NY chicken lover!!!!

Talking egg salad sandwiches, I havn't tried any yet, only getting one olive egg and one white egg from a brown leghorn a day so far. But anyways last time I had chickens and fresh eggs you couldn't get the shells off a hard boiled with out losing a quarter of the white. Is there a trick to it I don't know about?
I tried putting some viniger in the water, salt, tried them cold, and hot, letting the eggs get older.
Nothing seemed to work to get the shells off fresh eggs.

I have had great luck steaming the eggs, even those laid the same day. Chill the eggs in the refrigerator and get the steamer boiling (or hot water if you don't have a steamer). Drop the cold eggs in the hot pot for 15-20 minutes. Fish them out with a slotted spoon and drop into ice cold water. Immediately knock on the countertop to crack both ends and let the cold water seep in. It is said that the abrupt change in temperature separates the membrane from the rest of the egg. After they are cool, roll on the counter to fracture the rest of the shell and it should peel easily. I still get one once in a while where the consistency of the white is strange and the whole thing crumbles, but that type of egg is hopeless no matter how you cook it.

Bantam eggs 12-15, regular eggs 20, turkey or duck 25 if larger than a chicken egg. For deviled eggs I add horseradish (fine cut), mustard, salt, and dill. Sometimes they peel even easier if you refrigerate overnight.

There are several threads on BYC about this. There is something about steaming that separates the outer membrane from the shell and the white due to how the steam penetrates the shell. Another strategy is to poke a pin hole in the end of the eggs so the boiling water can get in and do the same job.
 
Thanks horsekeeper I'm going to try that. I usualy just put the pot in the sink with cold water trickling in.
Steam um, shock um, crack um, let water seep in, got it. Store bought ones no problem. I even waited till the eggs were a month old and no luck. How old are store bought eggs?
 
I SWEAR my duck eggs make me sick when I was eating them. They seemed to give me bad gas on the inside(cant remember if I passed it lol). I stopped eating them and used the for the kids egg sandwiches since they didn't have a problem with them.
What kind of ducks? What are you feeding them. I traded my Blue Swedish due to things going on with dw. Not time to build their own house. Perhaps another time.
 
For deviled eggs I add horseradish (fine cut), mustard, salt, and dill.
Yuumm! Thats how my Aunt makes them for Thanksgiving, they have some kick to them.
Do you grow your own horseradish? Our house had a bunch growing by rhubarb when we moved here. The roots are small but good. I made the mistake of using a meat grinder to grind a bunch up once, it was like being back in the gas chamber in boot camp, tears and snot was running. Now I just dig up the root and grate what I need, keep it fresh by putting it in a plastic bag, than a paper one in the fridge. It will last for months.
 
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Thanks horsekeeper I'm going to try that. I usualy just put the pot in the sink with cold water trickling in.
Steam um, shock um, crack um, let water seep in, got it. Store bought ones no problem. I even waited till the eggs were a month old and no luck. How old are store bought eggs?
2 other things

1 ) ...leave them out at room temperature for a few days ..uncooked they age faster ..
( I think I left them out 4-5 days ?) after cooked , it released the shell in 10 of the 12
For safety sake dont wash them till your ready to use them ...so the bloom keeps the bacteria out
I will bet that those who dont frig the eggs dont have that problem
2) cook as normal , ice refrigerate overnight , peel <- Stonys Method

Speaking of Stony -
He has been hiding out in the woods ..
Got 2 deer - 1 rifle , 1 bow ...So they are having venison this year again
 
The roots are small but good. I made the mistake of using a meat grinder to grind a bunch up once, it was like being back in the gas chamber in boot camp, tears and snot was running.
thanks for the warning
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We have some in the garden ..I havent checked it yet we just planted it in the spring .
What I do with my ginger root is peel it & freeze it ...then I can use / grate as needed also .

Anyone that wants some fresh eggs ? that doesnt have chickens that arent currently supplying .
I will be in the city ( Syracuse) Monday afternoon ...You can have some for 2.50 each a doz
 
@ Everyone: Before you give your birds stuff cuz they're not laying be sure there is a problem and she's just not taking a break.

I figure between molting and very short days, my non-layers right now just need a natural break. I will not give them anything to boost laying and I won't leave a light on. They are on vacation for a little while! Molly, the Columbian Rock, is laying mostly daily, and Helen, the Marans, a few eggs a week. Good enough for now; just can't share with neighbors.

Hello everyone. I've been quiet for the past week because my grandfather passed away and even though I spent most of my time out with the chickens to keep busy, I wasn't really feeling up to reading the forums. But I just got caught up on all the posts, or at least most of them. First, welcome to all the newcomers!

I'm sorry, Pyxis.....I hope you can get through the early and toughest part of your grief by thinking of happier days with your grandfather. Hope you have some family support nearby. It helps to talk about the person you are missing.
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I SWEAR my duck eggs make me sick when I was eating them. They seemed to give me bad gas on the inside(cant remember if I passed it lol). I stopped eating them and used the for the kids egg sandwiches since they didn't have a problem with them.

JLaw.....pay attention to your hunches. My brother-in-law cannot eat goose eggs. They make him VERY sick. He has an actual allergy. He can eat chicken eggs, just fine. So be careful and trust your body's reaction.


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I figure between molting and very short days, my non-layers right now just need a natural break. I will not give them anything to boost laying and I won't leave a light on. They are on vacation for a little while! Molly, the Columbian Rock, is laying mostly daily, and Helen, the Marans, a few eggs a week. Good enough for now; just can't share with neighbors.


I'm sorry, Pyxis.....I hope you can get through the early and toughest part of your grief by thinking of happier days with your grandfather. Hope you have some family support nearby. It helps to talk about the person you are missing.
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JLaw.....pay attention to your hunches. My brother-in-law cannot eat goose eggs. They make him VERY sick. He has an actual allergy. He can eat chicken eggs, just fine. So be careful and trust your body's reaction.


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Now that I think of it, Ducks and Geese eat all kinds of stuff from the ground. Lord only knows what in it. Maybe it's something they're scrounging in the yard? Anyone know the nutrition of Duck and Goose eggs.
 
Freezing rain here. Ugh! Thought it was just rain, until I stepped out into it...Wooo! Slippery!!!!!

Be safe today, as the weather pendulum swings back yet again!


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Rain here too. Cold, cold, cold.

I'm getting a sore throat. I've already been sick with brochitis. I do not need this.
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Good weather tomorrow and I've a number of things to get done.

Becareful driving folks,
 

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