Do you clean eggs you want to eat?

[NJfarmer]

I plan on buying more hens so that I could eat there eggs but sometimes the eggs from my current chickens are dirty from there poop. So when it comes time to eat your chicken's eggs how do you normaly clean eggs or do you not clean the eggs at all?

 

[silkiechicken]

I wash the eggs just before I use them.

 

[NJfarmer]

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what do you wash them with? just warm water?

 

[silkiechicken]

Yep, just warm water. If you chose to wash them before storing them, they don't keep as long... be sure to use water warmer than the egg too if you are washing fresh.

 

[foxtrapper]

I've never had the burning desire to eat chicken poop, so I clean my eggs. I'm not at all adverse to using soap and water and a scritcher-scratcher of some type. If it's particularly well stained, I don't bother, and just toss it.

 

[tink]

The older your chickens get, the less poo you will have on your eggs. When mine first started laying they were all yucky. Now they are completely clean.
I read somewhere not to wash them as there is a protective coating on them. So if you chose to wash them, dont do it until you are to use them.

Your girls will get better
Tink

 

[Wolfpacker]

I don't consider myself a dirty person, but I don't really see the concern. We don't eat the shell do we? I mean, if there's a big glob, I'd wipe that off, but otherwise, I just leave it alone.

 

[WindyOaksYokes]

Okay... another question that goes along with this... You say not to wash til I get ready to use them... What if I am selling them??? Do I wash them before they go out the door or do I wash them when they come in the door??? My mother allways washed hers as she brought them in the house with warm water and dish soap, BUT, from what you are all saying is that these do not last as long. Correct?

Thanks
Tes

 

[speckledhen]

I don't wash them at all unless they have actual poop on them. Most of mine are very clean right out of the nest.

 

[schmoo]

Windy- I haven't sold my own YET, but the lady I buy them from washes them when I come to get them. They just have them in the fridge and take them out and wash them right before they give them to you. IF they are dirty......