NestBorn

[Chickcatcher]

Anybody done this in the Uk yet?

NestBorn - Turning animal welfare into profit

NestBorn is a revolutionary on-farm hatching concept. The approach significantly improves the level of welfare and health of broilers.

www.nestborn.eu

 

[Jim31]

Hey,
i am not 100% but think there a company In Shropshire that did it and they was trying out hot and cold rearing in the same system, but they was rearing for commercial layers, pretty sum i seen an article on in, in the poultry world magazine or might of been ranger magazine.

 

[Fogg]

Crown, or xxxxxxxxx as they call themselves these days, are rolling this (or something very much like it) across their entire broiler operation in Norfolk.

 

[Netherfield]

Can't be much good for layers though, how much time would it take finding and removing the cocks?

 

[Jim31]

For the layer, I imagen you would rear them then at 3-4 weeks. when they start showing you pull them out And the sexing errors, or if it’s broiler breeding you can throw the males in a different pen so you can control there feed and light Even more.

 

[Netherfield]

For the layer, I imagen you would rear them then at 3-4 weeks. when they start showing you pull them out And the sexing errors, or if it’s broiler breeding you can throw the males in a different pen so you can control there feed and light Even more.

So by that time you're going to be a £1 or more out of pocket for every male bird hatched.

 

[Jim31]

I am sure if this is what your doing you would get more foc eggs to compensate, but then on the over hand if, temperature is dropped by a few degrees for three days during the embryological development of a freshly laid egg, some chickens which should hatch out male instead become female. But this can only be done with layer as, if its broiler breeder, the hens that’s was meant to be cock if the eggs are fertile will result in it being high chance of cock, as They have the genes and chromosomes for maleness but they are fully functional females. Think University of Manchester did this as a case study, ill try and find it and attach it

 

[Chickcatcher]

@Jim31 I thought that was only reptile eggs that sex could be adjusted by temp.

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

What happens to all the debris of hatching?

Every clutch I've ever hatched has one or two spazzy ones that are alive but not viable.

Surely all the debris is an infection risk?

 

[Netherfield]

What happens to all the debris of hatching?

Every clutch I've ever hatched has one or two spazzy ones that are alive but not viable.

Surely all the debris is an infection risk?

Would it be any different than what occurs at the hatchery though?

 

[SteveHants]

Would it be any different than what occurs at the hatchery though?

Depends how soon and to what extent it was got rid of - chicks at take-off haven't been sitting there for more than 24 hours (often less) and I imagine the vacuum will get rid of a lot of the dust etc.

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

Would it be any different than what occurs at the hatchery though?

I would think in a commercial hatchery the chicks are in a truck as soon as they are dried off?

With the Nestborn system all the rammel is there for the chicks to peck at?

 

[Chickcatcher]

I would think in a commercial hatchery the chicks are in a truck as soon as they are dried off?

With the Nestborn system all the rammel is there for the chicks to peck at?

That's the bit I don't like and will be a lot to clear up I would think.

 

[SteveHants]

I would think in a commercial hatchery the chicks are in a truck as soon as they are dried off?

With the Nestborn system all the rammel is there for the chicks to peck at?

They are taken off daily. They might well have actually hatched 12 hours previously, so they will have been exposed to the detritus for all the time between them hatching and being taken out of the basket...

 

[som farmer]

been thinking of broiler chicken, I think there could be a market for 'proper' chicken, on a local scale, more pocket money than serious profit, but everything helps. My question is, where could you go to get the birds, killed and properly dressed, we are in the south west ?

 

[Netherfield]

That's the bit I don't like and will be a lot to clear up I would think.

And it gets very smelly in the incubator if left too long.