Do you wash fresh eggs? Refrigerate or no?

[ducks4you]

Always cautious about posting on such a thread bc there are too many "experts" on every subject here, but I will write from my experiences and you cannot argue that you have had my experiences. I used to keep my chicken's eggs in a basket on my counter. One day after a week with high's in the 90's several eggs exploded. I started to refrigerate them. I have 7 plastic egg holders, 6 hold a dozen, one holds 10. I fill them and right now I give them to my DD's who HB them for cheap lunches. I ROUTINELY wash my dirty eggs with soap and water and rinse, let sit on the counter for an hour on a paper towel to dry, then store in the fridge. DD is an expert at HB eggs and she knows how to boil them and get ALL of the shell off. It is easier to shell HB eggs that are not today's collection. Usually a week or two old HB's better, and I save up 6 dozen eggs every Easter for the Church potluck, HB's eggs and deviled eggs. The fresher wonky ones that we had to pick off the shells with the white attached end up on OUR Easter table.
NOT ONCE has any of these washed eggs gone bad, but I have had a few Ball canning jars full of garden goods go bad in that amount of time.
I move my eggs to styrofoam/cardboard grocery store containers that I have been given to give away, since I get between 3-4 eggs/day now, too many for 2 people.
I post bc I was once a newbie chicken owner and looking for answers.
If you reply to this with an argument I will not answer it.
I hope this helps somebody. =D

 

[Abriana]

Rather than just warm water (which is way better than cold), the wash water should be as hot as you can stand it. Commercially, eggs are washed/rinsed in 160-180 deg F water. Most home water heaters are set around 125 F, which is plenty hot enough to avoid the interior of the egg from contracting, even though it's not hot enough to disinfect. In any case, keep your washing time under the hot water to a minimum.
To address another comment, "back in the day" washed eggs were re-coated with "water glass". You can use glycerine (Glyserol) if you must, but personally I avoid mineral oil (which you often see recommended) because it is petroleum based.

Okay, didn't know that! Thanks! I always heard just warm.

 

[ChickNanny13]

This is is surely a question that everyone has their own answers for & after reading ALL NIGHT think the only consistency is wash in tepid/warm water.

I have 4BOs that have been laying since Oct'17, collect eggs daily, store in the egg carton until it's full then refrigerate, wash under tap water before using. Giving about 3doz away to family a month. Reading last night I panicked

Read that eggs should be washed before put in the frig cause cold makes the egg constrict drawing in bacteria. My thought since the bloom seals the egg, why wash it off. Then again some say no need to wash at all.

Glad I found this thread, I'm not the only one doing "collecting - frig - wash - use" I'm sticking to it, makes sense to me.