grannys gone and done it

[rIrs roost]

I have conquered the bed-skirt and no cat pannini!

Congratulations tippy. You deserve a break the rest of the day.

 

[willzpapa]

: It's counter-intuitive but true: Your eggs will stay fresher if you don't wash them at all. When your hens lay eggs, there is a natural coating that is laid on top called the "bloom" that helps keep out bacteria. When you wash eggs, you drive some bacteria in through the pores of the shell, so it's a bad idea to do so as a general practice. If your nests are clean, your eggs should be clean. In fact, fresh eggs don't really even need to be refrigerated if they're going to be used soon. They can be kept at room temperature, although refrigeration will keep them fresher longer. (We always refrigerate our eggs--it just makes sense to keep them as fresh as possible!) Store them large end up.

A hen lays an egg a day, and after 10 or 12 days or so, she has gathered a clutch together and will begin sitting on them to hatch them. The first egg she laid has been sitting in the nest for two weeks or so, but is still good enough to turn into a baby chick!

Commercial eggs must be sanitized because they are often laid on top of feces---or even worse.

 

[Tippylou]

Quote: I absolutely LOVE duvets! Very hard to find here unless I drive an hour and a half to Ikea! That trip usually costs me a couple hundred dollars, though. I get what I went for and all the other goodies I find there!

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

but its always nice to see a bit of a leg peaking through or showing  

I brought my lovely wife i stay with her and today shes having a permanant put in her hair

Twisted or anyone else for that matter.. How do you wash your eggs... Just water?

I don't wash them, i just leave them as they are. Then again right now I don't have many to wash :/

I have conquered the bed-skirt and no cat pannini!

 

[willzpapa]

If your eggs are as soiled as that for some reason, some people recommend you use sand, sanding sponges or sandpaper to carefully buff off the dirt... but it's really best not to wash them in water as that can spread the bacteria to the inside the eggshell. If you are determined to wash your eggs no matter what, your solution should be slightly warmer than the egg you are washing to reduce the amount of bacteria you are driving in (as the egg cools, what is on the shell will be drawn inside, and if you have removed the bloom, the bacteria will enter). It seems like a waste, but if an egg is very soiled or caked with more than just surface dirt, sometimes it's not a bad idea just to toss it out.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

Quote:
OH PEEYOU I can't be in the same room where they are doing that takes my breath away. You are a saint.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

I absolutely LOVE duvets! Very hard to find here unless I drive an hour and a half to Ikea! That trip usually costs me a couple hundred dollars, though. I get what I went for and all the other goodies I find there!

Amazon!! That's where I got all my new bedding from and on next day delivery. That's the trouble with stores they lure you into buying things that you didn't intend to get!!

 

[Tippylou]

If your eggs are as soiled as that for some reason, some people recommend you use sand, sanding sponges or sandpaper to carefully buff off the dirt... but it's really best not to wash them in water as that can spread the bacteria to the inside the eggshell. If you are determined to wash your eggs no matter what, your solution should be slightly warmer than the egg you are washing to reduce the amount of bacteria you are driving in (as the egg cools, what is on the shell will be drawn inside, and if you have removed the bloom, the bacteria will enter). It seems like a waste, but if an egg is very soiled or caked with more than just surface dirt, sometimes it's not a bad idea just to toss it out.

I use a damp paper towel on the dirty spots.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

Twisted or anyone else for that matter.. How do you wash your eggs... Just water?

first I go through them the "clean ones" go right into cartons, just a couple spots rubbed with a damp cloth. the truly filthy one go in a sink with luke-warm water and then under running water I take netting (like frozen turkeys come in ) and wash/scrub them. Have done this for 3 or 4 years and never gotten anyone sick or dead. This works for me. It is possible to wash/scrub the brown color of they egg. I occasionally end up with "pinto" eggs. LOL

 

[Tippylou]

Quote: But it's Ikea!! They don't ship much. And it's Ikea! They have stuff I really, really need!