Everyone Keeps Getting Sick! Is it the eggs?!

[crzychicken]

My husband and my son said the same thing that they feel blah... after eating fresh eggs. I do agree I think our body is so use to bad food that we get from the store and when we give our body good heathy food it can't handle it. The same with milk someone told me that raw milk has alot of good bacteria in and once it's heated to pasteurized that is killed offall of bacteria good and bad. They tell us to buy yogurt ect.. with all kinds of added stuff to make up for it. I won't even get into meats and what is in that.

 

[TXmom]

My husband has digestive issues with eggs. We don't have fresh eggs yet because our chicks are still young....we use store-bought eggs and he has a problem if they are not fully cooked. He can have scrambled eggs with no problem, but not over-easy with runny yolks. I'm interested to see how he handles the farm-fresh eggs we should be getting in a few months.

I just wanted to add this because he has the same problem with store-bought eggs.

 

[j.luetkemeyer]

The digestive issues are due to the fact most Americans diets have caused severe damage to the intestinal tract. Good quality eggs soft cooked or eaten raw will help restore the lining of mucus to the intestinal tract as well as help provide enzymes to aid in digestion. Usually after a couple of weeks of eating them everyday you will notice the problems disappear. One solution is to make homemade "eggnog" using raw milk from a grassfed animal and pasture raised eggs. You can add some nutmeg or other spice for flavoring. Drink this everyday for a couple of weeks to help repair a damaged intestinal tract. Most people do not realize they have a problem until something severe hits them or they begin to change their diet to help fix the problem.

From what I've read about washing eggs is that you do not want to wash them unless they are dirty. Always wash them under running water and not in a bowl/tub. There is a protective coating on the egg that helps keep bacteria out. Once you wash the egg that protective layer is gone. I always put the washed eggs in a different container than the non-washed/already clean eggs.

Forgot to mention a really good book called "Nourishing Traditions". This book explains a lot about nutrition and has many healthy recipes.

 

[klf73]

yes I should have added that I think my roo purposely poos on the eggs. I went out yesterday and they stayed in the coop because of all the snow we got. I went to reach for an egg and he stomped it, I could have killed him.. If he wasn't my daughters he'd be stew already, but I promised to find him a *home*

 

[Picky Chicky]

Now the only reason I haven't washed the eggs before storing them is because I had read about the bloom and it being good to protect against bacteria. That it's bad to wash them and store them?

Any other thoughts on the "to wash or not wash" theory?

 

[redhen]

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this is my concern also...i dont know what to do now...should i wash? or not? UGH!

 

[FrenchHen]

I wash mine in warm water and then give them a quick dip in a very mild bleach solution. The ratio is a tablespoon of bleach for a gallon of water. Then they dry on a paper towel on the counter before I put them in my fridge.

It's the same solution used to disinfect dishes in restaurants.
Bleach can also be used to purify drinking water in very small amounts.
I'm sure someone will freak about that, but my house, my rules.

 

[lisahaschickens]

Everything I have read says DON'T wash your eggs unless they are VERY dirty or if you are going to eat them right away (Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens has a very details chapter about this)... you are exactly correct about the bloom - it is the natural barrier to bacteria infestation and it is the safest thing. If you wash it off, the bacteria can get in through the pores and are more likely to make you sick. Also, if you wash off the bloom and then store them, they lose moisture more quickly and don't last nearly as long. You are right to not wash your eggs! However, if they are REALLY poopy, I guess it's neccessary.

This is a very interesting thread to me... I thought most people kept chickens specifically to get eggs to eat. I mean... the majority of us can't possibly be showing chickens, right? Meat and eggs are the main goals and I would think more people do only eggs than eggs and meat or meat alone, no? I didn't realize people had issues with eating their own eggs... I wonder what causes this "mental block?" I am new to keeping chickens myself, but have been around them plenty and have relished every opportunity to eat a homegrown egg! I can't imagine they are making people sick unless they are contaminated, which I think it pretty rare...

 

[lorieMN]

I wash mine under running water..just a light rub on the dirty parts..I feel we use them up fast enough that I am not worried about the "bloom" coming off..if you are storing them for weeks,maybe you would want to do it differently..but I would bet the store bought eggs are not very fresh,..I assume it takes a few days from lay to store time,and then maybe sit in the store another few days before restock..and they are washed and clean..and my sister used to work at a grocery in Ohio,,she stocked shelves at night,she said they would sit the pallets near the department and sometimes it would sit out for 5-6 hours before anyone got to that area to get them in the frige..she said the same with the milk..

 

[Reinbeau]

I don't think there are too many people out there who have medical issues with eating 'their own' eggs. I have never heard of it, actually. I've heard of people who don't want to eat eggs if they know they come out of a chicken's butt (!!), or if they know the chicken whose butt they came out of

, my neighbors won't take the eggs, they need to buy them in a supermarket, but I've never heard of anyone being physically bothered by eating 'their own' eggs. Either it's psychological or there's something wrong with what you're feeding them.