Home⇛QCU The Star: Journal of Science, Engineering, and Information Technology⇛vol. 1 no. 1 (2023)

HATCHIT: Gallus Gallus Domesticus (Chicken), Anas Luzonica (Duck), and Coturnix Cotunix (Quail) Egg Automated Incubator Using ATMEGA2560

Dennis C. Alcazarin | Nicolas Bartolome | Jholo Louise S. Baybayon | Felixander Bihag

Discipline: electrical and electronic engineering

 

Abstract:

The use of conventional egg incubators in the poultry husbandry experience multiple factors that affects mostly the hatching rates, and it has become tedious for husbandry workers to regulate the temperature and humidity. Furthermore, former studies were sought to improve and optimize the mechanism of the automated egg incubator which also reduces the human intervention to prevent mediums or outside factors that could possibly affect the eggs in its incubation period. The study aimed to redesign and innovate the existing semi-automatic incubators located at Batasan Campus that will increase the productivity relative to the hatchability of the incubator. This sought to design a system capable of monitoring, controlling, and regulating the inner workings of the incubator, as well as, to construct a device that will be able to incubate chicken, duck, and quail eggs. Overall, the study determined that the system's hardware components functioned properly and met the specified requirements. Multiple tests were conducted for each environment, and the results demonstrated that the temperature and humidity measurements were accurate and met the required specifications for all three species under all circumstances. The results indicate that the system is dependable and suitable for use in poultry husbandry applications. The study demonstrates that the HATCHIT incubator is a highly sophisticated and effective system that provides precise monitoring, control, and regulation of critical parameters for successful egg hatching.



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