Incubation Principles and Hatchery Management (PS-301)

PS-301   Incubation Principles and Hatchery Management        2(1-1)

Theory

History, development and scope of hatchery  industry in Pakistan;  collection, handling, selection, fumigation, storage and  transport of hatching eggs; seasonal hatching; incubation methods; types of incubators and incubation requirements; role of computer in modern hatchery operations; setting and candling of eggs  daily changes in embryonic development during incubation, physical act of hatching; factors influencing fertility, hatchability and quality of chicks; taking off the hatch; hatchery services; hatchery sanitation and waste disposal; trouble shooting during incubation; incubation records.

Practical

Planning and designing of hatchery; practices regarding collection, selection, cleaning, fumigation and storage of hatching eggs; demonstration of parts of incubator; setting and candling of hatching eggs; handling of incubator; disinfection and fumigation of incubator; observing daily changes during embryonic development; sexing, grading, detoeing and dubbing of day old chicks; examining malposition of embryo; dead embryo and dead in shell; estimation of fertility and hatchability. Trouble tracing chart of the chick embryo; fertility report of hatchery, visit to commercial hatcheries.

Objective

At the completion of this course the students will be able to:

  1. Know about the hatchery operations
  2. Understand the strategies to improve hatchery efficiency
  3. Have a knowledge about the production of quality chicks
  4. Understand the hatchery management

Readings

1. Brown, T. 2010. Poultry Farming. Apple Academic Press Inc. 3333 Mistwell Crescent Oakville ON L6L 0A2.

2. Donald, D. B. and W.D. Weaver, Jr. 2007. Commercial Chicken Meat and Egg Production. Springer Pvt. Ltd., India.

3. Lakhotia R.L. 2003. Poultry Eggs. Agrobios, Jodhpur, India.

4.Taylor, L.W. 2003. Fertility and Hatchability of Chickens and Turkey Egg. International book distributing company, Lucknow, India.

COURSE SCHEDULE

Theory

Week

Topics and Readings

Source

Dates

1

History, development and scope of hatchery  industry in Pakistan

Poultry Farming (5)

14-10-20

2

Collection, handling and selection of hatching eggs

Poultry Farming (24)

21-10-20

3

Fumigation, storage and transport of hatching eggs

Poultry Farming (25)

28-10-20

4

Seasonal hatching

 

04-11-20

5

Incubation methods

Poultry Farming (26)

11-11-20

6

Types of incubators

Poultry Farming (27)

18-11-20

7

Incubation requirements

Poultry Farming (28)

25-11-20

8

Role of computer in modern hatchery operations

Poultry Farming (6)

02-12-20

9

Setting and candling of eggs

Commercial Poultry Farming (29)

Scientific Poultry Production (371)

09-12-20

10

Daily changes in embryonic development during incubation

Commercial Poultry Farming (13)

16-12-20

11

Physical act of hatching

Poultry Farming (22)

30-12-20

12

Factors influencing fertility, hatchability and quality of chicks

Poultry Farming (29)

06-01-21

13

Taking off the hatch; Hatchery services

Poultry Farming (33) Commercial Poultry Farming (43)

13-01-21

14

Hatchery sanitation and waste disposal

Poultry Farming (25)

20-01-21

15

Trouble shooting during incubation

Poultry Farming (30)

27-01-21

16

Incubation records

Commercial Poultry Farming (38)

03-02-21

Practical

1

Planning and designing of hatchery

16-10-20

2

Practices regarding collection and selection of hatching eggs

23-10-20

3

Cleaning, fumigation and storage of hatching eggs

30-10-20

4

Demonstration of parts of incubator

06-11-20

5

Quiz

13-11-20

6

Setting and candling of hatching eggs

20-11-20

7

Handling of incubator; disinfection and fumigation of incubator

27-11-20

8

Observing daily changes during embryonic development; Examining malposition of embryo, dead embryo and dead in shell

04-12-20

9

Presentations

11-12-20

10

Presentations

18-12-20

11

Presentations

01-01-21

12

Grading of day old chicks

08-01-21

13

Sexing, detoeing and dubbing of day old chicks

15-01-21

14

Estimation of fertility and hatchability

22-01-21

15

Trouble tracing chart of the chick embryo

29-01-21

16

Fertility report of hatchery

05-02-21

 

Course Material

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