OPERATING THE

HATCHERY

All types of activities that involves in production of large number of economical and health chicks from hatching eggs is called Hatchery Operation.Nature of Operations Planned Operations Emergency Operations Types of Operations Preliminary operations Start up operations Running operations

Important Hatchery Operations

Securing the Hatching Eggs Handling the Hatching Eggs Setting of hatching eggs Filtering Recycled Air from Hatcher Eggs Containing Embryos for Human

Consumption After Chicks hatch Chick Delivery Hatchery Sanitation Hatchery Disposal Feedback of all operations Record Keeping of all Operations

A-Securing the Hatching Eggs

Sources of EggsHatchery owns the breeder hensHatchery secure eggs from flock

ownersOther Hatcheries supply eggs Hatching egg-producing

companies

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How eggs are delivered to the Hatcheryeggs deliver by truck or rail or air

Following rules must rigidly observed Disinfect the truck driver and helper Disinfect and fumigate the all trucks Only MG or MS negative may be placed

in truck

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Containers to Hold EggsEggs collected in plastic flats, placed in cases and delivered to hatchery

Egg Delivery Recordthe delivery record should include1-Sources of eggs (flockowners etc)2-Date eggs are received 3-House, pen, or flocks numbers4-Breed or line of Chickens involved5-Numbers of cases or numbers of dozen of eggs received

B-Handling Hatching Eggs

Cooling Hatching eggs (65 0F & 75%,H) Grading Hatching eggs

Broiler type Layer type

Breeder typeHow Hatching eggs are graded

Trying Hatching eggs Warm eggs prior to setting (720F) Setting hatching eggs Variability in hatching time

C-Filtering Recycled Air from Hatcher

Microorganism from hatching eggs and hatchery debris

99% organism remove from this process Broiler chicks are heavier at 4th week of age

in filtered hatcher than nonfiltered hatcher

D-Eggs Containing Embryos for Human Consumption

Balut or Embryo eggs Stored in refrigerated 12th and 14th days embryo eggs

E-After Chicks hatch Drying Chicks Chick-holding room Temperature & Humidity Chicks Box Sizes Chicks box Pads Calculating the number of chicks hatched Hardening the chicks Grading the chicks Sexing the chicks Extra chicks Record the data

F-Chick Delivery Chicks trucks Delivering chicks to the farm Shipping chicks by air

G-Hatchery Sanitation

Process of disinfection of hatchery Disinfected and chemical Fumigation

H-Hatchery Disposal Infertile eggs Non-hatched eggs Dead chicks Culled chicks Nutritive value of hatchery waste

Other considerations

Feedback of all operations Record Keeping of all Operations