Information Package / Course Catalogue
Hatchery Management
Course Code: VZO521
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

The aim of course is to teach the procedures required for a successful hatchery activity in the period from the collection of hatching eggs to hatching and developing stages of embryo

Course Content

Hatching egg, the procedures to hatching egg (collecting, clearing, disinfection and storage), developing stages of embryo, hatching conditions

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Solmaz KARAARSLAN
Learning Outcomes
1.to know the characteristics of hatching eggs, collecting ad storage issues
2.to know developing stages of embryo in different poultry breeds
3.to know hatching conditions
4.to know incubation and hatching problems and to make suggestions for a solution
5.Have information to manage a hatchery
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Aksoy, F.T. (1994): Tavuk Yetiştiriciliği, Ankara Üniversitesi Matbaası, Ankara.
2.Erensayın, C. (2000): Bilimsel-Teknik-Pratik Tavukçuluk. Cilt:1. Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara.
3.Erensayın, C. (2000): Bilimsel-Teknik-Pratik Tavukçuluk. Cilt:3. Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical & Practice
General traits of hatching eggs
Week 2 - Theoretical & Practice
Collection and cleaning of hatching eggs
Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice
Disinfection of hatching eggs
Week 4 - Theoretical & Practice
Storage of hatching eggs
Week 5 - Theoretical & Practice
Incubation process of chicken eggs
Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice
Storage and incubation process of quail eggs
Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice
Incubation process of duck and goose eggs
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
(Midterm exam) Incubation process of partridge pheasant eggs
Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice
Incubation process of ostrich eggs
Week 10 - Theoretical & Practice
Developing stages of chicken embryos
Week 11 - Theoretical & Practice
Developing stages of quail embryos
Week 12 - Theoretical & Practice
The problems caused by mistakes during incubation process and measures to be required
Week 13 - Theoretical & Practice
Evaluation of the results of incubation
Week 14 - Theoretical & Practice
Evaluation of the results of incubation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Lecture - Practice140228
Assignment201020
Reading101010
Midterm Examination1516
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)103
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
OÇ-1
2
2
2
3
OÇ-2
1
1
1
3
OÇ-3
1
2
1
2
OÇ-4
1
2
2
2
OÇ-5
1
2
2
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026