Raising the chicks directly in the coop will speed up their first feeding, proposes Belgium

Published Oct 31, 2022

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A Belgian company, NestBorn, has introduced a system for hatching chicken eggs in poultry houses 18 days into incubation, as reported by the magazine 'Nashe poultry'. The system involves transporting eggs to the poultry house using a special vehicle, where they are placed in litter and the temperature is regulated for hatching. This method allows chickens to have immediate access to food and water, leading to improved chick quality, increased final bird live weight, improved feed conversion, reduced antibiotic consumption, and a 50% reduction in pododermatitis.

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One of the options for shortening the interval between the hatching of chickens and the moment of their feeding and drinking is hatching directly in the poultry house. For this, for example, chicken eggs are handed over to the poultry farm on the 18th day of incubation, writes the magazine "Nashe poultry". Eggs are first ovoscoped to transfer only those that contain live embryos. The original technical solution of such a system was proposed by the company NestBorn (Belgium): to transport broiler eggs to the poultry house after 18 days of incubation by a special vehicle for transporting hatching eggs to ensure the necessary temperature regime. Before accepting eggs, the poultry house is prepared accordingly: it is disinfected, a 7-10 cm layer of litter is laid, and it is heated to a temperature of about 37 °C. Upon arrival at the aviary, the hatch trays with eggs are loaded into a specially designed machine that unloads the eggs from the hatch trays and places them in litter. In ...

Source: Agrotimes