hatchery
noun
hatch·ery
ˈha-chə-rē 
plural hatcheries
: a place for hatching eggs (as of poultry or fish)
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On turkey breeder farms, mother hens lay anywhere from 80-100 eggs over the course of their 25-week laying cycle, which are picked and collected all day long before being sent to the hatchery, which is highly controlled.
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Solcyré Burga, TIME, 25 Nov. 2024
Leaders of Producers United began making their case not that long after the settlement of a WGA strike the leaned into the preservation of writers rooms the guild argued is a hatchery where future showrunners learn the craft.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024
For now, there are two areas where spring-run chinook return annually in the Klamath’s lower tributaries: one in the Trinity River, where some spawning occurs in a hatchery, and in the undammed Salmon River and the creeks that feed it.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
In the present day, weirs are used for research, to collect fish for hatchery operations and for traditional harvests.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2024
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Solcyré Burga, TIME, 25 Nov. 2024
Leaders of Producers United began making their case not that long after the settlement of a WGA strike the leaned into the preservation of writers rooms the guild argued is a hatchery where future showrunners learn the craft.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024
For now, there are two areas where spring-run chinook return annually in the Klamath’s lower tributaries: one in the Trinity River, where some spawning occurs in a hatchery, and in the undammed Salmon River and the creeks that feed it.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
In the present day, weirs are used for research, to collect fish for hatchery operations and for traditional harvests.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2024
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“Hatchery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hatchery. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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