Table 5.
Effect of egg storage period on hatching performance

Egg storage period (days)	Fertility (%)	Hatchability of fertile eggs (%)	Embryonic mortality (%)			Dead inshelled eggs (%)
			Early	Middle	Late
3	88.5±7.8	83.3±8.9a	5.0±3.7c	0.6±1.4b	6.2±4.0b	4.8±4.2
7	89.0±6.4	74.2±11.5b	10.2±7.2b	1.1±2.0b	9.2±6.4ab	5.4±5.9
14	91.1±7.1	61.1±14.7c	19.9±11.1a	2.8±2.8a	11.6±11.6a	4.6±6.3
Means	89.5±7.2	72.9±15.0	11.7±10.0	1.5±2.3	9.0±8.3	5.0±5.6

The different superscripts within column significantly differ.