Method for hatching eggs

A method for producing poultry at a hatchery, the method comprising;

• a) incubating a batch of eggs in incubating trays in an incubating device during a first incubating period of between about 7 to about 11 days, and then,
• b) for each egg of the batch of eggs, detecting a presence of a hatchable chick embryo and then determining of gender of the chick embryo,
• c) based on the gender of a chick embryo and the presence of a hatchable chick embryo, dividing the batch of eggs into a hatchable male batch portion and a hatchable female batch portion,
• d) redistributing at least one of the hatchable male batch portion and the hatchable female batch portion over incubating trays or hatching trays different from the said incubating tray, to end up with incubating or hatching trays filled with just one of the hatchable male batch portion and the hatchable female batch portion,
• e) incubating one of the hatchable female batch portion and the hatchable male batch portion in the incubating device during a second incubating period and removing the other of the hatchable female batch portion and the hatchable male batch portion as well as the eggs without hatchable chick embryos from the incubating device, and then
• f) moving the one of the hatchable female batch portion and the hatchable male batch portion from the incubating device to a hatching device and hatching the one of the hatchable female batch portion and the hatchable male batch portion in the hatching device until hatching occurs;
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• g) administering feed to hatched chicks in the hatching device.