US 12,302,868 B2
Chick production method and chick production system
Kunio Nambu, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to NABEL CO., LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Appl. No. 18/001,212
Filed by NABEL CO., LTD., Kyoto (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 11, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/022334
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/251490, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-101958 (JP), filed on Jun. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0217904 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 43/00 (2006.01); A01K 41/02 (2006.01); A01K 43/06 (2006.01); A01K 43/08 (2006.01); G01N 33/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 43/00 (2013.01) [A01K 41/023 (2013.01); A01K 43/06 (2013.01); A01K 43/08 (2013.01); G01N 33/02 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A chick production method comprising:
measuring, by a measuring device, physical information about mid-hatch eggs during a period from when the mid-hatch eggs are accommodated in a setter tray to when the mid-hatch eggs are transferred to a hatcher tray;
dividing, by a sorter, the mid-hatch eggs into a plurality of groups based on the measured physical information to accommodate the mid-hatch eggs in the hatcher tray;
adjusting, by a hatcher, temperature of the mid-hatch eggs accommodated in the hatcher tray to develop chicks,
wherein the plurality of groups include a first live group, a second live group, and a non-live group, wherein the first live group has a first characteristic different from a second characteristic of the second live group; and
performing, by the hatcher, different temperature control in the hatcher for the first live group and for the second live group.