Optimal storage of day-old chicks
Chick storage durations can vary considerably, ranging from just a few hours to an overnight stay. Even during relatively short storage periods, suboptimal ambient conditions can negatively affect chick quality, post-hatch performance and animal welfare.
Chicks stored inside the X-Streamer™ Chick-Store are surrounded by optimal storage conditions in any climate. Additionally, the machine measures their vocalizations to closely assess their comfort levels. This way, you can ensure that your day-old chicks retain outstanding quality while also improving their welfare.
Benefits
Inside the X-Streamer™ Chick-Store, the air temperature is meticulously regulated. Simultaneously, the airflow is evenly distributed across all chick boxes, and excess humidity and CO2 are expelled through the air outlets. This leads to lower chick mortality rates, improved overall quality and outstanding performance in later life.
Equipped with the innovative NestSound™ technology, the X-Streamer™ Chick-Store comes with a powerful tool to monitor chick welfare. By measuring the vocalizations new-born chicks make, NestSound™ automatically and continuously monitors the comfort level of the chicks, enabling immediate intervention whenever the chicks require attention.
The soft illumination inside the X-Streamer™ Chick-Store has a calming effect on the new-born chicks, which helps them save precious energy. To prepare the chicks for dispatch, the lighting system enables a gradual change of the light intensity. This way, the chicks experience less stress when the doors are opened, as an abrupt change from a dark room to bright light is avoided.
What you can expect
- Lower chick mortality, improved overall quality and enhanced chick welfare
- More flexible logistics
- Space-saving thanks to the small machine footprint
- Uncompromised biosecurity
- Less energy use compared to a traditional storage room
- Special model with front and rear doors
- Easy and logical (‘first in, first out’) chick unloading from the rear of the machine
- Truck drivers don’t have to go inside the hatchery
- Time-saving and better for biosecurity
Chick storage redefined
