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Advantages and disadvantages of artificial incubation.

  

Date Posted: 3/31/2012 12:59:42 PM

Posted By: Brenda N  Membership Level: Silver  Total Points: 728


Advantages of artificial incubation are that:
- Many chicks can be hatched at a time in a short while.
- Another thing is that it is possible to plan when to hatch the chicks unlike with the hen one may not know when it can sit for the eggs.
- Artificial incubation cannot spread parasites and diseases to the chicks and lastly there is no cost for feeding a broody hen since an incubator is used.
- Chances of eggs spoilage are minimized since all eggs are subjected to the optimal hatching temperatures.
- There are no chances of the hen damaging eggs through pecking, a common occurrence with natural incubation.

On the other hand there are some disadvantages. They include:
- It is expensive to buy an incubator. Most of the incubators are highly priced and not affordable to small scale farmers.
- Requires a lot of labor since there will be a lot of egg turning.
- It requires a lot of skills in order to manage and maintain an incubator.
- The incubator requires power source to work. In most rural and remote areas, reliable source of power is a major challenge.
- Lastly it has a high risk of damaging the embryo and also it can encourage eggs breaking especially during egg turning.



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