Dh says eggs smell like manure when cooked, but the shells are clean?!

[rooster-red]

I've never had that experience, so I can't contribute anything of value, but...


If it happened here I would be SOOOOO tempted to tell someone "wipe your upper lip"

Please take note that I'm in no way suggesting you do this at home.

 

[McGoo]

Can you switch, unbeknownst to him, a couple of your eggs with the 'store bought' ones and see if he still smells it? I know it's a nasty trick, but he may have built up an association that he thinks and therefore he smells? Just a suggestion.

ps. my dh lost his sense of smell about 10 yrs ago and he will smell something if he sees it. It's the brain telling the nose vs the opposite. Our minds are funny things.

 

[mothersin2ition]

Thanks for all the input!

Would the birds get enough nutrients from just the scratch and what they get free-ranging?
NO they won't.

mothersin2ition wrote:

I may remove the layer feed and see if the problem resolves itself.
Remove the layer feed and you may stop getting eggs completely.

Okay, thank you! I won't remove the layer ration.

I know exactly what he is talking about. It is not a poop smell. It is a stronger smell.

Im glad someone else knows what Dh is talking about!! And I'm relieved it isnt a poop smell!!

You mentioned that the chickens have access to your mint fields. Could this be the cause?

I thought about this, but I was thinking that if the taste was passing through to the eggs, that they'd taste minty?

Good luck and your a great wife to try and keep hubby happy!

Awww thanks

Do you let your eggs sit out with poo on em or do you wash them right away in put em in the fridge? How do you wash them?

I've never used any eggs that had manure on them. Actually, I've only found 2 eggs so far that had poopy on them, and I just scrambled them and fed them back to the chickens. I definitely wouldnt refrigerate any that were dirty. In fact, I wouldnt even know how to wash them correctly......you have to do it in warmer water than the eggs, or is it colder??

Can you switch, unbeknownst to him, a couple of your eggs with the 'store bought' ones and see if he still smells it? I know it's a nasty trick, but he may have built up an association that he thinks and therefore he smells?

I dont think this would work cause now Dh knows a fresh egg vs a store-bought egg when he sees one

If it happened here I would be SOOOOO tempted to tell someone "wipe your upper lip

I must've missed the joke here LOL

 

[3 sisters farm]

This happened to me when they ate too many slugs...also mint might be a culprit to, but my eggs smell funny after my kids fed a bunch of slugs to my hens, I noticed you live in WA and at least I can grow supper slugs (no poisons where anyway near these slugs) I live on 3 acres, my nearest several neighbors dont use them and they are on 5 so if I contain them when lots of slugs eggs smell and taste better...a few slugs was fine...my BO can eat her weight in slugs then her eggs smell/taste off

 

[fowltemptress]

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I must've missed the joke here LOL

Believe me, you're better off not knowing the joke. I know Mr. Sanchez isn't a fan of it

 

[lyn2017]

LOL maybe you're all right and Dhs smeller's broken......He is usually the most un-fussy, un-picky person in the world, which was why I was concerned when he told me about the smell.
Would the birds get enough nutrients from just the scratch and what they get free-ranging? I may remove the layer feed and see if the problem resolves itself.

One of my hens is the same!!! Eggs taste like the smell of her poo. HELP!!!

 

[Diamond482]

I have noticed a stronger smell from my fresh eggs vs store bought eggs. I noticed it when I first started getting eggs from my hens.

I know exactly what he is talking about. It is not a poop smell. It is a stronger smell. Fresh eggs have a stronger better taste. I relate it to the freshness of the eggs.

If they sit in the fridge a while the smell will go away with the freshness. I do not like to eat store bought eggs anymore. They ae tasteless to me after eating fresh eggs for 2 years.

I no longer keep my fresh eggs in the fridge. I keep them at room temp until I use them or sell them. If it is more than a week I will put them in the fridge but they usually do not last that long.

Darin

Your all wrong being dismissive. It's after the egg is soft boiled and cracked open, about 2 eggs out of 120 will have a distinct chicken shit smell. I came here cause I was curious. Yes farm eggs tend to have a slightly different odor. This is different.

 

[Meg-in-MT]

I've never had an egg that smelled like chicken poop I find that very odd.

 

[Diamond482]

I am trying to figure out what the problem is. My dh swears that our eggs stink when he cooks them- like chicken poop. And its not the shells, he says, its the eggs themselves. Has anyone else noticed a funky smell with their fresh eggs? I honestly haven't noticed, but I dont eat them very often, and Dh has them almost every morning.

So it's now 2021, and came here out of curiosity as the farm eggs I get have the very same issue. About 2 out of 120 will have a very distinct chicken poop smell when you crack them open. It's the egg NOT the shell. My wife and I soft boil 2 each every day for breakfast. We both have experience it.

 

[Diamond482]

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No, this ISN"T the problem. If it was, many on this board would be complaining of the same thing!

I agree with speckledhen that your dh's smeller is broken!

It is a problem. It's 2021 and I came looking for an answer.