Hell CM many years back Bingham hatchery had difficulty in getting egg picks done and as they were doing our incubation I was asked if I could help out. Harry was in the egg business then so I asked if he knew a solution. He loaned a electronic picker to them to use. That is back years technology has advanced and I am sure the new ones are better. Thing is when you look at the man hours needed to pick several million eggs and compare that to the cost and productivity of machines it does not take much math to see the savings. WDFD facilities are funded on the existing mechanisms and manning. Trying to get the simplest change done is a drawn out process complicated by budget and union man power in the contract. Think of it this way. Private rearing is like a tug boat nimble quick always ready in doing functions. WDFW is like a container ship takes 10 miles to stop and needs huge amout of ocean to simply turn. WDFW is centrally contolled and super rigid in process it produces what few others can but the weakness in the system is what this thread is about.