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Abstract
1. Broiler hatching eggs were cooled to 22°C for periods of 8 or 24 h on day 16 of incubation. Cooling had no significant effects on hatchability or chick quality compared with controls.
2. Cooling to 22°C for 24 h on days 14, 15, 16, 17 or 18 yielded similar results but cooling on day 13 increased late embryonic mortality.
3. When eggs were cooled to 22°C on day 16 of incubation there were no major differences in hatchability up to 48 h of cooling but chick quality deteriorated rapidly after 30 h and the limit for embryonic survival at this temperature was about 72 h.
4. There were no significant differences when eggs were cooled on day 16 and held for 24 h at 21.1, 23.9 or 26.7°C but hatchability and late deaths were significantly affected by cooling to 18.3°C.