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ISSUE #49 • APRIL 2017

e-newsDr. Carolina Díaz (ChickMaster Poultry Specialist)

The Influence of the Incubation Environmenton the Hatch Window(Part 2)

Two types of incubation environments exist (machines), multi-stage and single stage. In the case of multi-stage, an average temperature is managed during the period that the eggs remain in the machine. at being the case, the temperature inside the machine is going to be cold for the embryos that are starting their embryonic development and warm for the embryos that have more days of development and are ready to be transferred. O

When using multi-stage machines, it's highly important to have a pre-warming room, where the temperature of the egg mass can rise before entering the setter. Otherwise, the machine will require greater use of the heater, which not only consumes more energy, but also creates a warm zone inside the machine. As a result, the hatch window will be wider.

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On the other hand, with a n a d e q u a t e p r e -warming system where there is good uniformity, the machine's heating will be used less and there wi l l be better uniformity inside the machine, favoring a narrower hatch window.o

e s i n g l e s t a g e machine, “all in, all out”, a l l o w s t h e u s e r t o develop a stage program and accommodate the machine's environment to the requirements of each phase of embryonic e v o l u t i o n . A m o r e Picture 1: Side view of the heat exchange surface

using heat resistance and hot water (continued on page 2)

ChickMaster VisitsJapfa Kronjo Hatchery Aer the VIV Bangkok exhibition, our COO, Fred Sharp, along with Craig Harrison, CM UK Service Manager, traveled to Indonesia. ey were accompanied as well by our sales representative in Indonesia, PT Gemilang. On this trip they had the fortune to meet with our good customer and management team of PT Japfa at its Kronjo hatchery. Built a few years ago, Japfa installed in this hatchery both ChickMaster Avida systems and incubators from a competitor. e CM equipment also had the benefit of a CC3 Ventilation and Energy Management System to maintain the room temperatures, humidity and pressures. o

Aer comparing the two systems, Japfa realized that the CM Avida incubators and CC3 gave them a Hatchery in Harmony with better chick quality, hatchability and lower energy costs.

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b a l a n c e d environment is the resu lt of a l l t he embryos having the same age. Added to this, pre-warming is taking place in the s a m e s e t t e r , guaranteeing not only a more even environment, but also a simultaneous

“awakening” of the embryos that have come from the cool room. At any rate, when heating is used, the surface of heat transmission is reduced. In the meantime, if the pre-warming process is done with hot water (picture 1) which runs through the coils, the heat exchange surface is greater, generating greater uniformity and a more even “awakening” of the embryos. e help of excellent ventilation in the machine (picture 2) promotes an optimal environment for embryonic development, because on one hand it provides oxygen to the embryos, and on the other hand it removes heat, humidity and CO2.O

e above will result in a narrower hatch window, resulting in the following benefits:O

Improved indicators of chick quality Lower percentage of chick waste Lower embryonic mortality Better navel closing (less predisposition to contamination) Greater uniformity so that all the chicks start to eat and drink

water at the same time More weight gain, better feed conversion rate and therefore

more meat production per square metero

e hatch window is a tool that offers important information for evaluating the incubation process, which can be influenced by many factors. Currently, monitoring systems help obtain data in real time, and in a more practical manner. Correctly applying the earlier procedures to the incubation process helps have the embryos in a more similar state of development. Having and carrying out a good maintenance program influences the environment that the embryo perceives.o

Single stage machines that pre-warm the eggs with the heating element plus hot water versus only the heating element, allow for a greater surface for temperature exchange. is generates better consistency in the egg mass, less duration of the pre-warming and improved efficiency in terms of time and energy consumption. Poor uniformity in the chicks can cause lower growth rate, increased feed conversion rate and mortality. In contrast, adequate uniformity helps exploit the genetic potential of the chicks, contributing to an improvement of productive parameters. e incubation process can help or affect chick handling on the grow-out farms as well as in the processing plants.

The Influence of the Incubation Environment on the Hatch Window (continued from page 1)

Picture 2: Front view of machine with good uniformity in ventilation, provides oxygen, removes heat, humidity and CO2 from the embryos.

ChickMaster Visits Japfa Kronjo Hatchery (continued from page 1) The hatchery has also recently expanded with more Avida Symphony systems. Fred stated, “is was my first trip for ChickMaster to Asia. I was very pleased to meet with the staff at Japfa who have been working with ChickMaster for over 30 years. ey are very knowledgeable and taught me a few things. I can see they are a great partner with us and appreciate what Hatchery in Harmony is all about.” o

For Craig Harrison, it was an opportunity to meet with people he has worked with before from Japfa, but on-site at this impressive hatchery. o

“I like visiting customers that really know our machines and how to get the best results from both the incubators and the CC3. We spent time going over fine-tuning, but they also gave me some good suggestions to take back to our service and engineering group. It allows us to get better when we can work together.”o

e relationship with Japfa and ChickMaster goes back many years and spans several countries. We thank Japfa for always being a great customer and for allowing us to be a partner in their continued expansion to deliver quality chicken to their customers. It all starts with a quality baby chick and the Avida Symphony has proven it can perform and produce consistent results, especially when combined with a CC3 to achieve a Hatchery in Harmony.

