Eggs in Compost Heap?

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I totally agree with the donation idea that is great. I have a friend who says they crack em scramble em and freeze raw.
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You may also want to try a sign by the road, post a flyer atthe feed store or give them to co-workers. Many times all you have to do is let people know you have fresh eggs for sale and they will be muggin ya.
Heck we only have 3 hens and 17 chicks and people who have found out we have chickens are already placing orders for eggs that I won't have until like August or so!
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Yes, you can most certainly put it in the compost heap. You're garden soil will love you for it. But, I do agree with the other comments which suggested there are better uses for extra eggs.

I usually through the broken/damaged eggs right into the frying pan, shells and all. I scramble up the mess and toss it into the food scrap bucket (which goes to the chickens). With that said, if I'm running short on time I do put them in the compost pile (digging a hole on the top, breaking the egg in it, and covering it up).
 
When I start to get an unreasonable amount of eggs, I just start baking
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It's sometimes hard to give away eggs, but I never have any trouble giving away cookies.

Making fresh pasta or homemade ice cream uses up a ton of eggs too
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you can also scramble them and feed them back to your chickens.
 
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As a general gardening rule, nothing meat based in the compost heap. It invites some interesting strains of bacteria and pests. Better to cook the eggs and feed them back to the birds for protein and calcium or serve them up to pets. Unless you're into baking!
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The only time an egg goes into the compost heap here is if it gets cracked or broken, and then it's only in there long enough for one of my hens to clean it up (we always make sure they're good and broken; don't need any egg eaters).

As for what you should do with your extra eggs - rather than tossing them out, why not donate them to the local food bank? I took 16 dozen two weeks ago, and will have another 12 or so dozen to take next week. They love seeing me come in with farm fresh eggs, and it makes me feel good knowing that a family somewhere is going to have a nice hot breakfast because of my girls
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I can't imagine having too many eggs. As soon as people learned we had chickens they were lining up to buy any extra we have. Eggs can be kept in an air tight container in the fridge for several months and still be good.
 

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