SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. — One of the most challenging management responsibilities facing a parent stock producer is creating a nesting environment that will yield hatching eggs that are clean and relatively dry. In most cases, eggs laid in the nests have the best chance of getting to the hatchery clean and free of excess contamination. Successful nest training of hens can benefit many aspects of the industry.
For the producer, less labor is required to pick up floor eggs and more clean hatching eggs are produced. For the hatchery, nested eggs have less surface contamination, producing a higher hatch and healthier. . .
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