A hatchery is a facility where eggs are artificially incubated and hatched on a large scale. Eggs are received, graded, stored, and transferred to setters where temperature and humidity are gradually increased over 18 days to incubate the eggs. After 21 days, hatched chicks are moved to a hatching room and later to a chick holding room where they are packed for distribution. The hatchery design involves separate rooms for egg storage, setting, hatching, and holding the chicks along with equipment washing facilities.

1. What Is Hatchery?
MUHAMMAD AFAQ KHAN SUNBUL
B.S POULTRY SCIENCE
afaqsumbul@gmail.com
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3. WHAT IS HATCHERY?
A HATCHERY IS A FACILITY WHERE
EGGS ARE HATCHED UNDER
ARTIFICIAL CONDITION.
• ESPECIALLY IN POULTRY
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4. DESIGN OF HATCHERY.
PLACE.
▫ PLACE SHOULD BE IDEAL
CONSTRUCTION.
▫ T-SHAPE
▫ H-SHAPE
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6. STEPS INVOLVED.
▫ RECEIVING OF EGGS
▫ SELECTION OF EGGS
▫ STORAGE OF EGGS
▫ SETTER
▫ EGG TRANSFER ROOM
▫ HATCHING
▫ CHICK ROOM
▫ CHICK HOLDING ROOM
▫ PACKING OF CHICKS
▫ WASHING ROOM
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7. RECEIVING OF EGGSAFTER RECEIVING EGGS GRADING AND SELECTION
OF EGGS IS DONE.
GRADING OF EGGS.
Remove and discard eggs unsuitable for hatching.
These are:
• Dirty
• Cracked
COLOUR
• Small (According to Hatchery Policy)
• Very large or double yolk
• Poor shells - but any shell color should be acceptable for
hatching
• Grossly mis-shapen
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9. STORAGE OF EGGS
FIRST WE DO
FUMIGATION
▫ IF THE
TEMPRATURE WILL
LOW THAN WE WILL
STORE EGG FOR
LONG TIME.
▫ IF WE WANT TO
STORE EGG FOR 1-2
DAYS THAN WE
SHOULD KEEP
TEMP. AT 12-18.
HUMIDIFIER
▫ WATER SPRINKLE
▫ IT INCREASE
HUMIDITY
SETTTER
▫ HERE WE INCREASE
TEMP. GRADUALLY
▫ AND WE PROVIDE
99.5 OF
▫ NORMAL RH 60-65
OF
▫ RH SHOULD BE
LOW AS COMPARED
TO HATCHER
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10. SETTER
▫ EGG IS TURNED AT ANGLE
OF 45 WITH BROADER
END UPWARD AFTER 3-4
HOURS IN MODERN
SETTER
▫ FAN IS ATTACHED IN
SETTER TO PROVIDE
OXYGEN
▫ EGG IS PLACED HERE FOR
18 DAYS
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12. HATCHING. 12
HATCHING TRAY IS FLAT AND EGG IS PLACED
VERTICALLY
AFTER 21 DAYS CHICK IS HATCHED.
CHICK HOLDING ROOM.
AFTER HATCHING CHICK IS MOVED TO CHICK ROOM .
NOW CHICKS ARE PACKED AND READY TO DISTRIBUTE
WASHING ROOM.
THIS IS SEPARATE AREA AFTER DISTRIBUTING WE
DISINFECT AND WASH THE EQUIPMENTS.

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