Confused: Wash or don't wash eggs?

[Wifezilla]

Gazingas is really Red Green in disguise.

"If they don't find you handsome they should at least find you handy!"

 

[Preservation Acres]

What about eggs with a "blood spot" on the yolk? Can I avoid this if I want to keep a rooster, but also don't want the spot? How long before this "spot" developes? Is it there right away?

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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That has nothing to do with the egg being fertile or not. It is due to a blood vessel rupturing in the hen as the egg is formed. They are harmless.

 

[Crooked Beak]

yes, wash them all, just like my fruits and vegtables. It's a good habit

 

[UrbanChickenMama]

My mom is visiting and just asked me the same thing.

I only wash them right before using if they are really dirty or right before selling them.

Otherwise, they all go in the container and wait their turn.

Additionally, and I don't believe I've read anyone else say this, I wash them with warm water. Someone once told me that if you wash them with cold water you could make the bacteria retreat into the shell.

 

[coffeemama]

This time of year I have to wash mine-the hens are in and out of the box, stepping on eggs with their muddy/poopy feet-yuk!

 

[gritsar]

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Correct. You want the water to be about 10 degrees warmer than the egg. Otherwise the dirt is sucked thru the pores into the egg.

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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Do you need a special thermometer for this? How do you probe the egg with the thermometer? I don't have a car buffer or belt sander, would a palm sander work?

 

[PortageGirl]

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Do you need a special thermometer for this? How do you probe the egg with the thermometer? I don't have a car buffer or belt sander, would a palm sander work?

SOMEONE here HAS to know where you live!!!! *flaps hand back and forth in the air* "Put your face in here!"

I suppose you're all out of car wax too!!

 

[gritsar]

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Women have a special talent for this. We can tell just how sick a kid is simply by feeling their forehead.
Don't be jealous because you're a man.