Handle hatching eggs with care for profitability

摘要

Prior to a recent Agricultural Trade Show in the Middle East, I was invited to visit a large local poultry integration. At the company's City Office, the CEO told me that their hatchery operation employed fairly old machines. Hatching eggs were produced at their own broiler breeder farms, all of which were doing fine, but the hatchery was not doing so well. He explained that early embryonic mortality was the greatest problem, with figures up to 20% of eggs set. The CEO wanted me take a look at the hatchery to find out what exactly was causing this problem - and as this case interested me, I did not need to be persuaded. We agreed that following my visit to the hatchery, we would meet later that week at the exhibition where I would inform him about my findings.