Hatchery Division
Where Science Meets Life
🇸🇳 From Fertile Egg to New Life
At the heart of SUNU GAAL’s agro-industrial ecosystem, the Hatchery Division transforms advanced breeder genetics’ fertile eggs into vibrant, production-ready life.
Through precision incubation technology, fully automated climate control, continuous data monitoring, and care, the division serves as the industrial interface between science and production: delivering consistent, high-performance Day-Old Chicks (DOCs) at national scale.
Designed to meet international standards in incubation science, the hatchery embodies the core of Senegal’s poultry sovereignty, ensuring a reliable, high-performance supply of chicks to farmers nationwide, every single day.
🇸🇳 Infrastructure and Technology
Advanced Hatchery Systems for National Supply
The SUNU GAAL Hatchery Division operates through state-of-the-art incubation complexes, each engineered for precision, hygiene, and scalability. Within these controlled environments, every parameter, from temperature and humidity to airflow and light intensity, is digitally managed to replicate ideal hatching conditions with scientific accuracy.
All major systems are sourced from world-leading hatchery manufacturers, including Petersime (Belgium), Jamesway (USA), and Chick Master (Brazil), ensuring benchmark global standards in reliability and biosecurity. The facilities feature automated egg loading and transfer systems, robotic tray handling, HEPA air filtration, and real-time data monitoring for every incubation batch.
Designed for continuous, industrial-scale operation, each hatchery unit has the capacity to produce up to one million day-old chicks per cycle, supporting national breeder programmes and meeting the growing demand of Senegal’s poultry sector. These systems not only guarantee production volume but also ensure uniform chick quality, reduced mortality, and maximised hatchability: essential elements in replacing the country’s dependence on imported chicks.
🇸🇳 Incubation Science & Process
Where Precision Engineering Meets Biology
At SUNU GAAL, incubation is not merely a process, it is a scientific discipline. Every fertilised egg entering the hatchery is tracked, monitored, and nurtured under precision-calibrated conditions that optimise hatchability, chick vitality, and genetic integrity. Using digital monitoring systems, each incubation phase, from pre-warming and setter placement to transfer and hatching, is governed by real-time data on temperature, humidity, COâ‚‚ levels, and ventilation balance.
Each egg batch undergoes candling and fertility testing to ensure only viable embryos proceed to hatching, guaranteeing consistency and efficiency across all cycles. The hatchery is divided into biosecure operational zones, where strict hygiene protocols and disinfectant airlocks prevent cross-contamination. Quality control teams, supported by veterinary and zootechnical specialists, perform regular audits and microbial testing to maintain the highest health and performance standards.
SUNU GAAL’s approach integrates IoT-based data analytics, allowing predictive adjustments to incubation profiles and ensuring near-perfect synchronisation between breeder output and hatchery performance. This combination of technology, biology, and scientific management delivers one outcome: exceptional productivity, with hatchability rates consistently above 85%, benchmarked against top international standards, robust, uniform, and high-performing day-old chicks that power Senegal’s poultry independence.
🇸🇳 Production Capacity & Output
Delivering the Scale for Poultry Sovereignty
SUNU GAAL Agro-Industrial Complex is more than a poultry enterprise, it is a national mission to reclaim economic sovereignty and unlock the full potential of Senegal’s agro-industrial future.
By transforming what was once a dependence on imports into a source of domestic strength, SUNU GAAL is building the infrastructure, know-how, and capacity that position Senegal as a model of agricultural resilience and industrial innovation in West Africa.
SUNU GAAL Agro Industrial Complex’s objective is precise and measurable: to replace 100% of imported fertilised eggs within five years, ensuring a self-reliant and competitive poultry sector.
From supplying high-performance day-old chicks to producers across Senegal and the sub-region, to establishing West Africa’s first large-scale liquid-egg processing industry, we are laying the foundation for a new era of food security, export competitiveness, and national pride.