摘要 |
<p>The invention relates to a method for incubating and hatching eggs, comprising of placing a number of eggs in an incubator drawer, placing the incubator drawer with the eggs in a setter and storing it therein for a first period under incubating conditions, removing the eggs from the setter at the end of the first period and transferring the eggs to a hatcher, storing the eggs in the hatcher for a second period under hatching conditions, and removing animals that have emerged from the eggs and unhatched eggs from the hatcher at the end of the second period, wherein the eggs are stored standing upright in the hatcher. The eggs can be transferred in the incubator drawer to the hatcher and stored standing upright therein. The animals emerging from the eggs in the hatcher can be collected in a basket in the vicinity of the incubator drawer. The invention also relates to a system for performing the method.</p> |