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Exterior Egg Quality

Exterior Egg Quality. Created by Connie Page Emanuel County Extension Agent P.O. Box 770 129 N. Anderson Drive April, 2006 Swainsboro, GA 30401 478-237-1226 FAX 478-237-8451 conniep@uga.edu. Exterior Egg Quality. Stains Foreign Materials Appearance: shape, texture, soundness.

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Exterior Egg Quality

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  1. Exterior Egg Quality Created by Connie Page Emanuel County Extension Agent P.O. Box 770 129 N. Anderson Drive April, 2006 Swainsboro, GA 30401 478-237-1226 FAX 478-237-8451 conniep@uga.edu

  2. Exterior Egg Quality • Stains • Foreign Materials • Appearance: shape, texture, soundness

  3. Exterior Quality - Grade A • Free from foreign material • No easily visible stains / discolorations • Excellent condition : Clean • Practically normal shape • Slight ridges permitted

  4. Exterior Quality – Grade B • Misshapen Shell • Pronounced ridges or thin spots • Free from adhering dirt • Localized stain = 1/32 egg surface • Scattered stain = 1/16 egg surface

  5. Exterior Quality – Grade Dirty • Any adhering dirt / foreign material • Localized stain more than 1/32 egg surface • Scattered stain more than 1/16 egg surface

  6. Exterior Quality - Scorecard • Egg numbers run vertically

  7. Exterior Quality - Scorecard • Find the correct quality grade in one of the 3 columns across from the number

  8. Exterior Quality - Scorecard • Fill in the circle underneath the grade you choose • Be sure that you do not have two checks in the same row 

  9. Practice # 1 Grade B

  10. Dirty # 2

  11. # 3 Grade A

  12. # 4 Grade A

  13. # 5 Grade B

  14. # 6 Grade B

  15. # 7 Grade Dirty

  16. # 8 Grade A

  17. # 9 Grade A

  18. # 10 Grade B

  19.          Exterior Quality - Scorecard Compare your scorecard with the official placing

  20. Practice Website http://www.animal.ufl.edu/Youth/poultry/exterior_eggs/exterioreggs.htm • www.animal.ufl.edu • Click on Youth Poultry Judging • Click on Show Me How • Click on Go to Main Practice Menu • Click on Exterior Egg Quality

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