ArticleArchives animal breeding2026
Effects of on-farm hatching on hatching success and first-week chick performance of local and commercial broiler genotypes.
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Abstract
This study was conducted to compare conventional hatchery-hatching and on-farm-hatching systems in terms of hatching success and first-week chick performance for commercial Cobb 500, Ross 308, and local Anadolu-T genotypes. Eggs in both the conventional and on-farm-hatching groups were subjected to standard hatchery procedures until the end of 18 d of hatching. Subsequently, the eggs in the on-farm-hatching group were transported and placed in pens, while the eggs in the conventional-hatching group were transferred to the hatcher. Data on the length of the hatch window, hatching time, and other hatchery traits were collected for all groups during the hatching process. Post-hatch body weight and chick length were measured 24 h after the end of the hatch window for all groups. Chick feeding behaviour was evaluated through direct observation. There were no significant differences in terms of the hatchability of fertile eggs and total embryonic mortality between the hatching or genotype groups. However, on-farm hatching resulted in a higher chick body length at day zero (
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