4-H lessons teach students about embryology.
Can you buy an egg from the store and hatch it under your pillow? If your answer is yes, the youth preparing for the Michigan State University Extension embryology class might agree. However, it is generally...
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The ventilation capacity of modern hatchers is calculated by the manufacturers to ensure that enough fresh air is introduced and waste air removed.
Optimizing hatchery conditions throughout the year is crucial to limiting chick mortality and maintaining long-term bird viability, according to a poultry health expert.
Chris Williams, PhD, director, technical services devices for Zoetis, said seasonal temperature changes outside the hatchery affect...
Together with Eric’s mother Susan, Eric and Sandra Dyck operate 4D Farms just a short drive from Winnipeg in Springstein, Manitoba. Four generations ago, the Dyck family grew grain and their farm was also home to pigs and cows....
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Hatching eggs need to have the shell surface disinfected at some point between the farm and the hatchery.
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A guide to the production and sale of eggs for small-scale and free-range egg producers published as Small Scale Egg Handlingby ATTRA, the US National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service. This first of three parts covers egg...
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Because of increasing economic pressure related to capital costs, egg prices, feed prices, and replacement pullet costs, the commercial egg industry must maximize the use of its resources. The need to lower production costs have led many...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today announced that it is modernizing egg products inspection methods for the first time since Congress passed the Egg Products Inspection Act (EPIA) in 1970. The Egg...
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Single-stage setters are very popular nowadays, but there are still a lot of multi-stage setters in use.
Gary D. Butcher and Amir H. Nilipour2
A program involving routine analyses of incubating eggs and hatch residue provides a powerful monitoring and diagnostic tool to breeder, broiler, and hatchery managers. This program would allow managers to stay abreast of...