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Every two years, the AMEVEA organization in Colombia has put together an excellent seminar on poultry incubation. is March we were pleased to participate and contribute to the success of this educational event. We invited Dr. Mike Wineland to make a presentation about embryo development. Mike is a well known veterinarian in this industry and respected for his years of experience. Also invited to participate was our Dr. Carolina Diaz who has traveled around Latin America visiting many of our customers. Her experience in seeing many common issues and challenges helped her prepare to discuss the hatch window and the different ways the management of the hatching process influences the final results in both hatch and chick quality. A summary of this presentation is in our e-news as a two part article printed in both the March and April edition.o

Colombia has been an important territory for ChickMaster for more than 60 years. We appreciate the ability to show our commitment to the Colombian poultry industry in support of educational events like this one from AMEVEA.

AMEVEA Conference in Bogota March 2017

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Graph A:

The Influence of the Incubation Environment on the Hatch Window (continued from page 2) e graphs below illustrate the difference of the total duration of the hatch window between machines whose pre-warming has been done only with heating elements (graph A) and pre-warming with heating elements plus hot water (graph B).

Our customers in Latin America and the Caribbean have been working with ChickMaster for a long time, many for over 50 years. To improve and grow our commitment to this important area we are pleased to announce that Federico Sanchez has joined the ChickMaster team as our Director of Sales for Latin America and the Caribbean. Federico has been involved with sales in Latin America for all of his professional career. For several years he was the Sales Director of Latin American Sales for GEA Food Solutions, a German manufacturer of solutions for the food processing industry. In this position, Federico worked with many of our customers, but on the processed side of the business. He

had a desire to get back involved within the poultry industry and decided that incubation would be a positive challenge for him. o

In his first few weeks, Federico has been immersed in getting m o re f a m i l i a r w i t h o u r equipment and organization. Recently he visited a hatchery in the USA with Chad Daniels and Eric Mol. As he learns more about our company and its long term relationships, we welcome Feder ico as he becomes more active in our LA

Sales and Service and adds new resources to support our many great customers in the region. Reporting to Federico is our LA Customer Service Group consisting of Ing. Armando Medel and Dr. Carolina Diaz. Federico also has a great team of sales representatives covering eight countries with sales, service and local parts supply. o

In Latin America, ChickMaster has many customers using our single stage Avida, multi-stage Classics, as well as CC3 & Aria Ventilation and Energy Management Systems. Our objective and mission has been for over 70 years to build long-term relationships with our customers through superior quality products and knowledgeable customer support to give every ChickMaster customer a Hatchery in Harmony.

Meet Federico Sanchez, New Director of Sales for Latin America and Caribbean

Chad Daniels and Federico Sanchez working with a Genesis IV touch screen

Graph B:

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CM Parts Corner: When to Replace a Solid State Relay Solid state relays are the conduit to getting incubator controls to communicate with central operating functions that allow good quality chick production. If it does not function properly the incubator will not know what to do. Relays tend to fail in the closed position. What this means is the valve or heater being controlled by the solid state relay will stick and run in the active state. Oen in the incubator the problem of a failed solid state relay can be masked. e machine may be running extra cooling or heating to compensate for the problem because it is receiving bad information via the relay. One way to identify this problem is through your Maestro. e heating or the cooling activity graph would indicate a machine running too much heating or cooling. Maestro can offer valuable information about what the controls are or are not doing. Making sure that the relays are working correctly can save you in efficiency and incubation performance.

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Many new hatcheries are now built with single stage setters, but we still continue to have customers that rely on the Classic setter to produce high quality chicks. Agroavicola San Marino in Colombia is one of those hatcheries that has recently expanded with the C576 Classic multi-stage setter. Like many other multi-stage hatcheries, they have moved to use the Avida AH model hatchers with a capacity of 31,104 eggs, allowing them to transfer eggs from two different setters into one large hatcher. p

e Classic offers a simpler and more economical approach to commercial incubation. It is one that has been trusted for over 70 years in hatcheries around the world with many improvements and efficiencies continually added as technology evolves. Many of those changes come from our experience with single stage incubation that can also benefit users of multi-stage setters.

Expansion San Marino in ColombiaOur technician Jairo Linares with the hatchery team

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