U.K. poultry producer Moy Park’s Ashbourne hatchery in Newark-upon-Trent, Lincolnshire, opened in 2017, becoming the U.K.’s biggest greenfield hatchery. It now produces 2.4 million chicks per week and uses some of the most advanced automation systems.

Dan Ashmore, Moy Park’s hatchery manager, talks to Jenny Hone about why, almost three…