In-Ovo Sexing

[Rangergord]

I saw a few posts on this topic a few years back in 2016 and found this article from 2020.


https://layinghens.hendrix-genetics...ickens-black_chickens-white_chickens-poultry/

As a Canadian I am particularly excited about Hypereye that works on newly laid eggs, involves no holes in the egg and allows male eggs to be used for other purposes.

Last month this article came out with up to date progress in these technologies.


https://layinghens.hendrix-genetics...xt-decades-and-what-can-be-done-address-them/

 

[Iluveggers]

Has anyone else heard of this?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I knew there was ongoing research. It was brought up many times on here when people talked about silly ways to determine the sex the chick would be. Things like the shape of the egg or spinning a pendulum over the egg. Both of which were nonsense.
The challenge is speed and cost.

 

[Rangergord]

I knew there was ongoing research. It was brought up many times on here when people talked about silly ways to determine the sex the chick would be. Things like the shape of the egg or spinning a pendulum over the egg. Both of which were nonsense.
The challenge is speed and cost.

Genetic In-Ovo testing is already being used in Europe due to government regulation requirements. Cost is the biggest issue and according to the Hypereye tech researchers speed is secondary to accuracy.

 

[Spolitte]

Genetic In-Ovo testing is already being used in Europe due to government regulation requirements. Cost is the biggest issue and according to the Hypereye tech researchers speed is secondary to accuracy.

I've been watching this development for some time now. I keep hoping that there will be some way to apply this technology affordably for the home farmer. To date, it seems that the most promising ideas would require prohibitively expensive equipment.