daughter left eggs in bucket of water, will this make them rot?

[red reaper]

Daughter has a lazy streak and left about a dozen eggs in a bucket of water for a couple days letting the chicken manure soften so it would wash off easy. I walked by the bucket this morning and smelled a rotten smell. Question is, does the egg need to breathe or will it not hurt the egg to be submerged in water for a couple days and was just the manure smelling? I think I'm going to feed these to the pigs just to be safe.

 

[Firework]

Good question!!............So good, I don't know the answer!!!!!!!!

 

[Judy]

Well, egg shells are porous, and bacteria can pass through them. It is said that if you must wash them use water that is warmer than the egg is, so bacteria will tend to move out of the egg, rather than into.

I would toss them, myself.

 

[Katy]

Those eggs would be going out the door...no way would I eat them!!

 

[Mahonri]

Toss... or feed them to the pigs. (not humans)

 

[americana-chick]

You should crack one open and see what is inside

 

[Akane]

I do not use eggs that are dirty and then get wet. I prefer not to use eggs that get wet at all even if they look clean. Water only helps bacteria into the shell. One of the reasons it's bad to wash eggs.

 

[Mrs. Glassman]

I was going camping and called an egg supplier and asked if eggs could be packed in ice water to keep them from spoiling. They said no. Toss them. Better safe than

!

 

[silkiechicken]

Yeah, I'd toss them. The shell and bloom together will keep the egg sterile inside, but any slight fracture of that shell or washing off of the bloom will start to let bacteria get through the shell.

 

[red reaper]

Thanks for the advice. My pigs were smacking their chops very happily this afternoon.

And on another note, I forgot she had put the eggs in the bucket of water from my wifes advice when my daughter said bugs were crawling all over the eggs when she got them out of the nests. I cannot blame her for doing it to drown the bugs. I am assuming mites from what I've seen of them, they are small and very fast moving. Aren't lice bigger and longer in length? The chickens have had lots of dust to play in the last 2 weeks and every time you look out there, dust is flying. I think I'll get some dust for the mites. and try to do them at night,clean the coop and put new bedding down.