At the recent Pig, Poultry & Dairy Focus Asia 2010 that took place in Bangkok, Thailand, David Buessing, Sales Manager for Southeast Asia, presented new ways to improve hatchery ventilation. The new CC3 ventilation system developed by Chick Master is an innovative way to ventilate hatcheries while obtaining sizable energy savings. The CC3 can incorporate heat recovery for free heat energy in colder climates and for dehumidification in more tropical areas. The large audience showed great interest in the topic because every business today is looking to find ways to reduce costs.

Working closely with the Chick Master installation and start-up team, Peco had a smooth process from design to production. “We are very proud that Peco selected Chick Master for this important and prestigious new facility. It involved many months of planning and a close cooperative effort between both our companies. It has been a great relationship for both Peco and Chick Master”, stated Lou Sharp, Vice President of US Sales for Chick Master.



Pictured from left to right, Roddy Sanders, Steve McLaurin, and Charlie Cox of Peco Foods.

Recently Cobb-Vantress decided it was time to invest in upgrading its Wadesboro, North Carolina hatchery. This facility has Jamesway Big J setters and hatchers with Sentry controls, but they felt that Chick Master hatchers could offer better performance because of the unique design of the C192 hatcher. So they contacted our sales team to see what solutions we could offer. Working closely with our engineers, Chick Master designed a control upgrade to utilize the Genesis IV controls on the hatchers. They also like the Chick Master hatcher design and the efficiency of the fan system in the C192 model hatchers. Our design team went to work and built an upgrade utilizing the C192 fan assembly that replaced the original Jamesway fan assembly.
 

Left to right: Mr David Buessing - CM Sales Manager, Mr Lee Kim Huat - Fijilam
 Managing Director, Mr Yong Yaw Ming

Chick Master is pleased to announce that Fijiliam Enterprise Sdn. Bhd. is its new sales representative for Malaysia. Malaysia has been an important market for Chick Master for many years. Fijiliam, already well known in its local market, will offer Chick Master customers improved service and support through Fijiliam’s existing sales and service team.

David Buessing, Sales Manager for Chick Master in Southeast Asia, stated, “There are many Chick Master customers around this country. We want to do a better job of offering new equipment and upgrades to our many friends in Malaysia. We are very happy to add Fijiliam to our network of representatives because they have contacts all over Malaysia that are well established.” Mr. K. H. Lee, the Managing Director of Fijiliam, commented, “Adding Chick Master to our business will help us support our customers in their hatcheries and expand our relationships. We are pleased to represent such a well-known and respected international supplier.”

We welcome Fijiliam to our team!

Many companies have already realized that new technology can be added to setters and hatchers that are still in good condition and give excellent results.  The GeMeric control does just that by adding electronic temperature control to relay based controllers.  It allows the use of sensors rather than mercury thermostats to manage temperature and humidity.  The GeMeric also features PID control so there is no overshoot of temperature as the systems pulse to approach the set points without too much wasted cycling. This saves energy and gives a more balanced environment for the embryos.  The result, better chick quality at a lower cost and the removal of mercury thermometers all at a very reasonable price!

The installation above is from a Tyson Foods hatchery in the USA.  GeMerics can be installed on almost any setter or hatcher regardless of manufacturer.  Ask your Chick Master sales manager how you can improve your hatchery control.

An Expansion in Manhattan……Kansas

Like many commercial layer hatcheries, Nelson Poultry Farms built a hatchery using Classic multi stage systems just a few years ago.  After attending one of our Open Houses in Medina, Ohio, Greg Nelson, President and General Manager, decided that the expansion should take advantage of new technology.  He decided that the idea of managing carbon dioxide to get a stronger and faster growing chick would help their business.  So they added the Chick Master CO2 enhancement kits and other upgrades to their Classics.  By controlling humidity and carbon dioxide levels, they were able to obtain improvements in their hatch and chick quality.  The results were seen immediately. 

Greg B. Nelson, President and General Manager of Nelson Hatcheries
and Claude Leroux, Chick Master Sales Manager.

At the same time, Greg felt that single stage technology would offer advantages for their planned expansion.  So Nelson’s added two Avida A24 setters to their multistage facility.  Using the sophisticated tools that Chick Master setters and hatchers feature, Nelson’s has witnessed the improvements that Avida systems have to offer.  They even beat the results of their upgraded Classics!  We hope their business continues to be successful and grow with more Avidas in the future.
 

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