cleaning and selling duck eggs?

[goosedragon]

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It sounds like heavy 'bloom' to me. it helps to let the eggs slide out and is fairly water proof. A little vinegar on a cloth should remove it if that is what it is.

 

[frozen1]

Good story goosedragon

 

[OhTisLove]

I sell eggs through a local store, so they need to look nice. The same company that puts out those green scrubby pads make ones made out of sisal (hemp-like material) and I buy those and just lightly scrub off my eggs. I use the natural ones because I always feel like the green pads leave a weird residue. I don't use soap or anything, just the abrasive pad, and my eggs look perfect.

Couldn't get away with selling un-washed eggs, that's for sure.

 

[onthespot]

I am duck sitting for a BYC memeber that sold her house and is looking for the right place to buy. In the meantime she said she sells eating eggs from her muscovies on craigslist for $10/dozen. She never had eggs piling up, even at that price, with three hens laying steady. Run an ad in craigslist and see what happens. You can always drop your price a lot easier than raising it.

 

[CorralitosSunflower]

Thanks for the ideas! I will try vinager as well as a more natural fiber for scrubbing them. I am not sure who wants to eat a duck egg that looks like the ones I collect, lol. So far my cleaning has made them tolerable but I am sure my whole fam would appreciate them looking just as nice and clean as our chicken eggs

 

[checkyourbrakes]

Wifezilla you have great info!!

Thank you for your posts.

About the food poisoning case- I thought you might find info from Weston A Price (I think it's westonaprice.org) interesting in this regard. They talk about how critical Vitamins D and A are to immunity! and the more "traditional" someone's diet is, the more D and A they would have. That "tan" would indicate more of both in the people who stayed healthy. I found that fascinating.

I bought eggs from a local woman who free ranges chickens and ducks. The eggs are pretty dirty. They're dirty enough I don't feel comfortable cracking them. I was told steel wool, then wipe them with a warm cloth, and finally an iodine based sanitizer if they were particularly muddy before cleaning- but will this do more harm than good? I'm seeing stuff that totally disagrees with this as well. If I'd grown it myself I would feel more comfortable (we're supposed to get land soon... I hope... I hope... I hope...) but I didn't. I will be feeding them to my 14mo old baby girl. I give her raw yokes- so I want to be careful- and for that reason I've always given her the USDA inspected "Free-Range" eggs before (though I know darn well they aren't truly running around free, and true free range eggs are so much more nutritious. So now I'm torn- I'd like to give her the more nutritious eggs, now that she's over a year- but it still makes me nervous. The yolks are a gorgeous deep sunrise orange... so I know they're Loaded with D and A.

 

[Dances with Ducks]

I'm wondering if you could improve the dirtyness of the eggs by training your ducks to use a nest if you haven't already. My ducks' eggs usually come out of their nests looking pretty clean, after just a little washing they look fine for selling.

 

[madamiec]

Did anyone mention that if the eggs are not fertilized they will last longer? 5 weeks at room temp with good quality.
The best way to keep duck eggs "clean" is to use sand where they lay and get them asap. Good luck!

 

[JoAnn42]

This is what i have been doing.I wash them with a fingernail brush the bristles are very soft.I brush in a circular motion and the water is warm and its just been plain water.People have been buying my eggs at 3.50 for 6. I sell peking eggs so far.I hope this is right would not want anyone to get sick. i use those plastic bins with the front cuts out in a half circle and wheat straw on bottom,the hens go in there lay eggs.

 

[JoAnn42]

I like the idea scub pads hemp-like material will look for them