Can a chicken lay bad eggs?

[Little Miss Chick]

Some of the eggs I am getting have a film around them and look almost like they are poached. What causes this? Are they ok to eat?

 

[Yay Chicks!]

Do you mean that they looked poached straight out of the shell?

 

[Little Miss Chick]

Sort of. They have a cloudy film.

 

[Den in Penn]

Are you cracking them open straight from the hen with out sitting at all?

 

[Little Miss Chick]

I collect them daily and put in the fridge.

 

[Den in Penn]

The reason I asked is that very fresh eggs have dissolved gasses in the whites, sometimes making the white a little cloudy or well white. The gasses come out after a few hours sitting.

 

[marlo1968]

The reason I asked is that very fresh eggs have dissolved gasses in the whites, sometimes making the white a little cloudy or well white. The gasses come out after a few hours sitting.

So are fresh eggs supposed to sit for a while before using or refrigerating? I always bring them in and put them straight into the fridge, is this wrong, or ok?

 

[Den in Penn]

Nothing wrong using them straight from the hen. Or refrigerating them straight away.

 

[marlo1968]

Nothing wrong using them straight from the hen. Or refrigerating them straight away.

oh, good, thank you.