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Breeder Flock Management
• Breeder Selection– Conformation
– Color
– Size
– Health
– Turkeys, ducks and geese selected annually
– Chickens selected every 3 months • Allows for on-going production
• Hens at different stages, some always coming into lay
• Don’t have to force hens to molt out of season
Breeder Flock Management
Product Variability
Product Consistency
Genetic Diversity (Healthy)
Genetic Uniformity
Breeder Flock Management
• Pedigreed Breeding– What is it
– Why to use it
– When to use it
• Range Breeding– What it is, why to use it, when to use it
– Injuries
– Aggression
Hatchery Management
• GSTR has a separate hatchery for chickens ducks and geese– Two incubators that each hold 1200 eggs
• Never set multiple species in the same incubator at the same time
Hatchery Management
• Turkeys: 28 day incubation period– Set eggs once per week March – May 15– Candle on day 10– Move to hatcher at day 25– Remove from hatcher at 28 days
• Ducks and geese also 28 days
Hatchery Management
• Chickens: 21 day incubation period– Set eggs once a week February - September– Candle on day 5 or 6– Move to hatcher on day 18– Remove from hatcher on day 21
Hatchery Management
• Fertility checks– Candle turkeys, ducks and geese on day 10– Candle chickens on day 5 or 6– Remove bad eggs! Explosions result in
bacterial contamination and a huge clean up job!
• Monitor incubators daily – sniff check• Hatching
Hatchery Management
• Sorting– Help hatchling?– Mortality– Deformed birds
• Boxing
• Delivery – ground shipping only
Hatchery Management
• Incubator cleaning and sanitation– Wash everything, including floors
• Disease management