Chickipedia
Bienvenido/a a The Chickipedia, tu centro de conocimiento de confianza para la industria avícola. Ya sea que gestiones reproductoras, ponedoras o plantas de incubación, The Chickipedia te ofrece acceso rápido a conocimientos especializados y orientación práctica en cada etapa de la producción de huevos y aves de postura. Desde la llegada de los pollitos y los sistemas de alojamiento hasta la nutrición, la salud y la gestión del huevo, nuestros artículos prácticos te ayudan a garantizar un rendimiento óptimo y la bioseguridad en cada paso.
Ponedoras
- Ponedoras Chickipedia
House preparation and arrival of chicks Cleaning and disinfection procedure Do not proceed to the next step until the previous step has been completed. Clean the area outside the house, storage and service areas, water lines and ventilation system. Provide...
- Ponedoras Chickipedia
What is a healthy hen? Cracked/broken eggs: Problem Large cracks and holes % in production: increases with the age of the hen. 1–5 % of total production Causes Old birds (> 50–60 weeks) Mineral deficiencies or imbalance Saline water Diseases...
- Ponedoras Chickipedia
What is a healthy hen? Knowing a hen’s health status is essential to achieve production goals. Sick birds cannot develop to their full genetic potential, so health programs play a central role in the production schedule. Healthy hens are disease-free...
- Ponedoras Chickipedia
Pullet Phase Body weight and uniformity Uniformity = (all weighed birds – A1 – B2) /(all weighed birds) A1 = No. of birds >= average BW x 1.1 B2 = No. of birds <= average BW x 0.9 Weigh minimum...
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Hen thermo-regulation Convection Heat loss occurs due to the movement of the air which permits the transfer of heat from the hen’s body to the air. This process can be promoted by providing fast air movement around the hen. Conduction...
Reproductoras
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Flock health at parent stock farm: a critical point for success In the egg industry, numerous diseases are vertically transmitted, this means from breeders to their progeny. That is why without a strict sanitary control at the selection and reproduction...
- Reproductoras Chickipedia
Hen thermo-regulation Convection Heat loss occurs due to the movement of the air which permits the transfer of heat from the hen’s body to the air. This process can be promoted by providing fast air movement around the hen. Conduction...
- Reproductoras Chickipedia
Rearing nutrition Feed description and management Starter feed High density diet with highly digestible raw materials. Investment that sets up the basis of skeletal and muscular growth of the pullet. Feed should always be available. Grower feed Medium density diet...
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Hatching egg management The fertile egg contains a living embryo which has all the genetic potential of H&N International. In order to enable embryo express this potential during incubation and later in life as pullet and laying hen, good hatching...
- Reproductoras Chickipedia
Production Stage After reaching a good production peak, H&N breeders should enter a production plateau. Their genetic potential allows them to maintain a high production level, optimal egg size and good eggshell quality for some weeks but to achieve this,...
Guía de Incubadora
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Trouble Shooting Taking the hatching egg quality as given, an embryo needs five things to grow satisfactorily and to develop into a healthy chick: Correct incubation temperature. Adequate supply of oxygen and removal of CO2. Loss of a certain amount...
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General hygiene Good hygiene is paramount to good results. Not everyone has modern, state-of-the-art designer hatcheries but with attention to detail the results can be as good. Starting with personnel, they should be provided with shower facilities and clean clothing...
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Chick processing The chicks are now hatched and ready to be processed. But even a good hatch can still be spoiled. Hygiene, careful handling and attention to the chicks are essential to maintain the best quality. Chicks will tell you...
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Transparency Transparency is a means of identifying unfertilised and prematurely dead embryos. The egg trays are passed over a powerful light source which clearly shows unfertilised and prematurely dead embryos. Transparency is not systematically carried out in all hatcheries, as...
