Rotten eggs as fertilizer

[Ladybird CA]

My mom loves to garden and she said I can use eggs that didn’t make it in the incubator, even rotten eggs and shells for the garden. I dug some eggs that were quitters and the soil does look better.

 

[DLA]

They probably would make very good fertilizer but I'd be worried about drawing in raccoons.

 

[Ladybird CA]

That’s a good point. I noticed something digging it up. I let my chickens out of their coop about half an hour before sunset supervised and they dig at it as well. My bunny uses the yard when she’s out of her Omlet but not sure if it’s her. There’s a cat that comes around as well.

 

[Ladybird CA]

I think I’m going to stop this so the bunny doesn’t get eaten. Thank you for mentioning it.

 

[kattabelly]

Do you compost? I put unfertilised eggs and quitters in my compost bin as it's rat-proof. That's the only pest I have to worry about getting in though, so I have no idea how easy it is to keep other critters out. They break down faster if you smash them up a bit rather than chucking them in whole.

 

[DLA]

Do you compost? I put unfertilised eggs and quitters in my compost bin as it's rat-proof. That's the only pest I have to worry about getting in though, so I have no idea how easy it is to keep other critters out. They break down faster if you smash them up a bit rather than chucking them in whole.

An animal proof compost bin would be a good way to use them without the risk. Good idea!