Day-old chicken quality and performance of broiler chickens from 3 different hatching systems

In on-farm hatching systems, eggs are transported at d 18 of incubation to the broiler farm, where chickens have immediate access to feed and water after hatching. In hatchery-fed systems, newly hatched chickens have immediate access to feed and water in the hatchery and are transported to the farm...

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Main Authors: Carol Souza da Silva, Roos Molenaar, Mona F. Giersberg, T. Bas Rodenburg, Johan W. van Riel, Kris De Baere, Iris Van Dosselaer, Bas Kemp, Henry van den Brand, Ingrid C. de Jong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-03-01
Series:Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003257912031004X