Entering eggs in local fair

[claud]

I am entering some eggs in our local fair.
How do you display them - just an egg carton?
How are they judged? What do they look for? Do they need to know the breed? Do they crack them?
Do you generally enter a dozen?
I never did this before.
Thanks!

 

[Colored Egg Farmer]

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I entered 2 dozen of eggs in our fair...

Just look for same size.. good egg shape. no extra calcium, clean, same color... the objective is to get a look alike dozen. For my fair a egg carton was fine

 

[claud]

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I entered 2 dozen of eggs in our fair...

Just look for same size.. good egg shape. no extra calcium, clean, same color... the objective is to get a look alike dozen. For my fair a egg carton was fine

Ok. Thanks. I have some speckled eggs along with dark brown - they look pretty - should I not mix them in the same carton?

 

[Colored Egg Farmer]

you want to get a dozen of the same exact color.. even if there brown they can't be light and dark brown in the same dozen.. (learned that the hard way last year)

but if you get a dozen of speckled eggs that will work. Just make sure its not extra calcium. You want the shell quality very good.

 

[claud]

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Hmmmm. Ok. Thanks.

 

[Colored Egg Farmer]

http://www.coloredeggfarms.com/cagefree.html

the second photo on that page is the dozen I showed.
you can see there is quite a bad color difference.

 

[Reinbeau]

At our local Marshfield Fair there's an egg competition, and they have a category for multicolored dozens. That's my favorite. Eggs all the same are just boring!

No, seriously, not to insult anyone's eggs, but I really prefer a mixture of colors, it just amazes me.

 

[claud]

I think I have a decent looking dozen.
There is a category for pullet eggs too. I have some nice looking pullet eggs but not a full dozen - can you enter a half dozen?

 

[claud]

Oh, never mind. I see that a dozen is required on their website.
Can they tell the difference between a hard-boiled egg and fresh?

 

[claud]

Thanks for all the advice. My eggs won 1st place!!!!