Acclimatisation
1. Acclimatisation
When receiving the eggs, the eggs should first be tempered or brought to the same water temperature as the hatchery. The water temperature must never exceed 11*. Tempering accomplishes two purposes. The first is to avoid temperature shock by bringing the eggs gradually up to the hatchery water temperature. The second reason for tempering is to allow the eggs to absorb water lost during shipment.
When receiving the eggs, the eggs should first be tempered or brought to the same water temperature as the hatchery. The water temperature must never exceed 11*. Tempering accomplishes two purposes. The first is to avoid temperature shock by bringing the eggs gradually up to the hatchery water temperature. The second reason for tempering is to allow the eggs to absorb water lost during shipment.
2. Open the egg shipping container.
3. Measure the temperature of the eggs with a standard thermometer.
4. Prepare a container to hold the eggs during the tempering procedure. Add an appropriate quantity of clean hatchery water to submerge all the eggs. Adjust the water temperature with ice (if necessary) to the temperature of the eggs.
5. Gently remove the eggs from the shipping container and submerge them in the tempering container.
6. Gradually add hatchery water over 30 minutes to 1 hour until the tempering container water and hatchery water are the same temperature.