a pathogen reduction tool implementing an egg processing method in a poultry incubator is provided. such a method includes defining a quantity of poultry egg production in a setter-type incubator, the eggs being kept in a plurality of egg trays (1). poultry eggs are removed from the setter incubator on a predetermined day (10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 1, 21, 7, 8, 9) of the incubation, that predetermined day (10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 1, 21, 7, 8, 9) being from about day nine (10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 1, 21, 7, 8, 9) to day twelve (10, 11, 12 , 13, 18, 1, 21, 7, 8, 9) of the incubation. after the removal of bird eggs from the setter-type incubator, the bird eggs are subjected to an egg detection system (1) on the predetermined day (10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 1, 21, 7, 8 , 9) to determine which of the bird's eggs are viable and not viable. non-viable bird eggs are removed from the egg trays on the predetermined day (10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 1, 21, 7, 8, 9). the viable birds' eggs remaining in the egg trays (1) after inspection by the egg detection system are incubated by hatching. a pathogen reduction tool implementing an egg processing method in a poultry incubator is provided. the aforementioned method includes defining an amount of poultry egg production in a setter-type incubator, the eggs being kept in a plurality of egg trays (1). poultry eggs are removed from the setter incubator on a predetermined day (10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 1, 21, 7, 8, 9) of the incubation, that predetermined day (10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 1, 21, 7, 8, 9) being for about day ten (10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 1, 21, 7, 8, 9) to day twelve (10, 11 , 12, 13, 18, 1, 21, 7, 8, 9) incubation. after removal of bird eggs from the setter incubator, the bird eggs are subjected to an egg detection system (1) on the predetermined day (10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 1, 21, 7 , 8, 9) to determine which of the bird's eggs are viable and not viable. non-viable bird eggs are removed from the egg trays (1) on the predetermined day (10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 1, 21, 7, 8, 9).
