How long does a cracked pullet egg last?

[Djrdn]

 

[pennyJo1960]

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Good morning did not break the membrane I use them.
If it cracks the membrane I will give back to the birds.

 

[Debbie292d]

Good morning did not break the membrane I use them.
If it cracks the membrane I will give back to the birds.

Same here.

And if we don't know for sure, we'd scramble it up as a great treat for the birds.

 

[FunClucks]

I usually have enough eggs, I feed any that are cracked back to the birds right away.

If I crack it when I'm collecting it, I'll just use it immediately. If a bird cracked it, I'm not sure when it happened or how dirty the appendage they cracked it with was, so I usually just feed it back.

It all depends on how comfortable are you with risk?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Right. Did a beak crack it? Or, more likely, that looks like a crack from a toenail where one of the hens stepped on it. Now think about all the things chickens scratch in all day. To me, that's a definite yuck! If any of that got off the chicken's claw and into the egg, do I want to take a chance on eating that, even if it's fresh? Def not. That egg goes into a container in the freezer to go out with the trash. Me, I would not even feed it to the dogs or chickens. But we all know what a weirdo I am by now.

 

[Djrdn]

Good morning did not break the membrane I use them.
If it cracks the membrane I will give back to the birds.

Thanks! This is helpful.

 

[Djrdn]

I usually have enough eggs, I feed any that are cracked back to the birds right away.

If I crack it when I'm collecting it, I'll just use it immediately. If a bird cracked it, I'm not sure when it happened or how dirty the appendage they cracked it with was, so I usually just feed it back.

It all depends on how comfortable are you with risk?

I was pretty certain that the membrane was still intact, so I washed and ate it. I’m fine, but now thinking I probably won’t be taking that chance again.

 

[Djrdn]

Right. Did a beak crack it? Or, more likely, that looks like a crack from a toenail where one of the hens stepped on it. Now think about all the things chickens scratch in all day. To me, that's a definite yuck! If any of that got off the chicken's claw and into the egg, do I want to take a chance on eating that, even if it's fresh? Def not. That egg goes into a container in the freezer to go out with the trash. Me, I would not even feed it to the dogs or chickens. But we all know what a weirdo I am by now.

Now I feel like a weirdo for taking a chance to wash and eat it. The picture is of the egg fresh out of the nesting box. It was clean and I didn’t think the membrane was compromised due to it being a pullet egg with a really thick shell. Whelp! Even though I didn’t get sick from it, I likely won’t risk it again.

 

[Debbie292d]

Now I feel like a weirdo for taking a chance to wash and eat it. The picture is of the egg fresh out of the nesting box. It was clean and I didn’t think the membrane was compromised due to it being a pullet egg with a really thick shell. Whelp! Even though I didn’t get sick from it, I likely won’t risk it again.

If you need the egg, for eating or baking, you could always peel the shell off carefully where it's cracked and look to see if it appears to have pierced the membrane. Sort of a tedius pain in the butt though.

We have a lot of eggs, so I would just scramble them up for the chickens.