Chicken Egg Ovoscopy Process

Not everyone knows what ovoscopy of chicken eggs is and how it works. To do this, we invented and invented a special device – an ovoscope, which can show eggs by ovoscopy of chicken eggs by day. Thanks to this translucency, the embryo can be examined every day. If, during incubation, deviations are seen in the embryo, the incubation conditions are improved or changed depending on this. It is necessary to check the eggs before laying.

If there are such changes or cracks, the egg is destroyed in case bacteria enter the crack, then the bacteria can spread to other fruits.

The device itself is expensive, which is why most farmers make it themselves at home, and the device works fine.

How the whole process happens

In fact, ovoscopy is very easy. To do this, take the egg in your right hand, then bring it to the device, and then the egg must be rotated along the longitudinal axis. If you do it right, and follow the instructions, then you can view all the shortcomings and shortcomings of the incubation.

If all this happens at the poultry farm, then usually the specialist chooses places for this process. And then a series of preparations for this procedure takes place:

• eggs arrive in a special incubator and in a special transport (after all, if you carry eggs in a car or truck, the embryo can be damaged);
• after that, the incubators are taken to the place that the specialist chose;
• then the eggs are ovoscopic during incubation;
• the specialist must sanitize all the eggs;
• after that the containers with eggs are sent back again.

Many farmers say that it is very important to hold an ovo up eggs before incubation and the early stages of the incubation period, to make the right selection of healthy eggs. An ovoscope will also work for this procedure. In this case, look at how active the yolk is, its movements and location at that time.

If the egg has a uniform structure, then its yolk should be in the center and its blunt end should look to the side , and without any exceptions. For the entire incubation time, such an examination should be carried out no less than 3 times, on the main days. You should also know that you can get an egg from an incubator no more than for 15-25 minutes. Usually this is enough to see if everything is in order. On the Internet there is a table of days when you can and should check the embryos for their development.

The first stage of the test

On the sixth day of the incubation period, the fruit should be examined for the first time. It is at such times that you can see the condition of the fetus, at what stage all the circulatory systems that have already begun to form, and, of course, how the embryo itself is located. If it so happened that the chicken egg is not fertilized, then it has a very bright color tone, and the yolk resembles a dark spot, and the circulatory system is not visible, which means that it is absent.

Embryo freezes noticeably in size, picture when illuminated, it forms an oval fruit that has uneven edges. The fact that the fetus died, it becomes known on day 3 in the same blood circle. If the fetus developed well, then the circle would not be noticeable, and you would only see the blood system itself.

Therefore, the first ovoscopy is very important, it is at this stage of development that you understand which fruits will develop and which already died. Dead embryos begin to smell and breed bacteria that can enter healthy embryos, and they can die. Therefore, in the first few days, carefully monitor this. In the photo and video on the Internet you can see how a chicken egg should look.

Possible defects

Sometimes this method is used to view a duck egg . You can keep your table of days, where to write, what date the check was, so as not to accidentally miss the next day of the check.Defects can be the following:

• on the shell you can see many dark spots, which may mean that the fetus has either an excess of calcium, or vice versa lack (before laying double check for this symptom) ;
• strange light lines may appear that will resemble cracks – this indicates that the shell has damage;
• air space may appear on either side;
• blood clots;
• if you notice dark spots, it means mold;
• inside the egg there may be different foreign body (visible in the first days of the embryo);
• sometimes it happens that an egg has two or even more yolks (appears immediately before laying);
• if the yolk floats throughout the space or on the contrary, it stands still, most likely this means that it has dried up.

The eleventh day of the “inspection”

Such an inspection takes place on the eleventh days fetal life. It is necessary to choose a time of day so that it is not too hot or too cold. The room in which this procedure should take place must have a stable temperature. The viewing system has not changed, an incubator with fruits is also brought, and a specialist examines them (there is a special camera). On such terms, it is estimated how allantois looks. If the fetus grows well, then allantois encompasses the entire fetus, and closes at the sharp end of the fetus.If this end is not visible, this means that the embryo does not ripen correctly.

When you notice that the blood pattern of allantois grows poorly, this may indicate that the nutrition of the fetus needs to be improved. Ovoscopy of chicken eggs during incubation is a serous stage, which should be done only by a specialist or a person with extensive experience in this matter, because if you select the eggs correctly before laying, this is one of the main steps to success. Also, one who can distinguish a healthy fetus from a deceased should ovoscope. There are a lot of videos on the Internet to help you understand how and when the embryo should look.