How much impact is too much?
Egg breakage can be influenced by many factors such as equipment maintenance, nutrition, and the age of the flock. As a starting point, here’s our guide to recommended impact thresholds to reduce eggshell damage.
Fast operating speeds to achieve operational efficiency are a challenge when mixed with sensitive eggs whether they are table eggs or breeding eggs. Broken eggs cause downtime for clean-up, while hairline cracks and star fractures increase the risk of contamination in a location where bio-security is a top priority.
Here’s what we’ve learned about impact thresholds as in relation to eggshell damage:
Here’s a guideline of recommend impact levels:
Here’s how to set your thresholds in the CracklessEgg app.
