Anybody clean their eggs this way?

[marybogue]

My sister-in-law sent me this link. My girls just started laying and I only have two eggs - wanted to see what you all thought of this.

http://www.drpepi.com/health-tips/chicken-eggs.php

 

[Wildsky]

We don't worry about all that as we don't eat the shell.

If the egg has poop on it we wipe it off, if not, it stays as is.

 

[b.hromada]

I"ve never heard of that before.

I only wash them if they are dirty. Most of my hens eggs are very clean, with the occasional mishap. Now my ducks eggs, that's a different story! Them, I would always wash before using!

 

[justbugged]

I wouldn't clean an egg that way. An egg has a natural bloom on it that protects the egg from any contaminants that are on the shell. Brush them off and wash it just before in cool water, and a brush like a nail brush. If you soak it like the egg shell is porous, and would soak up the contaminates.

 

[FuzzyButtsFarm]

Ditto to what justbugged said.

 

[PunkinPeep]

I have not heard of this before, but i think it's a sort of silly idea - no offense to Dr. Pepi. Until you crack your egg open, the bloom (if we're talking about fresh eggs, and not store bought) is keeping the germs from entering the actual egg. If you simply wash it right before you crack it open, i think you're doing more than enough to keep you and your family more than safe.

The theory i've read, by the way, about what temperature of water to use to wash your eggs - is that water colder than the egg will cause it to contract and thus draw germs in with it; using water warmer than the egg will cause the egg to expand, pushing germs out, away from the egg. I'm not sure if it matters that much, to be honest, but that's the theory.

 

[Taylor]

we just wash ours with a wet paper towel, learned that from the chicken whisperer.

 

[Tropical Chook]

Unless the eggs are really mucky, which sometimes happens after heavy rains, we never wash them. When we do clean the dirty ones, it's a quick wipe and a dry, and into the fridge they go. Sure I'm quite new to all this, but with having only eaten our own home grown eggs for the past three months, none of us have had any problems at all so I can't imagine why eggs would need to be cleaned. Besides, a little bit of dirt here and there will be good for your immune system

As my Dad always used to say, "what doesn't kill, fattens"