Are your eggs dirty?

[Kangasox]

My eggs are consistently dirty. I'm trying to keep them unwashed until we use them, but putting them in the refrigerator like this kinds of grosses me out. The ducks have a large coop. We use deep litter, and they have a nest box and another area they like to lay where I try to keep fresh bedding. But...ducks. they always switch up their spots too. Are duck eggs just dirty??

 

[Kangasox]

 

[TLWR]

Mine are much dirtier than chicken eggs. The ducks will lay in the nest, but they also sleep in there too, so poop it up.
They did lay for about a week where nobody pooped in the nest at all, so I had clean eggs - that was nice

Instead of washing, just use a light brush and brush off some of the dried poop before putting them in the fridge.

 

[jducour]

I use the scrubby side of a dry sponge to brush off the gross bits. it works pretty well. It took me about a month to get used to it - we have only had grocery store eggs here before ducks - but now I don't even notice. It's just part of duck eggs! I even sell them unwashed to a Vietnamese family. They didn't want me to wash them first, they were expecting them to be dirty.

 

[buff goose guy]

fun fact if the eggs come out dirty your ducks have a high chance of worms so just look out for that

 

[jducour]

fun fact if the eggs come out dirty your ducks have a high chance of worms so just look out for that

That is not a fun fact at all

But very informative

I didn't know that! I just have clumsy dirty feet walking over mine. I am in the process of trying to nest train them though

 

[buff goose guy]

fun fact if the eggs come out dirty your ducks have a high chance of worms so just look out for that

Ohh sorry not fun sad fact