Pre-warming of eggs prior to incubation is a common practice of most hatcheries in the world, either running single or multistage machines.
When we talk about chick quality, often we think of navels, beak and all these basic, and yet important, traits which have a direct impact on the overall performance of a single bird, generally causing a lifetime influence on it. However, the subject chick quality must be seen under a more holistic overview, instead of only on the physical traits of the individual. This includes 3 main parameters, as follows.
One of the most significant hatchery changes around the world during the last years is the migration from multi-stage to single-stage systems. Although the majority of birds still hatch on multi-stage systems.
During transfer time at hatcheries, having a perfect egg weight loss is a good indication that we can expect good hatch results.
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