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Incubating eggs of different sizes: it’s all about incubator design
Carla van der Pol MSc. Embryo development and chick quality are optimal when the embryo temperature is maintained between 99.5 – 100.5ºF throughout incubation. When eggs are not incubated at an…
Uniform incubation conditions optimise the hatch window
Dr. Roos Molenaar M.Sc. To obtain a good overall chick quality and uniformity in commercial hatcheries, chickens have to emerge from their eggshell in a time period up to 36 hours. Furthermore, it is…
Effect of egg weight and egg weight loss on the hatchwindow
Conny Maatjens M.Sc. The HatchTech Research department investigated whether egg weight or egg weight loss influence the hatchwindow when a HatchTech incubator design was used in which laminar airflow…
Effects of temperature and CO2 during the final 4 days of incubation on chick quality
C. M. Maatjens1, I. A. M. Reijrink1, R. Molenaar1, C. W. van der Pol1, B. Kemp2, H. van den Brand2 1HatchTech B.V., P.O. Box 256, 3900 AG Veenendaal, The Netherlands. 2Adaptation Physiology Group,…
Effect of relative humidity during incubation at a set eggshell temperature
C. W. van der Pol*1, I. A. M. van Roovert-Reijrink1, C. M. Maatjens1, H. van den Brand2, R. Molenaar1 1 HatchTech B.V., P.O. Box 256, 3900 AG Veenendaal, The Netherlands. 2Adaptation Physiology…
The hatch window
D. Hill, DVM, MAM, Dipl. ACPV1 HatchTech B.V., P.O. Box 256, 3900 AG Veenendaal, The Netherlands. What is the “natural” hatch window for a set of eggs? The definition of the “natural” hatch window is…
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