature and humidity influence hatching outcomes? Should the temperature and humidity be adjusted to the egg size and egg shell thickness?
What are the causes per incubation day that cause embryos and chicks in the shell to die?
How can you determine the gender of a chick from the egg?
And what do you do with a hatched egg that you accidentally hatch?
dropped in hands and damaged?
Can you fix that and will it still work out?
All these questions are answered in detail in this book.

Abnormalities in chicks such as a yolk that is not sufficiently absorbed into the abdominal cavity, splayed legs, crooked or cross beaks, crooked toes and club feet due to hereditary causes or causes during the incubation process are discussed in detail.
And even chicks like Siamese twins and chicks with four legs. Up to and including transferring chicks to an adoptive mother. But also what the difficulties are in the first two weeks, such as dung butts and wet eyes, and what to do with chilled chicks.
A book packed with information!

Are you satisfied with a lesser or poor outcome?
Then this book is not for you.

Because you will really learn a lot from the contents of this book!