Eggs what do you do if they are dirty and how dirty is acceptable? Maybe you could show me your eggs you collect?

[RMshorty]

Water warmer than the eggs is essential because bacteria moves toward warmth. All commercial growers wash the eggs, but it shortens freshness and they should be refrigerated afterwards. I soak mine in warm water for 1 minute with a drop of dish liquid...figured I eat out of washed dishes so should be ok. Store eggs are at least 2 weeks old, then good for another month. Mine last longer, but I rotate and use older ones first. I eat stained ones. If worried about it, cook them well. Had chickens for 30 years and I'm still kickin'

 

[Gizmos]

I sometimes get really dirty eggs and I just throw them in the compost and im continuously adding shavings and cleaning out their nesting boxes and it was really nice when we had a drought i mean I didn't like it for the garden but for the chickens and ducks it was really nice and now im stressed out bc I want to add horse bedding pellets, I have added hay, and grass and its gotten a crust layer on top of the dirt and it was mud for a while and squishy and I've added logs for them to be on and we've dug trenches for the w a tee but we have such flat land it doesn't really go anywhere. When it rains we get so much flooding like in pockets of the yard. I wanna add gravel and all sorts of stuff mulch and we'll I know that will help I just need more advice besides are these eggs okay if they are a little dirty to wash in with vinegar spray and wash cloth bc sometimes I cant get papertowels like I want.. these are the ones I was going to feed back to the chickens bc I cant stand the dirty ones anymore I used to see if I could save them and I just felt like I was spending so much time to clean them sonibquitndoing that and now they wait for me to throw them egg treats, like they know they have eggs in their nesting box when I go to collect eggs. I have ducks and one turkey. I cant some times collect duck eggs bc they look so dirty im just like I cant..

They all look perfectly fine to use as is and no need to clean even. By washing them you are only shortening their shelf life. The spots of dirt get discarded with the shell but in the meantime it helps protect the egg from airborne issues

 

[Taranakian]

Every person I know that has chooks here would have that bowl of eggs sitting on their benchtop without thinking twice about it.

 

[Newbie102]

We use artificial turf in a rollaway nest box. No dirty eggs yet!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

If I have any that need washing, I give them a quick dunk in warm water with a drop of Dawn dish soap in it. I don't soak them! They would absorb that soapy water. Then I rinse them quickly under warm running water. If necessary, they get a quick wipe with a wet paper towel. Then they get set on a clean dish towel to air dry. When dry they go in clean cartons and go in the refrigerator where they are good for up to three months. I am hoarding mine now to get us through the winter; each egg is dated on the fat end so I can "rotate the stock" and use the oldest ones first. I always date them anyway; hard-cooked egs over two weeks old peel easiest.