Achieving better hatch and post-hatch performance

摘要

Hatchability, chick quality and post-hatch performance improve substantially when bio-response parameters are actively controlled during incubation, writes ROGER B AN WELL. The AirStreamer concept, developed by Petersime, continually monitors an embryo's behaviour and adapts the incubation environment to its specific needs. We have put considerable effort into researching optimum incubation profiles. Some of the most striking results are presented in this article. During incubation, a chick embryo has no self-control mechanisms. So, the environment should adapt to the requirements of the embryo, and not vice versa. Since each batch of hatching eggs is unique, it requires a unique incubation environment. Traditional single-stage incubation systems use averaged incubation parameters, ignoring differences in egg age or size, flock age, shell porosity, genetics, and other important variables.