Things to remember while candling the eggs

During the incubation process, eggs are candled to determine the number of infertile eggs and eggs with dead embryos, together indicated as ‘clears’. This can be done as early as day 5 - 6 of incubation by an individual candling light, but it is time consuming - and the risk of candling errors is evident.

Egg Candling can also pose serious problems if not handled properly. The risk for candling errors is reduced if candling is performed at day 9 or 10 of incubation. By this time, it is also possible to use a so-called ‘candling table’, whereby the entire setter tray is illuminated from beneath. Using a candling table is less time consuming than using an individual candling light - though at the expense of accuracy. Because when the number of ‘clears’ is high, light escaping through the empty places - or ‘flooding’ - in the setter tray makes it more difficult to identify remaining clears conclusively. In many hatcheries, it is therefore common practice to candle eggs on the day of transfer to the hatcher, as this is most efficient in terms of time and labour productivity. When eggs are checked in this way at the point of transfer, automatic candling equipment that illuminates all eggs before the clears are removed, may be used without the disadvantage of reduced accuracy by light flooding.

Following are the top five reasons which has made it a highly concerned issue while hatching the Turkey eggs :

Can lead to discard viable eggs

One of the few important reasons which have made the process a highly intricate matter is that if not done properly, it can lead to missing the viable eggs which could have given the best yields.

Can detach fragile air cells

Shipped eggs bring their own set of rules. Thousands of dollars are incurred on these eggs. If egg candling doesn’t happen right after they’ve been taken out of the box and unwrapped. Resting means allowing the eggs to sit in the incubator for a few days, big end up, without the egg turner on. When egg candling happened too early, the extra handling, no matter how gentle I tried to be, often disturbed the fragile air cell.

Can lead to losing of fertile eggs

This can often happen in case of any mistake or negligence on part of the owner. Suppose of accidental slipping the eggs during lifting up or shifting places.

One has to be highly cautious of the process and also strict in terms of maintaining the schedule for getting the best yields.

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