Hard boiled eggs help

[Carter4671]

for some reason when I go to peel the shell off the egg i take 1/2 the egg with it. Can anyone tell me what i am doing wrong? I can peel them fine from store bought but for some reason not with my girls. It also takes forever to get all the shell off as it wants to come of in tiny pcs instead of large ones. R they lacking something?

 

[nuthatched]

It's because the eggs are fresh, store eggs are months old and peel better because of less egg mass and protein degradation

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

There is a thread on here somewhere (probably several) about the best way to hard-boil fresh eggs. If you use the search function you might find lots of ideas. Personally, i like to steam mine and that works for me.

 

[fowltemptress]

I always have some eggs I set aside on my counter for when I want to boil eggs. I write the date they were laid on them, and I wait at least two weeks before boiling, though I prefer waiting a month for really easy peeling.