Six hundred (600) freshly laid eggs

Six hundred (600) freshly laid eggs (200 each of naked
neck, frizzled feather and normal feathered) were
collected. Eggs were collected twice daily, identified with
a marker pen according to variety and transferred daily to
the laboratory using egg crates. Here, each egg was
weighed with a sensitive electronic weighing balance,
external and internal defects assessed through candling
and egg quality characteristics determined within 24 hrs.
Egg defects examined included gross cracks, hairline
cracks, cage marks, spot stains and stained eggs. Egg
quality characteristics investigated were egg weight, yolk
weight, yolk height, yolk width, yolk index, albumen
weight, albumen height, albumen width, albumen index,
haugh unit and shell thickness.