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Can a chicken lay bad eggs?

post #1 of 9
5/5/12 at 11:17am
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Some of the eggs I am getting have a film around them and look almost like they are poached.  What causes this?  Are they ok to eat? 

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post #2 of 9
5/5/12 at 11:21am

Do you mean that they looked poached straight out of the shell?

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Owned by two old dogs (yellow lab and a big, red, fuzzy mutt) and four chickens (Buff Orpington, Barred Rock, and two Easter Eggers)
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post #3 of 9
5/5/12 at 12:19pm
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Sort of.  They have a cloudy film. 

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post #4 of 9
5/5/12 at 2:46pm

Are you cracking them open straight from the hen with out sitting at all?

I don't get better with age, only more confused(ing).

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I don't get better with age, only more confused(ing).

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post #5 of 9
5/5/12 at 3:01pm
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I collect them daily and put in the fridge. 

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post #6 of 9
5/5/12 at 4:53pm

The reason I asked is that very fresh eggs have dissolved gasses in the whites, sometimes making the white a little cloudy or well white.  The gasses come out after a few hours sitting.

I don't get better with age, only more confused(ing).

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post #7 of 9
5/5/12 at 8:10pm
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The reason I asked is that very fresh eggs have dissolved gasses in the whites, sometimes making the white a little cloudy or well white.  The gasses come out after a few hours sitting.

So are fresh eggs supposed to sit for a while before using or refrigerating?  I always bring them in and put them straight into the fridge, is this wrong, or ok?

1 Silkie Rooster, 1 Bantam Brahma Rooster, 2 Blue Copper Marens Cockerels 1 Banatam Brahma pullet, 7 EE pullets,  4 Silver Laced Wyandottes, 2 barnyard x pullets, 10 Pearl White Leghorn hens, 5 Red Star Hens, 2 dogs, 2 horses, 4 sons, 1 grandson, and....Chicken Math has already taken hold here 

 

 

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1 Silkie Rooster, 1 Bantam Brahma Rooster, 2 Blue Copper Marens Cockerels 1 Banatam Brahma pullet, 7 EE pullets,  4 Silver Laced Wyandottes, 2 barnyard x pullets, 10 Pearl White Leghorn hens, 5 Red Star Hens, 2 dogs, 2 horses, 4 sons, 1 grandson, and....Chicken Math has already taken hold here 

 

 

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post #8 of 9
5/6/12 at 7:20am

Nothing wrong using them straight from the hen.  Or refrigerating them straight away.

I don't get better with age, only more confused(ing).

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I don't get better with age, only more confused(ing).

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post #9 of 9
5/6/12 at 6:51pm
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Originally Posted by Den in Penn View Post

Nothing wrong using them straight from the hen.  Or refrigerating them straight away.

oh, good, thank you. 

1 Silkie Rooster, 1 Bantam Brahma Rooster, 2 Blue Copper Marens Cockerels 1 Banatam Brahma pullet, 7 EE pullets,  4 Silver Laced Wyandottes, 2 barnyard x pullets, 10 Pearl White Leghorn hens, 5 Red Star Hens, 2 dogs, 2 horses, 4 sons, 1 grandson, and....Chicken Math has already taken hold here 

 

 

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1 Silkie Rooster, 1 Bantam Brahma Rooster, 2 Blue Copper Marens Cockerels 1 Banatam Brahma pullet, 7 EE pullets,  4 Silver Laced Wyandottes, 2 barnyard x pullets, 10 Pearl White Leghorn hens, 5 Red Star Hens, 2 dogs, 2 horses, 4 sons, 1 grandson, and....Chicken Math has already taken hold here 

 

 

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