1st egg!! Okay to eat?

[TelfTheElf]

Yeah, its really cool!

 

[RodNTN]

Yeah, its really cool!

Thanks!

 

[jolly wattles]

The kids were so excited today as one of the hens blessed us with the first egg! My question is.... the egg was layed not in the nesting box, but was layed in the chicken run in a tote on its side which was kinda dirty after the rain yesterday. So if we wash the egg off, will it be okay to eat or should we not chance it since it wasn't layed in a nice layer of clean straw in the nesting box?

Our eggs never get washed until time for consumption. We get alot of eggs. They go unwashed into a basket on the counter for a month or more sometimes.

 

[Amomandacoop]

We got our first egg yesterday and ate it. I washed it in our pool. Also found in a strange place.

 

[Bhapimama]

Awesome! Thanks everyone! It was the neatest thing seeing the little egg in the morning. Now I want to make cute little nesting box curtains for them. So fun

I blew out each of my four hens' first eggs and saved them