What are these stripes?

Photo: Jan van Esch

Ask yourself the following questions:  What do I see?   What does it mean?   What should I do?

This is Practical guide to improving egg quality

• LOOK: On this egg you see stripes.

• THINK: These are not rollaway stripes (where the pigment layer is damaged), but dust stripes by the jute egg belt behind the laying nest.

• ACT: Make sure the egg belt is clean and, if possible, eggs have some more time to dry out.