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Hatchery and Incubation Trends: Tarsicio Villalobos Technical Services Global Biodevices & Automation
Hatchery and Incubation Trends: Tarsicio Villalobos Technical Services Global Biodevices & Automation
incubation
trends
Tarsicio Villalobos
Technical Services
Global BioDevices & Automation
Incubation system type
Incubation system
Hatchability
Petersime, OvoScan
Jamesway Pilot
Egg shell temperature
99 F 2,214 g 1.82
101 F 2,263 g 1.75
103 F 2,166 g 1.80
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=kuhNG96ojCQ
Humidity
Petersime, Synchro-hatch
Control Software
t-statistics
Hatchability
n= number of observations
Prediction of a
future observation
and compute
Flock Age, Egg Storage, Flock ID, Setter Type, Season machine
adjustments
Energy recovering systems
Temperature
http://www.chickmaster.com/product/cc3-climate-control-system/
Heat recovery system
http://www.petersime.com/products/turnkey-hatcheries/minimize-your-energy-costs/
Hatchery vaccination
Broiler vaccination trend, USA
140,0 126.7
120,0 106.6
102.1
100,0
81.8 71,0
77.7 78
80,0 63.9 65.9 63,1
65,2
55.2
60,0 45,4 49,7 56,9
38.7 41.1 36,4
37.8 24,8 36,6
40,0
73 % hatchery
Hatch Tray
Destacking
Hatch Tray
Restacking
In ovo feeding
In ovo feeding
In ovo feeding
• Nutritionals:
• Fructose (H)
• Sucrose (H)
• Grape seed extract (H)
• Amino acids + glucose + magnesium (DOC weight)
• Epigenetic:
• Na+, Ca+, Mg+, Ni+, Cl-
• Metabolic:
• Insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I)
In ovo feeding
• Competitive exclusion
• Probiotics
• Prebiotics
In ovo feeding challenges
• Volume
• 50 µL, 100 µL, 300 µL, 600 µL
• Embryonic age
• 0 ED, 10 ED, 17 ED, 18-19 ED
• Concentration
• > 300 mOsmoles
• Public opinion
Gender Identification
Gender identification
Gender identification
• Invasive:
• Estrogen concentration
• Genetic probe to link with chromosome
• Non invasive:
• Spectroscopy
• Chromosome marker
T.J. Doran et al. Sex selection in layer chickens, Animal Production Science, 9 June 2017.
Hatchery possible pathways
Hatchery: Incubation
process evolution
Remove hatching section
Incubation Hatchers
Hatching at the broiler farm
Brooding at the hatchery
Incubation Hatchers
Brooding at the hatchery
Brooding section