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Male chicks are destroyed in commercial poultry operations. But today you can sex the eggs in the hatchery within three days of incubation. AI is also trained t
by jelliclesfarm 5y ago
Male chicks are destroyed in commercial poultry operations. But today you can sex the eggs in the hatchery within three days of incubation. AI is also trained to identify and segregate. In a lot of ways, yes..it’s a solved problem. Adoption will take time but we will get there. Also true for turkeys and ducks as male turkey poults and female ducklings are also destroyed in commercial hatcheries.
- msrenee 5y agoWhich technique gives you the sex of an egg after 3 days of incubation? I'm reading on this and I'm seeing methods that get down to a week. It's testing for hormones as well and unless you consider being able to read a test AI, I'd also be interested to hear how that is being utilized.
- jelliclesfarm 5y agoSpectroscopy identifies nucleus in the red blood cells of the last three days of 21 day incubation period. It can be as early as three days after fertilization. All of this..identifying fertilized eggs, environment management and nutrient for post incubation/pre hatching stage..is automated in modern commercial hatcheries. The sex identifying genetic marker is in the nucleus of the red blood cells. Male chicks can be identified at 910nm band of fluorescence in their haemoglobin.
- msrenee 5y agoYour first sentence makes no sense, but it did give me enough keywords to find an actual explanation of the process, so that does clear it up. I'm aware that the rest of this is automated. I guess I just haven't kept up to date with the last 5 years of chicken sexing technology.
- jelliclesfarm 5y agoI am glad you got the answers you needed.