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Setting Up a Nursery Water Brooder

This system has been successfully used at the HARI for many years. In order to provide the ideal environment for the hatching process and neonatal care, a system using wet-bulb heating was assembled using articles already available and manufactured for the pet market.

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Artificial Incubation Applied to Bird Eggs

The egg is one of nature’s most incredible self-contained life capsules. It contains all of the balanced nutrients and, if fertilized, all of the genetic material for the creation of a new life. Artificial incubation goes back thousands of years when the ancient Chinese and Egyptians operated large hatcheries
Trouble Shooting Infertility in Birds

We have compiled a brief check list of factors related to husbandry, medical, physical or behavioral implications that can be easily assessed when troubleshooting infertility in birds.
Assisted Hatching: Techniques & Essentials

What follows is a fascinating struggle to the first breath of life, assisted by delicate human intervention.