Duck Eggs Making Me Sick?

[CayugaJana]

As others have said, most food borne illnesses don’t really have that rapid of an onset. There is likely some protein or residue in the eggs that your body is having a hard time digesting. And by baking, you are degrading whatever compound that’s in the food enough for your body to be able to digest. Similar to lactose intolerance. Their bodies can’t digest the sugar, so the body says get rid of it.

 

[PirateGirl]

On egg washing... I presume that our government regulations on the required temperature of wash water is based on scientific study and not just arbitrary, otherwise they would not even specify a wash temperature.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/9/590.515

 

[snow5164]

I would assume a true allergy would cause swelling, rashes, and possibly your throat closing up not just vomiting and diarrhea.

Never ASSume ,haha I have a” true” egg allergy proven by 100 needles poked into my back ... I get cramps , then run to the bathroom and feel dizzy and weak .

I’ve been tested 20 years ago and 10 years ago ,same results , cooked into something I’m ok , just eggs?no thanks

Now an anaphylactic allergic reaction closes your throat and your lungs loose function some how , I also have that to horses

 

[kenzietee]

Okay wow so here we are a few days later and this post has a lot of useful information in it! Here's what I've gathered so far:
It's probably not salmonella or a food borne illness in general because the symptoms take hours to set in.
Possible mild allergy or just intolerant to them.
Now here's where I've got a few more questions.
I looked up the symptoms of staph infection based food poisoning, and our symptoms sound A LOT like that, including the quick onset. None of my birds have any lesions, sores, cuts, or appear sick at all. They couldn't be carrying staph dormantly inside their bodies, then transferring it to the eggs right?
Another thing here that didn't even cross my mind until I was reading another post about this. We have eaten the eggs before in baked goods with no issues. I was not aware, but my boyfriend (who has had worse reactions than I) has eaten them in a few omelettes when we first started getting eggs. We have different work schedules so I wasn't aware he had eaten them before, in essentially the exact same state as scrambled, and he did not get sick from them. We changed our birds food since then to the Country Road (Rural King brand) Layer Crumble. Could there be something in that food making us sick? It's not spoiled or anything, and I was feeding them DuMor Layer Crumble before. Can't find ingredients online for either of course But that is the biggest change I've noticed that could maybe make us sick now and not before.
Overall I plan to buy some egg wash and I'm going to switch their food back anyways because I haven't been impressed with the Country Road.

 

[kenzietee]

My biggest concern with this entire thing is that my birds are carrying a disease or virus that I can't see. I planned to sell my eggs and now I am very worried to give them to people because I don't want to make them sick, so I'm trying to rule out sick birds to the best of my ability. Does anyone know anything about getting them like tested for diseases I guess? This is still our first year with poultry so I'm not sure what is and isn't possible, and if my birds don't act sick, should I even bother getting them tested if it's possible?

 

[cymbaline]

I obviously can't speak to yours, but I have given my eggs to at least 4-5 other people on numerous occasions and no one else has had any problems. I believe (again, at least in my case) it's dependent on the amount of exposure, so I don't eat them too frequently now (maybe a couple times a month) and haven't been ill again in years.
Regarding the food...now that you mention it, I think at first I used to buy something cheaper that TSC sells, and switched to Purina Flock Raiser. Don't know if the type of feed could have something to do with it or not.

 

[TSOWOATNKC]

If you want to sell eggs, your state might have laws you need adhere to.

 

[CayugaJana]

I agree with what steps you are going to try. It’s likely something in the food if you’ve been fine before and now you aren’t. I think your line of reasoning sounds pretty good. It could be some pesticide that’s at a higher rate than other brands, or some weird weed that got harvested along with the grain, or high level of vitamins added.... who knows but it won’t hurt anything to try it.

 

[kenzietee]

I had seen another post here about how someone had never been allergic to chicken eggs and was allergic to her neighbors, and after trying over and over to figure out what was going on, she found out the neighbors chickens had been picking through and eating their horses alfalfa, and she's allergic to alfalfa. Or something to that effect, so it definitely made me think! I just think the odds of my boyfriend (who literally has not one allergy) and I both having the same food sensitivity seems pretty slim. I mean, that could be the case, but I want to do a little investigating first because I suppose I'm just a glutton for punishment hahahahaha!

 

[shawluvsbirds]

You write that you wash the eggs in warm water. It is possible that you are introducing bacteria through the egg shell, as warm or hot water opens the pores. You might try using cold water, or not washing them until right before use.

Before you wash them there is a membrane on the outside of the shell that keeps the bacteria off. When you wash them it washed that membrane away allowing the egg to become more porous. I would only use cold water but that is just intuitive to me that warm water would be a better environment for the bad stuff. I have no evidence to back that up.

I work in food service and I have to take an all day long serve safe class every few years. When it comes to washing anything, even fruits vegetables, basically we should always use water warmer than the item we are washing. The basis for that is supposedly in certain food items cold water creates a vacuum effect and can pull any bacteria from the surface inside the egg. . or tomato or whatever.
At first this seems crazy to run warm water over your egg or tomato. .but if you think about it It doesn't have to be that hot to be warmer than the egg, unless your egg has been sitting out in the sun and in that case I'd toss it anyway
Any hoo. . 90 degrees really isn't that warm when you consider your body temperature is 98.6. ..
Also things should always be washed under running water never a bath.
Also make sure the things you have washed are dry if your putting it in the refrigerator, which you need to do after washing the bloom off of the egg.
Reason being the same as above. The water on the egg gets cold thus causing the vacuum.
Anyway. . there was my 2 cents

@kenzietee
I sure hope you can figure this out so you don't have to stop eating delicious duck eggs