How to manage poultry breeding flocks for hatchery success

With proper management and monitoring, and when cared for by a well-trained staff, poultry breeding flocks can produce a regular supply of high-quality hatching eggs.

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Eggs cool more uniformly and have more stability in plastic trays, in comparison to paper trays.
Eggs cool more uniformly and have more stability in plastic trays, in comparison to paper trays.
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The main objective of a breeder farm is to produce the highest number of fertile eggs as possible. Without good management, however, breeder farms will not be able to properly supply hatcheries with the eggs needed to produce the steady stream of chicks needed by the broiler and layer industries.

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