![]() ![]() Use of fossil fuel is known to produce toxic gases which are harmful to eggs and poultry attendants. The problems with these system are enormous ranging from environmental pollution and fire outbreak. They often use a collection of bush lamp and kerosene stoves to achieve the heating requirement of small hatchery and brooders for day-old chicks. In Most developing countries, the vast majority of poultry farmers in the rural communities operate their farm on small scale and/or even subsistence level. Alternative Source of Energy for Poultry Incubator and Problems Associated with them: To maintain this temperature range sustained heat supply is paramount. The ranges are usually between 36-39 0C and 50-70% respectively. Naturally, a mother hen perform this function but at low efficiency and artificially, an incubator, a special system that simulates the environment and condition required for such operation is usually employed by poultry farmers to do the same operation within specific temperature and relative humidity range. ![]() It include the control of the extrinsic environment factor of the surrounding. This involve the management of fertilized poultry egg to a satisfactory development level that leads to normal chicks. Poultry egg incubation is an activity that requires sustainable energy supply for efficient performance operation and profitability. But with the introduction of solar energy powered technology in poultry production, poultry farmer in Nigeria is likely to incubate and hatch poultry egg and breed day-old chicks under a sustained power supply in a clean environment. These adversely affect the establishment of medium to large scale poultry production outfits in rural areas of the country. Generally, environmental pollution, unreliability and lack of access to national grid power supply and low performance efficiency characterize the condition of the poultry hatchery business powered by conventional energy supply in Nigeria. Majority of these hatcheries have little or no access to the national grid system but operate at about 60per cent below the installation capacity. Presently, few commercially owned poultry hatcheries in Nigeria are located distance far away in the western and northern part of the country. In Nigeria, poultry production is a lucrative business but lack of commercially owned hatchery machine hinder the expansion and make poultry product (for instance day old chicks) costly more especially in the south eastern part of Nigeria. Poultry egg incubation plays an important role in the overall poultry production system especially during the day old chick’s development. LITERATURE REVIEW The Relevance of Solar Egg incubator in Poultry Design and Fabrication of an Egg Incubator ![]()
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