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1. Hatchery<br />
1.34. What to measure? - Chick Quality Assessment<br />
Characteristic<br />
A<br />
Excellent<br />
B<br />
Acceptable<br />
C<br />
Cull<br />
1. Reflex Chick can flip over<br />
within 3 seconds<br />
Chick flips back over<br />
between 4-10 seconds<br />
Over 10 seconds or fails<br />
to flip over<br />
2. Navel Clean and well healed Closed but slight<br />
abrasiveness<br />
Not closed/string/button<br />
attached or discolored<br />
3. Legs Clean, waxy legs Some dryness/pale Dehydrated with vein<br />
protruding<br />
4. Hocks Clean, no blemishes Slight blushing Red color/heavy<br />
blushing<br />
5. Defects Clean, no blemishes Slight blushing Missing eye/blind<br />
legs with cuts/abrasions<br />
spraddled legs<br />
cross beaks<br />
poor feathering<br />
clubbed down
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