Egg Candling

[Clwalls83]

I just read that you should be egg candleing all eggs that you sell for eating. What is the purpose of this? What would I be looking for and why?

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

I have never heard this. As long as they are collected daily and stored at temps below 90° there’s no reason a fertilized egg should start developing. I have two roosters so I collect eggs daily and store them in the fridge.

 

[nuthatched]

Where did you read this?
It won't hurt to make sure they're ok.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Where did you hear that and what reasoning was offered from that source?

 

[Clwalls83]

It was on Facebook and something about cracks... idk

 

[Clwalls83]

Just a snapshot of the video

 

[LikeTurkeys]

Eggs are candled in commercial farms to remove cracked eggs or those with blood spots. You don't have to do it. It's a quality control thing, and most people buying backyard eggs don't expect store bought perfection.

 

[Clwalls83]

Eggs are candled in commercial farms to remove cracked eggs or those with blood spots. You don't have to do it. It's a quality control thing, and most people buying backyard eggs don't expect store bought perfection.

Ok thank you

 

[Ridgerunner]

I'll link to the egg quality handbook. It talks about the various internal and shell defects that can occur to our eggs. You might look under blood spots and meat spots specifically. These have absolutely nothing to do with a rooster but come from other causes.

Egg Quality Guide - The Poultry Site | The Poultry Site

It is possible that any of our eggs or any of the commercial eggs can have these defects. The commercial operations automatically candle their eggs to remove the ones that they don't want surprising their customers.

I do not candle my eggs to look for these things, either the ones I use or the ones that I give away. I crack them in a separate bowl before I mix them with anything else just in case there is something there and I suggest to family and friends that they do the same thing.

 

[Yardmom]

I candle eggs that are being sold or given away. I can see hair line cracks that I don't notice otherwise. Rarely I find an odd dark spot, but it happens. We do have several roosters, and frequently have broody hens. I have caught a few eggs that were left under a broody more than a day.