Hatchery planning
Hatchery planning wizard — from egg intake to chick output.
Turn weekly egg-set into setter/hatcher count, chick output, floor area, thermal load and biosecurity zoning. Vendor-neutral capacity bands so you can compare any industrial cabinet class.
Setters required
4
Rounded up, incl. utilisation
Hatchers required
1
Chicks / week
124,500
Hatchability 83.0%
Chicks / year
6.22M
50 production weeks
Floor area (Class-4)
381 m²
setter + hatcher + support
Thermal load
759 kW
peak occupancy
Power / week
70,132 kWh
Water / week
112 m³
humidification + wash
Suggested biosecurity zoning
- Dirty side — egg reception, egg holding at 18–20°C, egg-transfer to setter trays.
- Setter hall — restricted access, positive-pressure with HEPA-grade filtration on intake.
- Transfer room — one-way flow from setter to hatcher; UV or fogging airlock.
- Hatcher hall — sealed from setter side; independent HVAC to contain fluff and pathogens.
- Clean side — chick take-off, sexing, vaccination, boxing, dispatch.
- Wash & waste — separate return corridor; wash effluent isolated from clean rooms.
Refine with engineering-grade calculators
FAQ
Common questions
A weekly single-stage schedule with an 18-day setter phase and 3-day hatcher phase. Multi-stage users should reduce setter count ~10% to reflect shared capacity, or contact us for a bespoke plan.
No. We use generic capacity bands (small ≈57k, medium ≈115k, large ≈172k eggs/setter) that map to most industrial setter classes. Final selection depends on cabinet vendor, airflow design and voltage.
It's a Class-4 planning number covering setter, hatcher, egg holding, chick take-off, wash and support. Detailed layouts add 20–30% for corridors, offices and utility rooms.
It gives you thermal and airflow bands per phase; use the dedicated ventilation and heating calculators for engineering-grade numbers before RFQ.
Yes — set the breed as breeder/PS. The chick output stays valid; you'll still need a fertility and hatchability adjustment for your specific line.