egg washing

Hello everyone! I already posted this in the diseases forum, but I thought it might be applicable here too. I'm a student at URI working on a research project washing chicken eggs and testing for salmonella. We have created a survey to get an idea of how backyard chicken owners handle their...

Hello everyone! I'm a student at URI working on a research project washing chicken eggs and testing for salmonella. We have created a survey to get an idea of how backyard chicken owners handle their flocks, and their eggs. We're only looking at northeast states: NY, PA, CT, MA, VT, NH, ME...

So we’ve recently upped our flock and plan to continue to increase also. We’re getting into the egg selling business and I’d like to sell washed eggs. However, I hate washing them by hand. I’ve found two smaller capacity (a few dozen) egg washers, but the price difference between the two is...

Do you wash the eggs that you sell? At what point? How do you store the eggs between collection time and sale time? How long is that time period usually? Did I ask enough questions? haha...

@hlhutchinson and I are discussing this. When you have mud, poop, other stuff, on your egg, and you just HAVE TO wash it, what do you do? Cold water? Warm water? Room temp?!?