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"Neah Bay and La Push opens this weekend for hatcher chinook, and a few guys that I've talked to say the commercial trollers were catching some fish off the Prairie," Chamberlain said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2012

It’s done real quickly, and the birds are put in a hatcher, where they dry off real quick.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2012

Next up is the Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby on Feb. 19-21, formerly the Discovery Bay Salmon Derby with more than $22,000 in prizes and $10,000 for the largest hatcher chinook.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2011

The assumption that the hen is a perfect hatcher, even barring accidents and the inherited imperfection of the egg, is not, I think, in harmony with our general conception of nature.

From The Dollar Hen by Hastings, Milo M. (Milo Milton)

The Egyptian hatcher in his long experience has learned just about how much airholes and smudge fire are necessary to get results.

From The Dollar Hen by Hastings, Milo M. (Milo Milton)