NATURAL HATCHING OF DOMESTIC POULTRY

Prirodno inkubiranje jaja domaće peradi podrazumijeva nasađivanje određenog broja jaja pojedine vrste peradi pod raskvocalu jedinku iste ili druge vrste peradi. Ovisno o vrsti, inkubiranje jaja traje različito dugo. Podmladak se najčešće vali u proljetnim i ljetnim mjesecima, optimalnom vremenu valjenja. Izbor kvočke, kvaliteta te broj jaja, koji će se staviti pod kvočku, preduvjet su svakog uspješnog inkubiranja. Smještajni uvjeti, hranidba, te postupak s kvočkama tijekom inkubiranja jaja utjecat će na konačne proizvodne rezultate. Prirodno valjenje danas jedino prakticiraju rijetka seoska domaćinstva, uzgajivači ukrasnih pasmina peradi i hobisti, te se provodi i s ciljem oplemenjivanja pasmina za proizvodnju kvalitetnijeg i otpornijeg podmladka.Natural incubation of eggs of domestic poultry means placing certain number of eggs of particular poultry species under broody individual of same or other poultry species. Depending on species, egg incubation lasts differently long. Offspring is commonly hatched in spring and summer months, optimum period of hatching. Choise of broody hen, quality and number of eggs, which will be put under broody hen, are prerequisite of every successful incubation. Accommodation conditions, feeding, and handling of broody hens during egg incubation, will influence on final production results. Natural hatching today is only practiced by rare rural establishments, breeders of ornamental poultry breeds and people who do it as hobby, and it is also carried out with the purpose of breed elevation to produce more quality and more resistant offspring