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Effect of age wise incubation programme on broiler breeder hatchability and post hatch performance.

Published in 2017 by A. Jabbar, A. Yousaf
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Abstract

Temperature and humidity are most important environmental factors during incubation. The age of birds affect the eggs, its internal as well as external quality, that’s why dissimilar conditions require for incubation. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of age wise incubation profile on hatchability and chick’s performance. For this experiment, eggs were collected from Ross-308 breeders which were divided into four groups according to the age of breeders having equal number of eggs in all groups (n=538560 eggs). Group A (Young, 24-31 weeks), B (Prime, 32-50 weeks), C (Old, 50+weeks) and D (control). For groups, A, B and C duration of incubation in setter machine was 456 hours (19th day) while for D (control), incubator duration was 449 hours (18.7 days). Fertility of eggs were performed through candling and shifted to hatchers for next 50 hours for A, B and C while 56 hours for D. Group B was significantly better (P