Patent ID: 7004112
Filing Date: 2006-02-28
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A method for processing hatchlings, the method comprising: loading a hatchling into each hatchling carrier of a plurality of hatchling carriers to provide a plurality of loaded hatchling carriers, wherein each loaded hatchling carrier is capable of restraining only one hatchling at a time; determining a processing sequence in a processing system comprising a plurality of processing stations for each loaded hatchling carrier, wherein determining the processing sequence comprises selecting two or more of the processing stations at which the hatchling will undergo processing; processing each hatchling in each of the loaded hatchling carriers in the two or more selected processing stations of the processing sequence; and transporting each loaded hatchling carrier between the two or more processing stations using an automated conveying system connecting the plurality of processing stations; wherein each hatchling carrier comprises an identification tag associated therewith; and wherein the processing sequences for two or more of the loaded hatchling carriers are different.