Canadian firms launch world's earliest in-ovo egg sexing system
Hyperspectral technology determines sex from day four of incubation
1 July 2026
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By: Three companies have partnered to commercialise a Canadian-developed in-ovo egg sexing system capable of determining the sex of chick embryos as early as the fourth day of incubation, earlier than any other technology currently on the market, Canadian Egg Technologies announced.
SANOVO Technology Group, Canadian Egg Technologies (CET) and MatrixSpec Solutions will support a global commercial launch late this year or early 2027. The system uses hyperspectral imaging to make accurate, non-destructive sex determinations without damaging the egg, and is designed to scale across hatcheries of all sizes.
"Egg sexing technology is one of the most significant advances in hatchery management in a generation, and this technology sets the benchmark," said Michael Midskov, group CEO of SANOVO Technology Group. "Bringing this to market through a partnership that combines Canadian innovation with SANOVO Technology Group's global infrastructure is exactly the kind of collaboration that moves the industry forward."
"This technology was built from the ground up to be practical — not just scientifically impressive, but deployable for hatcheries everywhere," said Michael Ngadi, CEO of MatrixSpec Solutions.
CET is a collaboration between Egg Farmers of Ontario and Egg Farmers of Canada. The partnership said earlier sex determination allows hatcheries to dedicate more incubator capacity to viable female eggs and reduces resource consumption across the hatch cycle.
