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Quote: Actually a chicken's body is set up so that the egg should never come in contact with feces while passing. They go down different tracts and the side with the egg inverts a little to keep the egg from contacting the same tissue as the feces. So it's uncommon that an egg should get...

My birds don't roost or hang out in the nest boxes, so that isn't why they're getting smeared sometimes - obviously they're coming out of the same hole, and - well, you know. There is never any feces in the nest materials. I am only wiping with a slightly damp cloth the smears themselves, not...

I don't want to remove the bloom from the outside of my eggs, but just want to use a damp cloth and wipe off the really yucky smears that happen occasionally. Does that ruin the bloom?