EGG HANDLING ▶▶▶
The brand new Betagro hatch- ery came into operation in July 2018 and was build as a green- field project.
Accuracy improves hatching results
In running a hatchery with a capacity of 2 million eggs a week, it is the small improvements that make all the difference. Pornthep Chongkol, manager of the Betagro hatchery in Chaibadan Thailand has an eye for detail and walks Poultry World through his facility.
T BY FABIAN BROCKÖTTER
he Chaibadan facility is the latest addition to Beta- gro’s hatchery inventory and came into production in July 2018. The hatchery is situated in Lopbuli province, about 4 hours’ drive north of Bangkok
and in the middle of one of Thailand’s major poultry produc- ing areas. It really is an area buzzing with poultry farming, but the Chaibadan facility was commissioned as a brand new greenfield hatchery on an empty plot in a corner of a tourist resort. With plenty of space and distance from exist- ing poultry operations, this made the basics of biosecurity easy to implement. “In a good hatchery, biosecurity is the basis of all,” acknowledges Mr Chongkol, manager. The facility operates with a two zone biosecurity plan. The outer zone, the fenced off perimeter of the facility, is only ac- cessible after showering and decontamination. All 137 staff members of the hatchery only enter this zone, which also in- corporates a housing unit and canteen, once every 24 days, after which they are allowed 6 days to spend with their fami- ly. Contact with non-commercial poultry in backyard farms is kept to a minimum. The inner zone is the hatchery building itself, also only accessible after showering. On top of that, personnel are assigned to a certain zone within the building
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PHOTO’S: FABIAN BROCKÖTTER
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