I usually do not wash mine either. Before I give eggs to someone else I'll make sure they don't have large gobs of goo on them, but they certainly are not nice and white like the store bought ones. (My duck eggs are messier, the chicken eggs aren't so bad). Some people don't like the looks of my eggs, especially the duck eggs, but they don't have to eat mine. I spend quite a bit of time eating out in the barn with pleanty of poop around. I guess me and my family are just used to getting dirty and handling manure. Others are not used to it and can't stand the thought of an unwashed egg. When I do have to clean off the mud and muck, I just wipe with a paper towel. If stuff is dried on I'll scrape off the big gobs and "don't sweat the small stuff!"