Dirty Eggs for Sale!?

[prov31gal]

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AH HA!! like i said..................bloom is for hatching eggs............................... modern refridgeration people.

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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That's not a typical cause of contamination in shell eggs. In the past, problems with salmonella usually involved contamination of the shell and then possibly into the egg after they were laid. The salmonella normally lives in digestive tract of animals, not the reproductive tract. This last salmonella outbreak had a lot of the experts baffled because it had been fairly rare for eggs to be laid with existing internal contamination. That specific problem was traced backed to contaminated feed sources that riddled the hens with salmonella bacteria, right down to their ovaries.

I would agree that your hens are likely not a problem, but it still highly possible for your eggs to pick up salmonella from the environment. Eggs from backyard chickens aren't immune to contamination just because you feel you do a better job of raising them. Mice, rats, flies, wild birds and their droppings are all sources of salmonella that can contaminate your coops, runs, and other equipment. Beyond just regular cleaning, control of rodents and flies and actually sanitizing surfaces can go a long way toward prevention.

 

[Chickielady]

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We also are exposed to these 'bugs' and in that, develope immunity...and the idiots in the apartments and skyscrapers have never even seen a live chicken, much less had exposure to them or any other animals, and have zero immunity to anything, really.
Only the strong will survive.
And the rest get diareah.

 

[Chickielady]

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That's not a typical cause of contamination in shell eggs. In the past, problems with salmonella usually involved contamination of the shell and then possibly into the egg after they were laid. The salmonella normally lives in digestive tract of animals, not the reproductive tract. This last salmonella outbreak had a lot of the experts baffled because it had been fairly rare for eggs to be laid with existing internal contamination. That specific problem was traced backed to contaminated feed sources that riddled the hens with salmonella bacteria, right down to their ovaries.

I would agree that your hens are likely not a problem, but it still highly possible for your eggs to pick up salmonella from the environment. Eggs from backyard chickens aren't immune to contamination just because you feel you do a better job of raising them. Mice, rats, flies, wild birds and their droppings are all sources of salmonella that can contaminate your coops, runs, and other equipment. Beyond just regular cleaning, control of rodents and flies and actually sanitizing surfaces can go a long way toward prevention.

Exactly ! Bravo!!!!! Set rat traps, mice traps..keep flies down, protect feed from wildlife and keep wildlife- including wild birds out of coops and runs if you can....

 

[FuzzyButtsFarm]

A previous post mentioned food grade mineral oil.....I just got egg cartons.coms new catalog. It has a item called CRYSTAL PLUS OIL egg oil a food grade mineral oil on page 36. After you wash the egg, it replaces tha bloom. It is oderless and tasteless and it says the eggs can be stored in a cool place for 6-8 months.

It also comes in a pump spray or a 12 oz spray can. There is a link to their site on BYC.

 

[PaulaJoAnne]

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AH HA!! like i said..................bloom is for hatching eggs............................... modern refridgeration people.

I never put mine in the fridge

 

[Beekissed]

I rarely do either....I have to really have a backlog of eggs in order to resort to refrigeration.

 

[2many2count]

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We also are exposed to these 'bugs' and in that, develope immunity...and the idiots in the apartments and skyscrapers have never even seen a live chicken, much less had exposure to them or any other animals, and have zero immunity to anything, really.
Only the strong will survive.
And the rest get diareah.

I have to say when my kids were little and sitting in the sandpile outside I never ran out screaming your gonna get a germ or disease. My oldest well I wont even begin to tell you some of the things he picked up off the farm but he is healthy and never had to deal with these germs. If you dont have a strong defense against germs you have to use alot of bleach and never step outside like the movie about the kid in the bubble.If you only knew what you eat in those canned fruits and veggies, store bought eggs, breads, the mixes and even store bought meats you might never eat again if you cant handle a little poo on your egg.

I have plenty of eggs that are clean but oh well they get dirty deal with it clean em and put em in the frig. I know what goes in my chickens and so therefore I dont worry about the poo, mud or dirt.

 

[ZooMummzy]

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We also are exposed to these 'bugs' and in that, develope immunity...and the idiots in the apartments and skyscrapers have never even seen a live chicken, much less had exposure to them or any other animals, and have zero immunity to anything, really.
Only the strong will survive.
And the rest get diareah.

I have to say when my kids were little and sitting in the sandpile outside I never ran out screaming your gonna get a germ or disease. My oldest well I wont even begin to tell you some of the things he picked up off the farm but he is healthy and never had to deal with these germs. If you dont have a strong defense against germs you have to use alot of bleach and never step outside like the movie about the kid in the bubble.If you only knew what you eat in those canned fruits and veggies, store bought eggs, breads, the mixes and even store bought meats you might never eat again if you cant handle a little poo on your egg.

I have plenty of eggs that are clean but oh well they get dirty deal with it clean em and put em in the frig. I know what goes in my chickens and so therefore I dont worry about the poo, mud or dirt.

Even though this is an old thread, I have to agree with this completely. Some of my eggs are clean, some are dirty. I keep my coop and boxes clean but it happens. No big deal. I don't think it reflects on the cleanliness of my coop at all. Wipe it off, wash it off or don't bother. Usually I do a little of each depending on how bad the egg really is. The people who get my eggs do not care about a little poo, blood or mud on their eggs if I don't get them pristine. If they wanted pristine eggs, they'd buy them from the store (their words, not mine) They are just happy to have fresh eggs for free (I don't sell my eggs) from chickens they know have happy, healthy lives. We all figure we have ate worse things in our life.

edited to add I don't refrigerate mine either. To me, it's just another one of the benefits of having fresh eggs. If any of you have been to Europe, they sell eggs on the store shelves. When we lived in Italy it freaked me out till I asked why - fresh eggs/not cleaned = no refrigeration

 

[Tala]

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And what's to say that our next bag of Layena isn't contaminated feed????
IMO there's not a whole lot you can do about *that* unless you can go completely free range, which isn't usually possible for backyard chicken keepers.

I prefer NOT to wash or refrigerate MY eggs, but I do clean and refrigerate the ones I sell/give out (if they need washing that is) coz people who are used to store bought eggs are freakish about dirt like that.
Sometimes my girls all lay in their pristine nest, and sometimes they randomly ALL decide to lay in another nest they made themselves in the back corner of the coop, and pullets sometimes lay in the floor or out in the run coz they don't know better yet.....if I could force them to lay in the right place I would. lol
And I do have one hen who occasionally lays soft shelled eggs, sometimes in the nest on other eggs - so they aren't poopy but still kinda sticky and then of course shavings stick to them if they have yolk on them. Yeah sometimes they do need washing and it's not because my coop is dirty or that I lack time to care for my chickens.