Chick production method and chick production system
AssigneeNabel Co., Ltd.
InventorKunio Nambu
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Abstract
A new chick production method and a new chick production system are obtained which are different from a conventional method in which all live eggs are collectively accommodated in a hatcher tray to develop chicks. The chick production method of the present invention divides mid-hatch eggs into a plurality of groups based on physical information measured for the mid-hatch eggs during a period from when the eggs are accommodated in a setter tray to when the eggs are transferred to a hatcher tray, and accommodates the mid-hatch eggs in the hatcher tray to develop chicks. In addition, a chick production system of the present invention includes a measurement unit, a sorting unit, and an accommodation unit, and the chicks are developed by each of a plurality of hatcher trays.
Claims12
A chick production method comprising:
- measuring, by a measuring device, physical information about mid-hatch eggs during a period from when the mid-hatch eggs are accommodated in a setter tray to when the mid-hatch eggs are transferred to a hatcher tray;
- dividing, by a sorter, the mid-hatch eggs into a plurality of groups based on the measured physical information to accommodate the mid-hatch eggs in the hatcher tray;
- adjusting, by a hatcher, temperature of the mid-hatch eggs accommodated in the hatcher tray to develop chicks,
- wherein the plurality of groups include a first live group, a second live group, and a non-live group, wherein the first live group has a first characteristic different from a second characteristic of the second live group;
- and
- performing, by the hatcher, different temperature control in the hatcher for the first live group and for the second live group.
A chick production system comprising:
- a measurement device configured to measure physical information about mid-hatch eggs accommodated in a setter tray or about the mid-hatch eggs taken out from the setter tray;
- a sorter configured to divide the mid-hatch eggs into a plurality of groups based on the physical information measured by the measurement device;
- and
- a hatcher configured to accommodate the mid-hatch eggs in a plurality of hatcher trays for each of the groups divided by the sorter,
- wherein chicks are developed from the mid-hatch eggs in each of the plurality of the hatcher trays,
- wherein the plurality of groups include a first live group, a second live group, and a non-live group, wherein the first live group has a first characteristic different from a second characteristic of the second live group, and
- wherein the hatcher is configured to perform different temperature control for the first live group and for the second live group.
A chick production method comprising:
- measuring, by a measuring device, physical information about mid-hatch eggs during a period from when the mid-hatch eggs are accommodated in a setter tray to when the mid-hatch eggs are transferred to a hatcher tray;
- dividing, by a sorter, the mid-hatch eggs into a plurality of live groups based on the measured physical information to accommodate the mid-hatch eggs in the hatcher tray;
- wherein, in the dividing the mid-hatch eggs into the plurality of live groups to accommodate the mid-hatch eggs in the hatcher tray, attribute information about the mid-hatch eggs is used in addition to the physical information about the mid-hatch eggs, and
- the attribute information is selected from the group consisting of a chicken species, age of a parent chicken, a laying date and time, a content of feed, a medical history and a vaccination history of the parent chicken;
- and
- adjusting, by a hatcher, temperature of the mid-hatch eggs accommodated in the hatcher tray to develop chicks.
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