Egg Question

[RonP]

I wash off any broken egg thoroughly asap and then refrigerate.....same with copious amounts of poop.

Agreed.

At that point, they are basicly the same as store bought eggs throughout the US, washed and refrigerated.

 

[ChickenLegs13]

Just my opinion, but if the yolk is fresh, and dried, no problem.

I think the bloom is just a lubricant for when it comes out the hen's but and doesn't do much to protect or preserve the egg.

I wouldn't eat one that had been laying in a wet poopy nest box for several days or had a rotten egg busted on it, that's a germ fest for sure.

Might want to do a search and check your sources...especially about the bloom.

You think the yolk from Farmgirl02's broken egg might have washed the bloom off of her other 4 eggs and spoiled them in 2 nights?
I don't.

 

[aart]

Quote: You think the yolk from Farmgirl02's broken egg might have washed the bloom off of her other 4 eggs and spoiled them in 2 nights?
I don't.

I think he was questioning the bloom being a just a lubricant and not a protectant / preservative.

Yolk, and especially albumen, are an excellent growth medium for bacteria, true they may be less viable when dried as all life needs moisture to grow, but still.

 

[ChickenLegs13]

Well, I don't throw eggs away just because they have dried up yolk on them, nor do I throw them away just because they have dried poop on them. Chicken crap is more nasty than dried yolk if you ask me. Whatever offending substance is on the egg shell, I just wash it off and do whatever it was I was going to do with the egg in the first place.
To cut down on argument we'll say bloom serves a 2 fold purpose; it lubricates the egg as it exits the chicken then dries and becomes a protectant/preservative.

 

[aart]

Well, I don't throw eggs away just because they have dried up yolk on them, nor do I throw them away just because they have dried poop on them. Chicken crap is more nasty than dried yolk if you ask me. Whatever offending substance is on the egg shell, I just wash it off and do whatever it was I was going to do with the egg in the first place.
To cut down on argument we'll say bloom serves a 2 fold purpose; it lubricates the egg as it exits the chicken then dries and becomes a protectant/preservative.

We can say that, because it's true.

No argument about it.

I don't throw them out either.... broken egg contents and large amounts of poop gets completely removed from egg with copious amounts of water and mechanical 'scrubbing', then refrigerated because of the loss of bloom.

 

[Egghead_Jr]

Large amounts of broken egg and/or poop the egg or eggs get tossed on ground to break and chickens have a field day. I don't do that because I think it's unsafe, rather prefer not to waste time scrubbing eggs clean when I know there is more to get tomorrow. Small amounts of poo or egg on shell and it goes right to the egg basket and is eaten in day or two.

People can get sqeamish about a little poo on an egg but I tell them to break the egg on the opposite side. I don't know about others but I can crack an egg without getting shell in the pan.