DO YOU WASH & REFRIGERATE YOUR EGGS?-

[ValerieJ]

Hi @penny1960

I believe what @CuckooTheCrazyChicken might be referring to is Manna Pro Egg Cleanser - it has Water, Yeast, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate as its ingredients and a person asked,
"Does this remove the bloom? Does this still protect from bacterial contamination getting into the egg?"

Manna Pro states, "No, it does not remove the bloom. Your eggs will still be protected from bacterial contamination getting into the eggs since it does not remove the bloom."

I have never used the product before, have seen it carried at TSC, but others who have said they like the product rather than the wipes Manna Pro also makes. Only one person decided to stop using it because of the scent left behind on her hands.

Yep. That’s the one I use. I was going to say Mana Pro but I’m not home and I wasn’t certain. This product works really well.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Have to say nothing has changed in how we do things I am a firm believer in to each his own

 

[shoetou]

we do not wash and my customers do not want them washed and I have two that do not want them refrigerated

 

[mdquilts]

I don't wash unless it is dirty, which is rare, then after wash I refrigerate. This is how I store them until I give away...I like this stand because it has the freshest ones on the top and I choose from the bottom and I add to the top each day it holds 3 dozen!

I love your egg holder! Do you know what it’s called or where you got it? It would be the perfect answer to help me keep them out of the fridge and easily remember which ones are older!

 

[Mosey2003]

I love your egg holder! Do you know what it’s called or where you got it? It would be the perfect answer to help me keep them out of the fridge and easily remember which ones are older!

If you're looking to buy one, that's called an egg skelter, I do believe.

Personally, I refrigerate all eggs the day they're collected. I see no good reason to leave them on the counter when refrigerating will help them stay fresh the longest.

The eggs I sell get washed just before I deliver them, and I use the Manna Pro egg wash. The eggs I eat typically get washed as I use them, just under hot running water.

The only time I let eggs sit out is if I'm planning to hatch or I know someone wants a dozen and they won't be refrigerated for hours, like if I'm taking a dozen to my boss. Those I'll collect a dozen and only include the cleanest. Clean nests help keep eggs clean, although muddy days do a number on them regardless.

 

[NHMountainMan]

Actually, while informative, that video made me laugh a few times, especially the beginning. It's just slanted a little bit in favor of the UK practices, and they obviously aren't warm and fuzzy about the FDA. I actually can't write what I generally say that FDA stands for, it's not PC at all. I don't wash my eggs, the idea of soaking them in poop soup is not pretty. I also keep the dirty ones for my own use, never, ever have I gotten sick. While I do try to keep a clean coop, a poopy egg does happen once in a while, as does a broken egg or a broken blood vessel on laying. I don't get grossed out too much by many things, but for the eggs I sell, I try to make it the clean ones. I actually had someone complain once that they found a feather on one. Whew! What a disaster! My suggestion was to save them and make a pillow. I do refrigerate my eggs because especially in the spring I can have a glut and people tend to buy several dozen at a time and then I have a gap before they come back. Once they are refrigerated though, I make sure they stay that way. I'm in the middle of nowhere, so traffic is light. My personal eggs often sit on the counter til I use them, which is usually not long. I seem to use a lot more eggs than the average, guess that happens when you have a steady supply.

Just slightly slanted in favor of the UK.
Been there many times. ALWAYS disappointed in the quality and taste. English breakfast. Streaky bacon, blood sausage runny eggs.
Biggest difference - UK is about 65m people and smaller- roughly the size of Michigan) with 4 climate hardiness zones. (6-9). Easy to transport etc. UK blah blah blah.
Ps- rugby is not tougher than American football. Discuss....

 

[The Angry Hen]

I used to wash the eggs- but I started thinking about the pours on them and what washing them may do. Now, I tend to put them in a steep Rubbermaid container with their shells date-marked in China marker- stacking them and storing them in the refrigerator. If the eggs have to be cleaned- I'll clean them and dry them before storing them unless they weren't too messy.

I'll let the eggs, in the refrigerator, go a week before discarding or composting their shells. I often want to give the shells to the chickens as a reusable source of calcium- but I would rather boil them before doing so, in order to sanitize.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Ma threw used shells about once a week basket for eggs another one for used the used got crushed with a spoon or the like thrown out to birds no washing needed

 

[Kkrista123]

Should I not be using egg cleaner?!

I'm so confused on right and wrong after this whole post!!!

 

[BullChick]

Should I not be using egg cleaner?!

I'm so confused on right and wrong after this whole post!!!

LOL! Do what makes you comfortable. They don’t need washed or refrigerated.