Method and apparatus for increasing the quantity and improving the quality of hatchlings incubated and hatched under artificial conditions by exposing the eggs to natural sounds
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1. A method for improving the yield and quality of hatchlings from eggs incubated and hatched under artificial conditions comprising the steps of:
- A. recording all sounds generatred in a natural incubation and hatching environment to which eggs are exposed,B. exposing eggs incubating and hatching under artificial conditions to said recorded sounds,whereby the spread of time over which the hatchlings emerge from eggs incubated and hatched under artificial conditions is reduced as is the stress experienced by both the unhatched embryos and by the hatchlings.
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A method and apparatus for exposed eggs and hatchlings of precocial avian species incubated, hatched, and brooded under artificial conditions to sound recordings made under natural incubating, hatching and brooding conditions to reduce the spread of time over which the hatchlings emerge from the eggs, to reduce the stress experienced by both the unhatched embryo and the hatchling, and to increase the attraction of artificially incubated hatchlings to feed and water during the brooding stage.
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1. A method for improving the yield and quality of hatchlings from eggs incubated and hatched under artificial conditions comprising the steps of:
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A. recording all sounds generatred in a natural incubation and hatching environment to which eggs are exposed, B. exposing eggs incubating and hatching under artificial conditions to said recorded sounds, whereby the spread of time over which the hatchlings emerge from eggs incubated and hatched under artificial conditions is reduced as is the stress experienced by both the unhatched embryos and by the hatchlings. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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