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Just curious-how do you "fully cook" an answer? Is this an urban dictionary term? ok I read the explanation and it's just as confusing as the term. Nevermind then-I think I get it.

Quote: Just the fact that hens will lay in boxes if they're available makes it pretty obvious that they are a good thing.

Quote: Mine either. I often get eggs after I've done my 1 pm check (which I haven't done yet today-oops). As far as chickens being simple, it all depends. If you're worried about adding heat to henhouses, wrapping runs in plastic, washing out water dishes daily (or even several times daily...

"you need a rooster to get eggs." This has come up on so many seasons of watching Survivor. It always cracks me up (or ticks me off if I like the tribe better) when they get a reward of a few hens and a roo and they decide to kill a hen to eat because they want to keep getting eggs and think...

Quote: And just as much is from this board. If you did a search on it, you'd probably find 90% recommend the high temps. The learning center here says the same thing, as do ALL of the books I have read on chicken raising. So it's not only the hatcheries. Luckily we brooded in our coop so even...

Yes, the bloom helps keep bacteria from getting into the inside of the egg but there's still some on the outside of the bloom layer. I guess that's why a lot of people wash them right before using them.

Quote: For that matter, it also sits in bedding that has been stepped on by feet that have 100% for sure been stepping in chicken poo and sat on by fluffy butts that have sat on poo covered ground. So even if the egg comes out perfectly pristine, it is now sitting in germy bedding. So no...

Quote: But from that illustration (and the actual photo ) you can see that the inner pink thing comes out and is sort of a barrier, if you will, between the egg and the actual hole. Like a glove, sort of. A glove with a hole in the end...

Quote: I'm pretty sure our chickens were at least that old before they discovered the roost. Yours should eventually start using it.

A.T. Hagan : Eggs must be washed to prevent food contamination/bacteria Contamination may already be inside of the egg before it's already laid. But for eggs that were otherwise uncontaminated then eggs that are properly washed may well remain uncontaminated longer than eggs that are not...