Effect of the Hatching Month as an Environmental Factor on the Hatching Features of Bronze Turkeys

Authors

MAHİYE ÖZÇELİK
HARUN CERİT
FİKRİYE EKMEN
İSMET DOĞAN

DOI

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of hatching month on the hatching features of Bronze turkeys, and to determine the suitable months for hatching. For this purpose, the hatching records of Bronze turkeys raised in the Bingöl Beekeeping and Turkey Production Station from 1998 to 2003 were used. Egg fertility and hatchability of both total eggs and of fertile eggs were investigated, and it was found that the effect of hatching month on all 3 variables was statistically significant. The results regarding all 3 variables were lower in June as compared to the other months investigated. For this reason, it was concluded that hatching should not be performed in June, when temperatures increase sharply.

Keywords

Turkey, hatching month, hatching season, egg fertility, hatchability

First Page

243

Last Page

249

Recommended Citation

ÖZÇELİK, MAHİYE; CERİT, HARUN; EKMEN, FİKRİYE; and DOĞAN, İSMET (2006) "Effect of the Hatching Month as an Environmental Factor on the Hatching Features of Bronze Turkeys," Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences: Vol. 30: No. 2, Article 15. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/veterinary/vol30/iss2/15