Hatchery Management: The Hatch Window
By Steven Tweed - The hatching of strong and viable chicks is a key factor in increased broiler performance. To increase the probability of strong birds, good hatchery management becomes critical. One management technique is to measure the 'hatch window'....

Effects of Setting Eggs with Small Ends up on Hatchability and Chick Performance
Eggs are incubated in setter trays for most of the incubation period. Three days before hatch, the eggs are transferred to hatcher baskets, writes Pas Reform Hatchery Technologies.

The Importance of Preventing Sweating Eggs
By Pas Reform Hatchery Technologies. 'Sweating' of eggs is the result of condensed water sitting on the egg shell surface.

Optimum Humidity for Ostrich Incubation
By Pas Reform. Ostriches are indigenous to Africa, although today it is not uncommon to find them being farmed commercially around the world for meat and leather production.

Creating the Ideal Hatching Climate
By Pas Reform. The transfer of eggs from setter trays to hatcher baskets is routine in the hatchery, while the embryo continues to develop.

The Benefits of Single-Stage Incubation to Food Safety
Typically, papers on single-stage incubation focus on the benefits of all-in-all-out incubator management from the points of hatchability (number of chicks) and uniformity (chick quality), according to PAS Reform. Much less is written about the positive...

Air Requirements During Incubation
Joseph M. Mauldin, Extension Poultry Scientist at the University of Georgia explains the exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide and moisture in the egg during incubation in the Spetember 2003 issue of the University's Poultry Tips.

Lighting Programs For Backyard Egg Production
By Brian Fairchild, Extension Poultry Scientist, University of Georgia. There are many factors that can influence the egg production of back yard flocks.

Parthenogenesis: Embryonic development in unfertilized eggs may impact normal fertilization and embryonic mortality
By C. D. McDaniel, PhD Professor, Poultry Science and published in MSU Poultry Dept. Spring Newsletter Vol. 1 Issue 1.

Nutrition of the Developing Embryo and Hatchling
By E. T. Moran, Jr. Department of Poultry Science, Auburn University. Published in Poultry Science, Volume 86, Issue 5, May 2007 edition.

The Incubation of Ratite Eggs
By Joan S. Jeffrey, Gregory P. Martin,Roy C. Fanguy, Texas A&M University System.

Small Flock Biosecurity
By Carlyle Bennett, Terry Whiting and Glen Duizer Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives. With the current concerns about diseases such as avian influenza, owners of small flocks can take simple precautions to help prevent an outbreak of disease...

Changes in Brown Eggshell Color As the Hen Ages
By A. Z. Odabai, R. D. Miles, M. O. Balaban, and K. M. Portier, University of Florida and published in Poultry Science, Volume 86, Issue 2, February 2007 edition.

About Lux and Light
By Ron Meijerhof, Senior Technical Specialist, Hybro B.V. - Light is extremely important for chickens. Not only do they need light to see and find food, water, nests etc, but also their reproductive system is triggered by light. To understand how it works,...

Ventilation of incubators, the secrets of carbon dioxide, humidity and finally temperature
By Ron Meijerhof, Senior Technical Specialist, Hybro B.V. - During incubation the embryo, as any living organism, needs oxygen and produces carbon dioxide, metabolic water and metabolic heat.