Has anyone used a pneumatic egg washer?? Do they work??

[daze333]

i am in KY and we have much mud also. i have a pen that the ducks stay in at night, and out during the day. i have put down rock fabric as a base and limestone sand (or you could use regular sand) on top. this keeps the fabric onthe ground and the sand keeps the eggs so much cleaner. i use an egg cleaner just because i resell them but i only get 16/day, so i do 2 days worth at a time.

don't know what your area is like but if they can go outside, have a swim in a pool or something they will get cleaner when they go back in. the sand is also a drying thing. one thing i am finding with my situation, it would be good to have it semi level. our rain level here has washed the sand down the hill a little. but the eggs are clean. they find a spot of mud that is not covered and lay in that sometimes, but over all, they are much cleaner when they come out in the morning, the eggs are cleaner.

i am looking at the egg bubbler thing but i just don't see it. i have the hot water and cleaner in a 1 gallon contaner, add the eggs which amounts to about 2 dozen, then let them sit, a few minutes, take them out and rinse what is on them off then lay them on a paper towel to dry and coat them with food grade mineral oil. that seals the egg from contaminants and the egg wash i use disinfects them.

if i bought a washer for the money i guess i would get the bubbler but still you would have to handle all the eggs at one point or other. if their is poo on them you still have to scrub it off. kinda like a dishwasher sometimes does not get it all.

i sell my eggs to people and i want to inspect every egg, make sure it is clean and set up for long storage. so i do mine all by hand. it is not that big a deal i do it when i am cooking breakfast. takes about 10 minutes to complete.
that includes getting stuff out, setting up, washing, rinsing, inspection, drying, coating, and packing.

swimming pools help and if you had the rock fabric and some sand, it would make life so much better for you and the ducks.

Thank you for sharing! My pen is lumpy because they dabble in the mud and rearrange all the dirt. And another problem is a low side of their pen. It collects all the water when it rains a lot and it's like a pond in there. The low end is where their coop is and where we walk the most. Maybe I should move the coop, and put down the fabric and lots of sand on that half? The other half is always muddy from their water bowl and I don't care about it. Also mine go in this pen at nigh and free range during the day like yours. Should I do the whole pen, or just the half by the coop where they lay their eggs?

 

[blucoondawg]

I just built the air bubbler type cleaner it's very cheap and takes a minimal amount of time for anyone with a few tools and any amount of mechanical aptitude. In sir total cost including a food grade pail was less than 20 dollars