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The advantages of automatic hatching egg collection

Published: June 29, 2009
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Automation of hatching egg collection in breeder houses is often seen as a big investment. However, the investment should be judged not solely on operational costs in the breeder house but also in terms of improved results in the hatchery such as higher hatchability and chick numbers resulting in improved utilisation of hatching eggs. Top quality hatching eggs are essential for high hatchability ...
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Saadat Changezi
Jadeed Group
30 de junio de 2009

Hatchability has always been a matter of concern for the breeding farm and hatchery managers it is always desired by the day old chicks producers to get maximum number of chicks in a hatch,however in addition to many factors affecting the hatchability as the author describes handling of hatching eggs is of utmost importance to get maximum hatchability.The cost of automation should not be a problem for a breeding farmer rather quality and quantity of hatching eggs. A very good and informative article.

Dr.Saadat Ali Changezi
D.V.M

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Raghuvir Trifale
Exotic Biosolutions
1 de julio de 2009

Good article about handling of hatching eggs. As stated by the author,automation will definitely help to improve the hatchability and infection free eggs.Though the initial cost of automation will be more, returns will be much more compared to manual handeling.Moreover recurring expenses will be less.

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Mohammad Hosseini
5 de julio de 2009

yes! Interesting article about handling of hatching eggs.
As stated by the author,automation will definitely help to improve the hatchability and infection free eggs.Though the initial cost of automation will be more, returns will be much more compared to manual handeling.Moreover recurring expenses will be less.

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Dr. K.S. Arora
7 de julio de 2009

Definitely a very informative article about handling of hatching eggs and congratulations to author for that. However I feel that for automatic egg collection breeder houses are to be initially designed for this activity as retro fitting will be cumbersome and difficult.

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