Hatchery Feed Production from Unhatched Eggs
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current chicken hatchery methods involve inefficient in- and outgoing process flows due to separate handling of hatchable and not-hatchable eggs, leading to increased costs and complexity.
Innovation Solution
A method where not-hatchable eggs are processed into feed at the hatchery and administered to newly hatched chickens, reducing the need for external feed and waste egg disposal by integrating the processing of not-hatchable eggs into the hatchery's feed supply, thereby minimizing process flows and enhancing resource utilization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If separate handling of hatchable and not-hatchable eggs is implemented, then egg quality control is improved, but process flow complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the handling of hatchable and not-hatchable eggs by integrating the not-hatchable egg processing system directly into the hatchery facility. The not-hatchable eggs are processed on-site into feed, which is then administered to the hatched chickens, creating a closed-loop system that reduces external process flows while maintaining quality control.
Solution Approach 2:
The hatchery facility is designed to perform multiple functions: incubating eggs, hatching chicks, processing not-hatchable eggs into feed, and administering feed to chicks. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate external facilities for waste egg disposal and feed production, simplifying the overall process flow.
2Manufacturing precision
If not-hatchable eggs are processed into feed at external facilities, then feed quality is improved, but transportation costs and process flows increase
Solution Approach 1:
The hatchery facility performs the processing of not-hatchable eggs into feed itself, using on-site processing equipment. This self-service approach eliminates the need for external feed processing facilities and the associated transportation of waste eggs and finished feed, reducing energy loss while maintaining feed quality through controlled processing.
3Manufacturing precision
If feed is administered externally to hatched chickens, then nutrition quality is improved, but the number of process flows increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the feed production and feed administration functions within the hatchery facility. The feed produced from not-hatchable eggs is administered directly to the hatched chickens on-site, merging what would otherwise be separate external processes into a single integrated system, thereby reducing the number of process flows while maintaining nutrition quality.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method for producing chicken at a hatchery, the method comprising; - incubating a batch of eggs in an incubating device during an incubating period of between about 7 to about 20 days, and then, - for each egg of the batch, detecting the presence of a hatchable chicken embryo, - based on the presence of a hatchable chicken embryo, dividing the batch of eggs into at least a hatchable batch portions and a not-hatchable batch portion, - hatching the hatchable batch portion until hatching occurs, - rearing of chicken hatched from said hatchable batch portion, wherein the method comprises at the hatchery processing the not-hatchable batch portion into feed and administering said feed at the hatchery to hatched chickens during rearing.