Effect of the Egg Positioning in Shelves of Hatchery Incubators on Egg Weight Loss and Chick Yield
Article Sidebar
Main Article Content
Abstract
Hatchery is the upstream of broiler production chain whose goal is to produce quality chicks. The temperature and humidity of the automatic controlled incubator must be consistent so as not to affect the embryo or chicks. This study was conducted to determine the effect of the egg positioning in shelves of incubators on egg weight loss and chick yield. The experimental design was completely randomized design (CRD). In this experiment, fertile eggs were randomly placed in different positions. The experiment was performed with 3 shelves position treatments which composed of group 1: shelve 1 (top floor), group 2: shelve 8 (middle floor), and group 3: shelve 15 (bottom floor). Fertile eggs were placed 5 replicate per group, 84 eggs per replicate. The fertile eggs were hatched in the hatchery incubators for 18 days and placed to born incubator for three days. Data were collected from weighing eggs prior to hatch, weighing eggs at 18 days of hatching and chicks weighed. The results showed that the egg positioning on shelves of incubators had no effect on egg weight loss, average chick weight and chick yield (P>0.05). From the above experimental results, it was shown that the automatic control of various factors in both the hatchery incubator and born incubator were consistent and did not affect chick production.
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
References
Ar, A. and Rahn, H. 1980. Water in the avian egg: overall budget of incubation. Am. Zool. 20: 373-384.
Boz, M.A. 2019. Effect of Egg Position in the Incubator on Broiler Hatching Results. Brazilian J. Poult. Sci. 21(4): 1-6.
Deeming, D.C. 2000. Are you overheating your eggs without realizing it. World Poult. Sci. J. 11: 34-35.
Department of Livestock Development. 2022. Department of livestock development strategy 2018-2022. Department of Livestock Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation. 2016. Building a Common vision for sustainable food and agriculture: principles and approaches. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 50 pp.
Gates, W.H. 2013. Future of Food. Meat Market. [online]. Retrieved 12 November 2022. from: https://www.gatesnotes.com/About-Bill-Gates/Future-of-Food.
Hays, F.A. and Spear, E.W. 1951. Losses in egg weight during incubation associated with hatchability. Poult. Sci. 30: 106-107.
Iqbal, J., Khan, S.H., Mukhtar, N., Ahmed, T. and Pasha, R.A. 2014. Effects of egg size (weight) and age on hatching performance and chick quality of broiler breeder. J. Appl. Anim. Res. 44(1): 54-64.
Leksrisompong, L., Romero-Sanchez, H., Plumstead, P.W., Brannan, K.E. and Brake, J. 2007. Broiler incubation: Effect of elevated temperature during late incubation on body weight and organs of chicks. Poult. Sci. 86: 2685-2691.
Meijerhof, R. 2000. Embryo temperature as a tool in the incubation process [WPSA Working Group, 6]. Oxford: St. Edmand’s Hall.
Meijerhof, R. 2022. Weight loss during incubation. [online]. Retrieved 14 November 2022. from: https://poultryperformanceplus.com/information-database/incubation/283-weight-loss-during-incubation.
Meir, M. and Ar, A. 1987. Improving turkey poult quality by correcting incubator humidity to match eggshell conduction. Br. Poult. Sci. 28: 337-342.
Ozcelik, M., Ekmen, F. and Elmaz, O. 2009. Effect of location of eggs in the incubator on hatchability of eggs from bronze turkey breeders of different ages. S. Afr. J. Anim. Sci. 39 (3): 214-222.
Ramaphala, N.O. and Mbajiorgu, C.A. 2013. Effect of egg weight on hatchability and chick hatch-weight of COBB 500 Broiler Chickens. Asian J. Anim. Vet. Adv. 8(7): 885-892.
Tancho, A. 1996. Egg incubation and hatchery management. Department of Animal Production Technology, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang. 204 pp.
Tarachai, P. 2017. Poultry farm management: Hatchery and hatchery management. Faculty of Animal Science and Technology, Maejo University, Chiang Mai, Thailand. 255 pp.
Willemsen, H., Kamers, B., Dahlke, F., Han, H., Song, Z. and Ansari, P.Z. 2010. High and low-temperature manipulation during late incubation: Effects on embryonic development, the hatching process, and metabolism in broilers. Poult. Sci. 89: 2678-2690.
Wilson, H.R. 1991. Interrelationships of egg size, chick size, post hatching growth and hatchability. J. World’s Poult. Sci. 47: 5-20.
Yalcin, S. and Siegel, P.B. 2003. Exposure to cold and heat during incubation on developmental stability of broiler embryos. Poult. Sci. 2: 1388-1392.