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2a – Hatchery Management Flashcards

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How does breeding contribute to sustainability?

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  • By delivering genetic potential to match requirements for
    o Environment
    o Animal welfare
    o Economy
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Which birds are involved in hatcheries?

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  • Broiler breeders
  • Turkey breeders
  • Laying hen breeders
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What are some examples of egg transmitted diseases?

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  • Salmonella pullorum
  • Avian encephalomyelitis
  • Mycoplasmas
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Salmonella pullorum

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  • Very high mortality particularly in young chickens and turkeys (nearly 100%)
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Avian encephalomyelitis

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  • Viral disease that causes ataxia and leg weaknesses
  • Sudden 5-10% drop in egg production and 5% decrease in hatchability
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What are 2 ways of disease management?

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  1. Eradication: removal of infectious material and birds AND genetics
  2. Vaccinations
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Maternal transfer of antibodies: hyperimmunization of breeder hens

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  • Induction of heightened state of immunity by administration of repeated doses of antigen
  • Infectious bursal disease (B cells affected)
  • Chicken anemia virus (T cells affected)
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Nutrition of breeding diet

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  • Higher in vitamins and protein to help fortify egg for chick development
    o Excess crude protein might reduce fertility
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What deficiencies are associated with infertility?

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  • Vit A, E or selenium
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What can cause reduced hatchability?

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  • Deficiencies in vitamins and minerals
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Temperature: prior to incubation

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  • Physiological zero withing 4 h (10-18 degrees C)
  • Frequency of collection: 2-4x a day
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What is physiological zero?

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  • T at which embryo in egg does not die but also doesn’t develop further
  • 10-18 degree C
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Shell quality: prior to incubation

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  • Cracks
  • Microbial contamination
    o Disease associated with egg shell bacteria is NOT egg transmitted
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Location of egg storage: prior to incubation

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  • Primarily on breeder farm
  • At the hatchery
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Egg cleanliness: prior to incubation (IMPORTANT)

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  • Dispose of all excessively dirty or cracked eggs
  • Dirty eggs are often infected
  • Hen laying eggs on floor of barn=bad
  • Egg explosions during incubation or hatching
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Egg storage: relative humidity

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  • 70-80%
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Egg storage: duration

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  • Shorter the better
    o Longer affects total hatch, uniformity and performance
  • Ideally no longer than a week
  • Up to 14d is acceptable
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Egg storage: different temperature recommendations based on length of storage

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  • 1-3d: 18-21 degree C
  • 4-7d: 15-18 degree C
  • More than a week: 10-12 degree C
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What are 2 options for egg cleaning?

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  1. Egg washing (farm or hatchery)
  2. Micro-organisms destruction (hatchery)
20
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Egg washing (on farm or hatchery)

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  • Turkeys
    o Hens are often more dirty
  • Others?
    *not ideal: as you wash the cuticle (natural protection of the egg)
21
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Microorganism destruction (hatchery)

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  • Spraying with or washing disinfectant
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What are 2 types of incubation?

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  • Natural: broodiness=not good
  • mechanical
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Why would you want to avoid broodiness in hens?

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  • *don’t lay eggs when they are broody=decreased production
  • Also don’t want to T to rise before we can collect the eggs
  • HARD TO SELECT IN TURKEYS (different management practices)
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What is the physical set-up of mechanical incubation?

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  1. Setting: setter/incubator
  2. Hatching machines
    *Separated at the hatchery
25
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Why do you want incubators separated?

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  • Manage temperature control
  • *reduce risk of contamination to even more eggs
  • Allows for stagger hatching
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Incubation: temperature requirements

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  • Higher in incubator: 37 degree C
  • Hatcher: 36 degree
  • *due to humidity differences
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Incubation: relative humidity requirements

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  • Incubator: 55-60 %
  • Hatcher: 71-80%
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Why set to a lower temperature at a higher humidity?

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  • To reduce condensation and bacterial contamination
29
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Incubation: turning eggs

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  • Minimum 8 times per day
  • Maintain central location of yolk in egg to prevent adhesion to shell membrane
  • Even heat distribution
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Incubation: ventilation

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  • Individual machines and rooms=minimize risk of contamination
  • Removal CO2 and provide O2
  • Control temperature!
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Incubation: egg orientation in incubator

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  • Small end down
    o Want AIR ‘sac’ on top
  • Natural incubation=on side
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How do you want to chick positioned in the egg?

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  • *beak tucked into right wing
  • Need to be facing air sac so they can take their first breath and get energy to poke through the shell
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Incubation: egg orientation in hatcher

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  • Eggs are placed on their sides
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Incubation: egg orientation malposition’s that can occur

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  • Head between thighs
  • Head in small end of egg
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What happens between the incubator and hatcher?

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  • In-ovo vaccinations
    o Either IM into shoulder or some just ‘diffuse’ in egg
  • Remove ‘clear’ eggs
36
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What days are eggs placed in the hatcher (chickens)?

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  • Day 19-21
  • *3 days
  • Placed into a basket=room for egg to roll around when hatching
37
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Hatch removal

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  • We want them to slightly damp (5% to be damp in the basket)
  • If too dry=bad due to overheating or dehydrated or bacteria exposure
38
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Incubation times (KNOW THEM): chicken

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  • Incubator: 18 days
  • Hatcher: 3(+) days
  • *21+ days
39
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Incubation times (KNOW THEM): turkey and duck

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  • Incubator: 25 days
  • Hatcher: 3(+) days
  • *28+ days
40
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Incubation time (KNOW THEM): geese

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  • Incubator: 25 days
  • Hatcher: 5(+) days
  • *30+ days
41
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Broiler chick grading guide: sort all chicks

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  • Want to abrasions on legs
  • Naval string: needs to be healed with only a little string (dried up yolk)
    o Long string=other problems
  • Beak shape
  • Eyes
  • Feathering
  • *maceration(=’most humane’) or CO2
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Sanitation and disease control

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  • Isolation
  • One way flow of eggs and other materials
  • Hatchery design and construction (always go clean to dirty!)
  • Ventilation
  • Egg supply (quality and cleanliness=critical)
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Ventilation for sanitation and disease control

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  • Independent ventilation of rooms
44
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What is omphalitis in hatchlings also known as?

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  • Mushy chick disease
    o Nasal infection
    o Yolk sac infection
45
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What are some possible causes of omphalitis?

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  • Egg source
  • Hatchery sanitation
    o Check by culture or sanitation monitoring

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