Do you clean eggs you want to eat?

[chickbea]

If eggs are really poopy, I crack them over the dog's food and she has a treat. If they are just a little poopy and there is a clean side, I crack that side.
If a lot of your eggs are dirty, you may want to look at your nest box placement. Sometimes it's just mud or dirty feet that is the problem. I solved a lot of my troubles by moving the waterer further from the nest boxes.

 

[silkiechicken]

I just tell my customers that for storage purposes I don't wash my eggs so they can be a bit unsightly. I tell them that they can wash them before using them as to not compromise their storage time.

As for the eggs being dirty though. I find mine aren't too bad. Just have to not let anyone sleep where the eggs are laid and make sure that the nesting material is clean... or they can't drag mud into the house.

 

[WindyOaksYokes]

Thanks for the info... I do appreciate it, and sorry njfarmer for stealing your thread... I should have asked first. Please forgive.

Have a great weekend all
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[mdbucks]

I just crack them into the frying pan if a little poo comes off that egg is my wifes, that will wteach her that she should have learned to cook

 

[Wolfpacker]

 

[FamilyOfChickens]

We always wash the eggs with warm water and dish soap before putting them in the fridge.

We've never been fans of having chicken germs in our fridge or eggs. And they're just fine, I don't think washing hurts them any.

EDIT: And if you sell your eggs, I'd want to wash them. You never know, but what if someone gets sick from eating your eggs? I figure better safe than sorry.

 

[Southern28Chick]

I don't have eggs...yet but eggcartons.com has some sort of egg wash for those who see their eggs. I have 23 pullets so I'm going to get me some of that stuff once my girls start to lay because me and DH can't possible eat that many eggs, we'll take them to the local farmers market.

 

[kcfuerst]

My eggs have perfectly clean straight out of the nest from the first egg to the last. I never wash them and I don't refrigerate them. Washing them removes the natural 'bloom' coating which protects the egg from germs and dirt. I have yet to get an egg with poo on it. And I have never found any poo inside the nest. My birds don't sleep in their nests, that might make a difference.

I do recommend to those to whom I gift or sell my eggs that they wash the eggs before use, and to use common sense about using farm fresh eggs to avoid any potential problems.

 

[NJfarmer]

My chickens are laying eggs now and they are alot cleaner then there other eggs before

 

[silkiechicken]

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It would be a good idea but I only occasionally have to wash an egg. Only once in a while in the winter after a real bad rain or something.

I don't think that my customers would have a higher chance of getting sick off eggs I sell them vs store eggs either since I think most egg sicknesses occur because of salmonella getting into the egg? Besides, I tell them that I don't wash them so they should before they use them