Draft:On-farm hatching
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On-farm hatching is the process of hatching incubated eggs on the premises of a farm, as opposed to in a hatchery. On-farm hatched eggs are usually incubated at a hatchery before being transported to a farm a few days before they are due to hatch.[1]
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Hatching eggs on-farm means that chickens avoid exposure to hatchery conditions and live transport, and immediately gain access to the nutrition and enrichment available in a farmhouse. As commercial hatching may deprive chicks of food for the first 3 days of their lives and subject them to high levels of dust, pathogens and noise,[1] on-farm hatching may provide several production and welfare benefits, including increased body weight,[2][3] reduced footpad dermatitis,[4][5] reducing handling stress,[6][7] improved intestinal and immunological development,[8][9] and lower mortality.[10][11]
While on-farm hatching has mostly been developed for use on broiler farms, in-ovo sexing of chicks may make on-farm hatching compatible with layer hen production.[12]