Post here if you DON'T wash clean-looking eggs

[zzGypsy]

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this exactly.
even on the duck eggs and those can be muddy. silly ducks... just won't wipe their feet before going in the nest.

 

[Knock Kneed Hen]

Nope, don't wash 'em....if they have any poop on them I feed them to the dogs waiting ever so patiently outside the coop. I collect several times a day & put them in the fridge.

 

[Mommy 2 Wee Ones]

Out of 70 eggs, tow have had a smudge of dirt, not poop. Just wiped it off with a damp paper towel. All the other go from the nest to the fridge, my hens lay clean eggs.

Have laundry & dishes to wash, not eggs.

 

[BigBird31]

i don't normally clean them but it is definitly something i should consider

 

[AZBootsie]

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Its not that I WON'T eat them. I get enough eggs where we don't miss the dirty ones. Even though I share them with the chickens and dog I still have enough to share with my neighbors and family. So I figure, why give myself the extra chore of cleaning them when they can benefit my animals too.

Same attitude I have here, and my dogs coats look really good!!

 

[chick007]

growing up we used a scotchbrite pad to buff off dried poop and other impefections. eggs then went in cartons to sale for neighbors. works great nice shiny eggs.

 

[featherz]

Never wash eggs that I eat or sell unless I get a rare dirty one, in which case that one I'd wash and use ASAP.

 

[M.sue]

I never wash them, brush them off and they go into the carton uless I have real dirty one with poo or mud which is very rare.

 

[silky_3699]

i never wash mine. if they are really dirty i will give them a wipe over with a wet cloth.

 

[mcf3kids]

I was wondering about this as my mother asked me when I gave her our first give away dozen "am I supposed to wash these or did you?" I had not but I wasn't really sure if I SHOULD before giving them away or selling them to friends. I knew about the bloom but still not sure about the safety of NOT washing them. Is there a salmonella risk if I don't? My gals are all healthy but I am really new to chickens so I'm still not sure what is considered the safe thing to do. I have not been washing them.