grannys gone and done it

[willzpapa]

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

Well i married her for better or worse im thinking this is the worst LOL

 

[rIrs roost]

: 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.

mine are never really that dirty at all. I refrigerate them ,then before I cook them, that's when I was them in cold water. Wonder if that's ok?

 

[lindalouly]

: 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.

My nest are clean and most eggs come out clean but with our rain some of the hens are getting really poopy in the back area... No where to take a dust bath. I gathered 6 today and three were kinda messy.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I wash my eggs. just water. when it rains here they get pretty gross. them i feed to the barn cats. but if there not too bad I give them a quick rinse in tepid water then let them drip dry so it wont remove more bloom then needed. I just aint eating no egg straight out the butt without at least a quick rinse.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

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

I see I see!! If you got things from Amazon you would not need to go to IKEA!! With all the stuff you REALLY need from IKEA you must go there

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

well I am off to get something accomplished not sure what or if but that is the current plan. TTFN

 

[Tippylou]

Quote: Trust me, I wear the UPS guy and the FedEx guy out with orders from Amazon! But they don't have Ikea stuff.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Hiya granny
How's the roo doing?

Twist behave your self with your plans

 

[Wishing4Wings]

I cleaned the big girl coop yesterday, and forgot to take my ibuprofen before bed. Ugh, so stiff I can hardly move! Time to get up off my backside and see if I will be walking upright today. Sister is coming over and we are going to the shops this afternoon. #1 saw a book he liked yesterday that I will get for him. At least he will have ONE thing under the tree!

Tippy, glad you didn't get flat cats! I won't even try to move the mattress without help.

I don't wash eggs unless they are really bad, and then just water and use them right away. I keep them out on the counter until there's enough to fill a carton. Been taking almost 2 weeks lately. Got old chickens now!

 

[rIrs roost]

My nest are clean and most eggs come out clean but with our rain some of the hens are getting really poopy in the back area... No where to take a dust bath. I gathered 6 today and three were kinda messy.

you can't get completely clean eggs right from the chicken all the time. Or I can't anyways.

I wash my eggs. just water. when it rains here they get pretty gross. them i feed to the barn cats. but if there not too bad I give them a quick rinse in tepid water then let them drip dry so it wont remove more bloom then needed.  I just aint eating no egg straight out the butt without at least a quick rinse.

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