Let's see your egg baskets!

[MEMama3]

If you wash them you need to cover with mineral oil to make them last the longest. The reason is that when you wash them, you remove the bloom that is a natural barrier on the egg. If you don't wash, it's naturally protected.

 

[newbie32]

yeah I know

 

[jstlitlome]

If you wash them you need to cover with mineral oil to make them last the longest. The reason is that when you wash them, you remove the bloom that is a natural barrier on the egg. If you don't wash, it's naturally protected.

I know that you don't HAVE to wash the eggs, and even that they will last longer that way.. I just haven't gotten my suburbian alter-ego to accept that yet!!! haha! I was just having that conversation with myself earlier today. Most of my eggs come out pretty clean, so I think that I will stop washing them, except for the ones with poo on them. Thats just going too far! hahahahaha!

I didnt know about the mineral oil, however! Maybe I will get some for those that I just HAVE to wash.

Leslie

 

[Eggsaggerate]

I use a 2 quart berry basket. It is plastic so easy to wash, has a handle and is the right size for my 8 hens daily production.

 

[MelissaTXRn]

I've been looking for just the right egg basket for weeks, and was so excited to see this one on clearance at Pier One today! It had a collection of colored citronella candles which I will also use inside.

I love that it is wire, I love that it is blue and I super love the lid to keep my dogs out when I set it down to get distracted by my chickens!

What do you use?

Love it!!!!!

 

[newbie32]

I use a 2 quart berry basket. It is plastic so easy to wash, has a handle and is the right size for my 8 hens daily production.

Do you store them in there too or just collect them in it?

 

[chicken pickin]

This is my egg collecting basket

 

[CedarAcres]

I have a few different baskets that I use, but this one is my favorite. It looks nice on our counter, haha

I got it for a dollar at a tag sale. I also have a few others that I got at the dollar store, they are metal ones. I use those when this one is on display on the counter. I usually only leave the eggs on the counter for a day/ What we don't use in that day, goes into egg cartons in the fridge for people to buy. I don't wash any of our eggs either. If they are so dirty that they have to be washed, then we usually just toss them. But that almost never happens.

 

[farmgirlroots]

I have two exactly the same vinyl covered wire that I picked up at the dollar store and then lined with several pieces of fleece fabric sewn together as a cushion. While I only have 5 hens, I have two small boys who both want the job of bringing in the eggs.

 

[CedarAcres]

Farmgirlroots, those look just like the ones I got at the dollar store! I love your idea with the liner.