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    Incubation

    - The process of providing essential factors for the


    normal development of the embryo until hatching

    • Natural incubation
    • Broody hen: hen laying on her eggs
    • Artificial incubation
    • Temperature: 36-38.8 °C Hatching is delayed if
    humidity & temperature
    • Humidity: 60-70% are low.
    • Turning: 3-5 times daily
    • Still-air type incubator: eggs lay on their sides
    on incubator trays and turning is on their sides.
    • Large capacity incubator: eggs are on trays in
    butt-up-tip-down positions.

    Poultry Production 58
    Selecting Eggs to Incubate Stage of Production Eggs collected ruing the first 2 weeks of
    production are not selected.
    Shell Quality

    Egg Shape

    Cracked Eggs

    Cleanliness

    Storage
    Eggs are best incubated right after they are laid.

    If not, they can be stored for a short period,


    usually at 18°C storage temperature.

    If stored for 2 weeks, temperature should be


    Stored eggs take longer
    10.5°C.
    to incubate; 1 hour per
    day of storage.
    Relative Humidity: 75-88%

    Poultry Production 59
    Egg Candling
    • To test for fertility and viability
    • Done by placing the eggs against a 𝑵𝒐. 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒆𝒈𝒈𝒔
    bright light such that the outline of % 𝑭𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 = 𝒙𝟏𝟎𝟎
    𝑵𝒐. 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒈𝒈𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒕
    the contents of the eggs is seen
    from the outside
    Example:
    • Done in three periods:
    Eggs set = 100 Eggs fertile = 87
    • 4th or 5th day – to remove
    infertile eggs
    87
    • 13th or 14th day and 18th day – % 𝑭𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 = 𝑥 100 = 𝟖𝟕. 𝟎𝟎%
    100
    to remove those with dead
    embryos
    Candling
    Poultry Production 61
    Egg Transfer

    Eggs are transferred to the hatcher trays


    after 18 or 19 days:

    1. The eggs are laid on their sides to allow


    free movement of the chick out of the
    shell at hatching.
    2. It also assists hygiene; large quantities
    of fluff are generated during hatching
    and could spread potential
    contamination around the hatchery.

    Poultry Production 62
    Hatchability
    (Lambio, 2016)

    Example:
    𝑁𝑜.𝑜𝑓 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 Eggs set = 100 Chicks hatched = 84
    % 𝑯𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 = 𝑥 100
    𝑁𝑜.𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑒𝑔𝑔𝑠 Eggs fertile = 87

    84
    𝑁𝑜.𝑜𝑓 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 % 𝑯𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 = 𝑥 100 = 𝟗𝟔. 𝟓𝟓%
    % 𝑯𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 = 𝑥 100 87
    𝑁𝑜.𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑔𝑔𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑡

    84
    % 𝑯𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 = 𝑥 100 = 𝟖𝟒. 𝟎𝟎%
    100
    aka % Hatch of Fertile
    • measurement of the efficiency of the hatchery machinery
    • takes into account the flock fertility and hatchability (Cobb-Vantress, 2008)
    Poultry Production 63
    Sexing of Day-old Chicks
    • Vent sexing (https://bit.ly/VentSexing)
    • Sexing machine
    • Feather sexing

    Male chick: Female chick:


    The rudimentary mating The rudimentary mating
    organ is round, full, and organ is flat, small, and
    lustrous. soft. Poultry Production 64

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