What to do with extra eggs??

[Phaedra Geiermann]

I have about 10 dozen on hand also. With covid underfoot I stopped giving my extra eggs away and usually just scramble up a couple of dozen for our 6 dogs or a couple dozen to feed back to the chickens.

For the chickens you don't even have to remove the shells just crush them up as you stir them.

Nothing goes to waste around here.

Same here, all family members (us, cats, dogs, chickens) enjoy super quality eggs from time to time.

We only share some with one lovely neighbor who always helps us and my father-in-law.

After having hens, we also eat much less meat, eggs are so wonderful and many ways to prepare them.

 

[Cooptown Lady]

Probably legal requirements for food safety.

That's what I figured, but friends are okay since bloom protects for long past the time I give them the eggs.

I wonder what commercial egg producers wash their eggs with, being that shells are porous.

 

[adstowe]

Give them to friends/coworkers. Now and then my dogs. I dont see much point in trying to get $4 a dozen for my excess. I dont have enough extra for it to make much of a difference and at a potential $16 a month or so i'd rather just offer them to people when I have them

 

[3KillerBs]

That's what I figured, but friends are okay since bloom protects for long past the time I give them the eggs.

I wonder what commercial egg producers wash their eggs with, being that shells are porous.

You can buy egg wash.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=egg+wash...ix=egg+wash,aps,202&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_5_8

 

[Cooptown Lady]

You can buy egg wash.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=egg+wash+solution&crid=1CP950QV2BXC1&sprefix=egg+wash,aps,202&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_5_8

Thanks for the link. So far my four hens' eggs are laid "clean" and I don't feel the need to wash them.

 

[3KillerBs]

Thanks for the link. So far my four hens' eggs are laid "clean" and I don't feel the need to wash them.

Same here. But, IIRC, if I sell eggs I will have to wash and refrigerate them so I looked it up once.

 

[catballou]

Yes, most of them aren't refrigerated (mainly because there is absolutely no space in the fridge). I was thinking or making things that use a heap of eggs, not just one or two. Thinking quiches, or something like that

There's a egg dish I used to make. 12 eggs, 1 large pack of shredded cheddar cheese, 1 can condensed milk. Mix, bake at 350 for about 45 minutes. I'm not sure if it 45 minutes, but before I bake it I add jalapeno peppers to the top.
Absolutely delicious!

 

[Lollychicken]

There's a egg dish I used to make. 12 eggs, 1 large pack of shredded cheddar cheese, 1 can condensed milk. Mix, bake at 350 for about 45 minutes. I'm not sure if it 45 minutes, but before I bake it I add jalapeno peppers to the top.
Absolutely delicious!

That sounds awesome!!

 

[Rldad1]

Check if you local homeless shelter or shelter for abused women and children can use them. I give my extras to our local Senior Center who use them for cooking.

 

[Phaedra Geiermann]

Today is again the scrambled-egg day for the chickens - as usual, I mixed fermented feed (below) with scrambled eggs, kitchen scraps, plain yorgurt and some sesame.