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| Low-Cost Design of Poultry Egg Incubator with W1209 Digital Temperature Controller. |
Ngari Adamu. Z, Olabimtan Olabode.H ,Samuel Florence.A, Amupitan Martins .A & Agboni Mercy.O
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Abstract:
The progression of poultry egg incubation procedures through the years as a function of scientific and technological developments. Currently, the main directions of research are with the management of eggshell temperature with the combining effects of variables that control the process of incubation. In this context, an efficient and low-cost incubator was designed with a W1209 digital temperature controller with other cost-effective materials. Fifteen layers of eggs of nearly uniform weight were subjected to incubation over the natural period of 21 days at 38oC. The chicks were completely hatched and matured after the last 6 hours of 21 days incubation periods.Economic implications of the 15 eggs capacity incubator were calculated to be #15,000.00 (Forty-one thousand and five hundred nairas only) [38.95 United States Dollar].These further emphasize the significance of temperature, relative humidity, and egg turning and positioning in the entire systems of incubation.
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