Do you sell cleaned eggs or as is?

[Kim_NC]

I wash eating eggs, except for customer requests for unwashed. I use warm water and a dishcloth, scrubbie for difficult spots. Stained, small and abnormally shaped eggs do not go in the for-sale cartons.

I do not wash hatching eggs.

 

[A.T. Hagan]

Yes, all of mine are washed. I pour hot soapy water over them first (they're in a basket) then wash them clean under hot water. Dried, then packed.

.....Alan.

 

[txchickie]

If I am giving someone eggs, I always wash all of them first. In a sinkful of hot, soapy water, then scrubbed and rinsed and air dried on a towel. I just don't want someone to be able to say that I am giving them dirty or unclean eggs (even though I know better, they may not).

For the eggs we eat here at home, if they're not visibly dirty, they don't get washed.

Super muddy or dirty eggs go to the dogs!

 

[ninny]

I'm confused! I thought you could only wash them in cold water. If you washed them in hot or warm water the germs will get in the egg.

Could someone help please? Oh and how to get stains off of white eggs?

 

[debbie.h]

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I know that the "big" poultry companies wash their eggs in bleach water, same for the processed chickens.

I just wipe the dirty ones with a damp cloth.

 

[Renee']

I rarely wash my eggs; 99% of them don't have anything visible to wash off.

 

[TriciaHowe]

I ask when they buy them (I sell on CL) if they are for eating or hatching. Eating eggs are cleaned (unless already pretty clean) hatching eggs aren't unless specified buy the buyer. Duck eggs are always rinsed and the muck is removed with my fingers, no soap or cleaners. I don't think I have ever removed a clean duck egg from the run LOL

Mr clean magic eraser is good for removing stained eggs

 

[En Plein Air Farms]

My MIL nearly gave me a beating for putting the eggs in warm water and washing them, so I haven't done it since.

I use a well damped rag which does the trick when needed.

The best thing I did was get a bale of fir shavings from Dell's (tractor supply on the west coast) and add a couple handfuls to each nest. Very little breakage any more and generally the eggs are clean as can be. I change it out about once a month.

 

[gritsar]

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That's backwards. Washing in cold water causes the contents of the egg to shrink, pulling dirt and germs into the interior of the egg. They should be washed in hot water only. This causes the contents to swell, pushing dirt and germs out.
Submerging them is also a big no-no. The minute you submerge them, germs are released into the water and then sucked into the egg.
I had two egg customers that initially wanted washed eggs, then I educated them about the bloom. Now they want them unwashed and they wash them right before using; like the rest of my customers.

 

[cluckcluck42]

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Me too. Anything that looks too hard to clean I crack over the dogs dish.