A new chick production method and a new chick production system are obtained which are different from a conventional method in which all live eggs are collectively accommodated in a hatcher tray to develop chicks. The chick production method of the present invention divides mid-hatch eggs into a plurality of groups based on physical information measured for the mid-hatch eggs during a period from when the eggs are accommodated in a setter tray to when the eggs are transferred to a hatcher tray, and accommodates the mid-hatch eggs in the hatcher tray to develop chicks. In addition, a chick production system of the present invention includes a measurement unit, a sorting unit, and an accommodation unit, and the chicks are developed by each of a plurality of hatcher trays.

An egg placing machine cassette for receiving eggs to be laid upon a surface. The eggs being received in a two-dimensional array and wherein the cassette comprises a base portion, side walls extending from a first end of the base portion and a lid portion that is connected to a second end of the side walls, that second end being distal from the base portion. The cassette is provided with a first opening mechanism, by which a setter tray is able to be placed inside the cassette. The cassette is further provided with a second opening mechanism, in which the lid portion can be partially and/or progressively opened to allow a predetermined number of eggs to be removed therefrom.

The egg sorting device includes an image data acquisition unit that acquires image data representing an image obtained by photographing an egg; a first determination unit that determines a state of an egg according to image data acquired by the image data acquisition unit by a learning model trained using training data including information indicating a state of an egg and image data related to the egg; and a decision unit that decides a classification of the egg according to a determination result of a state of an egg.

Systems and methods for controlling egg quality are provided. An example method can include: moving a plurality of cartons packed with eggs by a conveyor belt; measuring a weight of each carton to decide whether the weight of each carton is within a carton weight tolerance; detecting a moisture level inside the carton to decide whether the moisture level of the carton is within a moisture level tolerance; determining whether a shell of the egg is intact and a volume of egg yolk and white is within a volume tolerance; detecting a color of each egg in the carton to decide whether the colors of the eggs are consistent; measuring a weight of the egg in the carton to determine whether the weight of the egg is within an egg weight tolerance; and measuring a density of the egg to determine whether the egg is within a density tolerance.

Systems and methods for controlling egg quality are provided. An example method can include: moving a plurality of cartons packed with eggs by a conveyor belt; measuring a weight of each carton to decide whether the weight of each carton is within a carton weight tolerance; detecting a moisture level inside the carton to decide whether the moisture level of the carton is within a moisture level tolerance; determining whether a shell of the egg is intact and a volume of egg yolk and white is within a volume tolerance; detecting a color of each egg in the carton to decide whether the colors of the eggs are consistent; measuring a weight of the egg in the carton to determine whether the weight of the egg is within an egg weight tolerance; and measuring a density of the egg to determine whether the egg is within a density tolerance.

A submodule and the associated device for varying/adjusting the height of the plate supporting vaccine/nutrient injectors for adapting the ratio between the path of the needle and egg size, used in a substance application module of an egg vaccination/nutrition system and equipment, represents a solution in the field of poultry farming, in particular in the poultry breeding sector, and is particularly useful when applied to aid the operation of the application of vaccines, nutrients and/or nutritional vaccinal complexes to fertile eggs by injection into the egg, characterised in that, whatever the size of the eggs [Ov] in the batch, large eggs [Og], medium eggs [Om] or small eggs [Op], the introduction of a submodule for adjusting the height of the injectors [m32] in the substance application module [m3], using an actuation device [6], the operation of which is controlled by data regarding the size of the eggs [Ov] in the batch, allows an unprecedented protection of the embryo [O5] from contact with the needle [3a], thus reducing the mortality rate and as a result optimising poultry breeding productivity.

A submodule and the associated device for varying/adjusting the height of the plate supporting vaccine/nutrient injectors for adapting the ratio between the path of the needle and egg size, used in a substance application module of an egg vaccination/nutrition system and equipment, represents a solution in the field of poultry farming, in particular in the poultry breeding sector, and is particularly useful when applied to aid the operation of the application of vaccines, nutrients and/or nutritional vaccinal complexes to fertile eggs by injection into the egg, characterised in that, whatever the size of the eggs [Ov] in the batch, large eggs [Og], medium eggs [Om] or small eggs [Op], the introduction of a submodule for adjusting the height of the injectors [m32] in the substance application module [m3], using an actuation device [6], the operation of which is controlled by data regarding the size of the eggs [Ov] in the batch, allows an unprecedented protection of the embryo [O5] from contact with the needle [3a], thus reducing the mortality rate and as a result optimising poultry breeding productivity.

A system for recognising the stage of fertile eggs from an ovoscopy step and sorting same, and a method for operating the submodules of the system and modules for applying substances and hatching represents an inventive solution in the field of poultry farming, in particular in the sector of poultry breeding, and more specifically in the step of application of vaccines or nutrients or a vaccine-nutrient complex into fertile eggs by intra-ovum injection, and also in the hatching step, on the basis of a module for sorting eggs in the matrix (4), in particular blind matrix (Mz1) of fertile eggs, and of an egg stage sensing module (M41), wherein the data obtained are processed by an egg sorting module (m42), using an application software (d21) which first generates a virtual matrix (Mz2) of the incubation tray, then a matrix (Mz3) that mirrors approved eggs, these data being then processed to feed the substance preparation submodule (m43) and the device set-up module (m44), in order to optimise the operation of the substance application module (m2) and hatching module (m3), respectively, a sorted egg data base submodule (m45) being further defined to feed the module for analysing the quality of the matrices (egg-laying hens) used to develop avian species.

A new chick production method and a new chick production system are obtained which are different from a conventional method in which all live eggs are collectively accommodated in a hatcher tray to develop chicks. The chick production method of the present invention divides mid-hatch eggs into a plurality of groups based on physical information measured for the mid-hatch eggs during a period from when the eggs are accommodated in a setter tray to when the eggs are transferred to a hatcher tray, and accommodates the mid-hatch eggs in the hatcher tray to develop chicks. In addition, a chick production system of the present invention includes a measurement unit, a sorting unit, and an accommodation unit, and the chicks are developed by each of a plurality of hatcher trays.

A new chick production method and a new chick production system are obtained which are different from a conventional method in which all live eggs are collectively accommodated in a hatcher tray to develop chicks. The chick production method of the present invention divides mid-hatch eggs into a plurality of groups based on physical information measured for the mid-hatch eggs during a period from when the eggs are accommodated in a setter tray to when the eggs are transferred to a hatcher tray, and accommodates the mid-hatch eggs in the hatcher tray to develop chicks. In addition, a chick production system of the present invention includes a measurement unit, a sorting unit, and an accommodation unit, and the chicks are developed by each of a plurality of hatcher trays.