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Interesting. I also found this... https://www.petersime.com/hatchery-development-department/temperature-a-critical-factor-when-incubating-waterfowl-eggs-with-cuticle/ "Due to the increased degree of biological challenges experienced by the vulnerable embryo in its natural ‘wet’ environment...

If you dunked the eggs in water, then let them dry, then washed them again and scrubbed them with your hands, would you still feel the bloom? I suppose, even if water doesn't remove the bloom, it's difficult to clean eggs without rubbing and scrubbing them, and there's not much point in just...

Scanning electron microscopy. The studies I read only used staining if I remember right. Hmm. What do you think would be different? Many people's backyard hens are more than a year old, so they might have less cuticle coverage. Would free-range hens tend to have better or worse cuticle...

We also inform people we sell to that they're not washed, and they're fine with it, but sometimes I feel bad because there are quite a few that have visible dirt on them. It's often very wet where I live and a lot of the birds lay on the ground. I've always shied away from washing them for fear...

Maybe this isn't the best forum section to share this? :hmm:)

A lot of people seem to think that rinsing an egg with plain water will wash the protective bloom/cuticle off. I've always thought so too, but then a post on Instagram questioning this caught my attention and I decided to research it. Now I'm not so sure. There are various studies researching...