Operating the hatchery
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This document discusses the key operations involved in running a hatchery. It describes securing hatching eggs from sources like breeder hens, flock owners, and other hatcheries. Important hatchery operations include handling and storing eggs, setting eggs, filtering air in incubators, processing hatched chicks, and sanitation procedures. Key steps involve cooling, grading, and setting eggs, hatching chicks, sorting chicks, and delivering them to farms. Maintaining cleanliness and proper documentation of all processes is also emphasized.
Operating the hatchery
- 2. All typesof activitiesthat involvesin production of largenumber of economical and health chicks from hatching eggsiscalled Hatchery Operation. Nature of Operations Planned Operations Emergency Operations Types of Operations Preliminary operations Start up operations Running operations
- 3. Important Hatchery Operations Securing the Hatching Eggs Handling the Hatching Eggs Setting of hatching eggs Filtering Recycled Airfrom Hatcher Eggs Containing Embryos forHuman Consumption AfterChicks hatch Chick Delivery Hatchery Sanitation Hatchery Disposal Feedback of all operations
- 4. A-Securing the Hatching Eggs Sources of Eggs Hatchery owns the breederhens Hatchery secure eggs from flock owners OtherHatcheries supply eggs Hatching egg-producing companies
- 5. Contii… How eggs are delivered to the Hatchery eggs deliverby truck orrail orair Following rulesmust rigidly observed Disinfect the truck driverand helper Disinfect and fumigate the all trucks Only MG orMS negative may be placed in truck
- 6. Contii… Containers to Hold Eggs Eggs collected in plastic flats, placed in cases and delivered to hatchery Egg Delivery Record the delivery record should include 1-Sources of eggs (flockowners etc) 2-Date eggs are received 3-House, pen, orflocks numbers 4-Breed orline of Chickens involved 5-Numbers of cases ornumbers of dozen of eggs
- 7. B-Handling Hatching Eggs Cooling Hatching eggs(65 0 F & 75%,H) Grading Hatching eggs Broiler type Layer type Breeder type How Hatching eggsaregraded Trying Hatching eggs Warm eggsprior to setting (720 F) Setting hatching eggs Variability in hatching time
- 8. C-Filtering Recycled Airfrom Hatcher Microorganism from hatching eggsand hatchery debris 99% organism removefrom thisprocess Broiler chicksareheavier at 4th week of agein filtered hatcher than nonfiltered hatcher
- 9. D-Eggs Containing Embryos for Human Consumption Balut or Embryo eggs Stored in refrigerated 12th and 14th daysembryo eggs
- 10. E-AfterChicks hatch Drying Chicks Chick-holding room Temperature& Humidity ChicksBox Sizes Chicksbox Pads Calculating thenumber of chickshatched Hardening thechicks Grading thechicks Sexing thechicks Extrachicks Record thedata
- 11. F-Chick Delivery Chickstrucks Delivering chicksto thefarm Shipping chicksby air
- 12. G-Hatchery Sanitation Processof disinfection of hatchery Disinfected and chemical Fumigation
- 13. H-Hatchery Disposal Infertileeggs Non-hatched eggs Dead chicks Culled chicks Nutritivevalueof hatchery waste
- 14. Otherconsiderations Feedback of all operations Record Keeping of all Operations