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Reproduction in Poultry
Original Power Point by Linda Rist
Modified by Georgia Agricultural Education Curriculum Office
June 2002
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Different from mammals
• young are not carried in the hens body
• develop inside a fertilized egg outside the hens body
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Process
• begins with male placing the sperm into oviduct of the female
• male papillae deposits sperm in cloacal wall of female
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Process
• sperm move up the oviduct to the funnel where the egg is fertilized
• sperm cells remain in oviduct 2-3 weeks after mating
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Process
• sperm have full fertilizing ability for about 6 days
• after then - ability of sperm to fertilize egg is decreased
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Sperm viability
• 10th day - 50% ability
• 19th day - 15% ability
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Process
• after yolk is fertilized it moves through the tract where the rest of the egg is added
• egg is laid - embryo grows inside the shell
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Incubation
• keeping eggs at the right temperature and humidity for hatching
• hen does this by sitting on the eggs
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Incubation
• commercial hatcheries use mechanical incubators
• incubation of chickens is 21 days
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Incubation
• temperature 102 - 103 F.
• RH - (relative humidity) 60% for the first 18 days
• RH 70% for the last 3 days
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Incubation• eggs are turned twice daily for
the first 15 days
• keeps the embryo from sticking to the inside of the shell
• Provide a small amount of oxygen
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Oviduct
• has five parts
• Funnel - receives the yolk from the ovary
• sperm cells received from the rooster are stored here
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Magnum
• secretes the thick white of the egg
• It takes three hours for the thick white to be placed around the yolk in the magnum
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Isthmus
• the yolk and thick white then moves to the Isthmus
• 2 shell membranes are added
• It takes 1 1/4 hours
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Uterus
• thin white and outer shell are added to the egg in the uterus
• egg remains in the uterus about 20 hours
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Vagina
• after the egg is completed it moves to the vagina
• stays in the vagina for a short time and is then expelled from the hens body
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One egg
• It takes 25-27 hours for a chicken to produce one egg
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Ovary
• In the chicken only the left ovary and oviduct function
• the ova produced in the ovary develop into egg yolks
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Reproductive Failures
• general physical condition of animal
• has an effect on the ability to reproduce
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Reproductive Failures
• too fat or too thin may not become pregnant
• proper nutrition and exercise can help prevent this
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Reproductive Failures
• animals in poor physical condition can have trouble giving birth
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Infections
• affect reproductive organs
• some may prevent pregnancy
• others may cause a spontaneous abortion - miscarriage
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Infections
• if animal does become pregnant it may deliver a weak animal which may not live
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Infection
• of uterus
• almost always fatal to embryo or fetus
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Hormones
• sexual behavior of animals is regulated by the secretion of hormones
• when not properly secreted the animal may not be able to reproduce
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Hormones
• sometimes animals are treated with injected hormones
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Cyst• swelling containing fluid or semi
solid substance
• may cause reproduction or breeding problems
• may be surgically removed depending on the value of the animal