Hatchery
After the eggs are gathered from the "Automatic Egg Collection System", they are delivered to the hospital-clean hatchery, which has the capacity to hatch up to 80,000 poults weekly.
All eggs are washed, sanitized and air-dried in special washing equipment; 1 person’s effort can accomplish this in approximately 4 hours each day. Eggs are washed and sanitized within 1 hour after they arrive in Jaindl's hatchery.
The eggs are then placed in the incubators, which have the total capacity of 450,000 eggs. A turkey will hatch in 28 days.
Poults remain in the nursery for 10 days before being placed in grow-out barns. Unlike other commercially grown turkeys, each newly hatched Jaindl flock is placed on totally fresh bedding in a barn that has been cleaned and sanitized after each flock. This management practice is more costly, but proves cost effective because it helps to keep a clean, productive, disease-free flock.