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D-hatchery Dictionary

Hatchery

A business that incubates eggs and sells chicks

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Plain meaning
A business that incubates eggs and sells chicks
How to use it
Choose a hatchery on chick quality and reliability, not price alone.
South African benchmark
South Africa's broiler industry is supplied by a concentrated hatchery base (Article 91).
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
M12-U6, M13-U6
Calculate it
No calculator; the term is applied in the venture plan narrative.
Library sources
LIB-A077, LIB-A081, LIB-P-Broiler, LIB-P-Ostrich
Poultry and Ostrich: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedPoultry and Ostrich: how the business runsSold bybirds per batch, kg per bird1Day-old chicks2Brood3Grow 6 weeks4Catch5Sell or slaughterZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Poultry and Ostrich Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M12 Poultry and Ostrich.