Example Sentences

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There is no sign that the tight supply of breeder birds and drop in hatchability threatens human health.

From Reuters • Jul. 9, 2014

"Right now they're scrambling to really put any egg in the incubator that can be in the incubator, and they're paying a price in terms of not as good hatchability," he said.

From Reuters • Jul. 9, 2014

As before mentioned, the fertility of eggs bears fairly definite relation to the hatchability, so likewise the hatchability bears a relation to the livability of chicks.

From The Dollar Hen by Hastings, Milo M. (Milo Milton)

Not only is egg production better but they are less likely to become so fat and large as to interfere with the fertility and hatchability of the eggs.

From Ducks and Geese by Lamon, Harry M.

Eggs set under hens usually give a hatchability of 50 per cent. to 65 per cent., and livability of 70 per cent. to 80 per cent.

From The Dollar Hen by Hastings, Milo M. (Milo Milton)