Official BYC Poll: Excess eggs, what do you do with them?

What do you do with your excess eggs?

  • Eat them

    Votes: 310 58.8%
  • Hatch them

    Votes: 111 21.1%
  • Sell them from home

    Votes: 198 37.6%
  • Sell them at the farmers market

    Votes: 17 3.2%
  • Give them away to family and friends

    Votes: 385 73.1%
  • Donate them to church, a food bank, etc.

    Votes: 65 12.3%
  • Pickle them

    Votes: 52 9.9%
  • Feed them to other animals

    Votes: 160 30.4%
  • Throw them away

    Votes: 18 3.4%
  • Compost them

    Votes: 27 5.1%
  • Sell them as hatching eggs

    Votes: 36 6.8%
  • Don't have excess eggs

    Votes: 51 9.7%
  • I buy my eggs

    Votes: 6 1.1%
  • Art & crafts

    Votes: 25 4.7%
  • Other (please elaborate in a reply below)

    Votes: 16 3.0%
  • Give away as hatching eggs

    Votes: 23 4.4%
  • Feed them back to the birds

    Votes: 146 27.7%
  • Freeze them

    Votes: 40 7.6%
  • Dehydrate them

    Votes: 9 1.7%
  • All of the above

    Votes: 5 0.9%

  • Total voters
    527
When I have an over abundance of eggs I donate them to "The Bread of Life".

During the shutdown for Coronavirus I gave them over 20 dozen. They come pick them up and bring their own cartons.

I, also, give eggs to friends and neighbors.
 
I wanna learn how to make quiche. :drool
@igorsMistress

She has a wonderful recipe for quiche. It is crustless.
You just use 1/2 cup cream, milk or half and half per egg and mix it all up, pour over your ingredients in a greased pie plate and bake. Super easy! I think it's at 350 until the center is set but still slightly jiggly. One of our favorites is smoked salmon, asparagus and cheese. Try any combo of ingredients that sound good.
 
I am experimenting with whole-egg preservation methods, starting with slaked lime. We get snowed/iced in, in winter (really bad gravel driveway, going uphill from the house, lol), and the driveway washes out badly, in heavy rains. So, we are looking for ways to ensure we don't get caught off guard, without food & supplies, especially in winter, when egg production (and the goats' milk production) tend to drop.
 
Oh my goodness, I think it’s tricky when we have 18 or more!!!!
Do you have passing traffic, put out a cool box with eggs in , a container labelled donations and empty cardboard egg trays for 6 eggs , make a sign and ask for donation for eggs
If no one passes by then neighbours? Always happy to receive eggs from us 18 at a time and they reciprocate with veg and fruit
Freezing after whipping into a bowl? Or feeding back to your chickens !
hope that helps
From the Uk

When you are freezing eggs, what all do you have to do other than whip them?

What do you freeze them in?

Do you have to have an expanding space in the container?
 

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