Hard boiling my eggs: whites stick to shell... ???

[sandy sea]

When I peal my hard boiled eggs, the white sticks to the shell, leaving me mostly with hardboiled yolk. I feed my chickens laying crumble and they also can free range.

Is it my cooking or is my chickens lacking something?

Sandy

 

[LoneCowboy]

They just aren't old enough. There have been lots of good advice given for how to deal with that. I can't remember all of them, but if you do a search on hard boiled eggs, you'll find some of the posts. I tried the salt one, and it worked pretty good.

 

[tiffanyh]

Yup-eggs are just to fresh!

 

[babyboy1_mom]

I put salt in my water when boiling. After they are boiled, then I run cold water on them and put ice to cool them quickly and that seems to help alot.

Dorothy

 

[eggzettera]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=24428

 

[Crunchie]

THANK YOU!!! I can't stand this...I've been dying to know what I can do about it!!

Good to know that the eggs are just "too fresh", though.

Never knew that could be a bad thing!

 

[Frizzledhen]

I put my HBEs in the refrig over night in a covered pan with just a little bit of water in the bottom. I find that even fresh eggs peel easier.

 

[Anne]

I simply age mine for 2 weeks before hard boiling.

 

[Buff Hooligans]

Quote:
Me too.

 

[kees]

Old eggs peel very easily...fresh ones don't. The eggs that you may purchase from the supermarket could well be 3-4 weeks old already.