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Prevent dehydration by body temperature control

Day old chicks are very sensitive to external factors. These change a lot from the moment of hatch and during the first three days of their life post-hatch. Keeping the body temperature permanently between 40 and 40.6 degrees Celsius during this period will prevent dehydration and allows a better start. Permanently measuring body temperature is therefore needed.
By Dr Inge van Roovert-Reijrink, HatchTech, the Netherlands During the last decades, commercial hatcheries mainly focused on maximum hatchability. However, the quality of the day-old... read more »

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Overheated chick calculations

When holding or transporting chicks, it is of utmost importance to control their body temperature within the optimal range of approximately 104-104.5ºF (40.0-40.3ºC). Although the ultimate check is to simply measure the body temperature of the chicks, it can be very informative to do some calculations on what happens with them, to see how the system operates and how sensitive it is. read more >
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