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Incubation Equipments

1. Setter
   • It is a machine in which proper temperature, humidity and turning are provided for the first 19 days of incubating chicken egg

2. Hatcher
   • It is similar to that of setter but turning mechanism is not available and the trays are designed to hold the newly hatched      chicks.
   • Here, the eggs are placed for the last three days of incubation.
   • Various styles of setter and hatcher found around the world include,
        • Walk-in or Corridor incubators
        • Tunnel type incubators
        • Vertical fan incubators
  Corridor Incubator

Source : Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Science University, Chennai

Updated on March 2015

 

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