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