salmonella chances??

[chick'n'weave]

How can you be assured that the eggs your chickens lay are not carrying a salmonella bacteria? I've not raised chickens before, and am anxious to get started, but I shudder to think that I might overlook some precaution that I've not heard about which would lead to salmonella infested chickens or eggs. Any advice would be helpful.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I have always been under the impression that the egg had to be cracked for salmonella to get inside, or poop on the outside when you crack it.


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Re: Re: feed causing salmonella in chickens and their eggs.
Do you suppose my feed is safe in there or should I come up with something else for storage?
Switch to metal containers or they will chew right through them

Oh, that's just silliness to classify your post as "The Sky Is Falling."
I think it was more about the topic as a whole

There's little need to get all worked up over a naturally occurring bacteria that is just about everywhere

These huge recalls are just overreactions for the most part, since less than 1500 people reported being sick, and there's no real way to be positive it was from the eggs.

It doesn't matter how much Salmonella is in an egg if you just COOK it properly, and if you think your home grown eggs are any cleaner, you're fooling youself
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[aggie9296]

All chickens get colonized with bacteria in their gut, just as humans do. Salmonella is one of them in chickens. Eggs that are cooked thoroughly are safe. Chickens used for meat can also have salmonella. Just cook it completely. Most cases of salmonella in humans are from undercooked eggs/poultry and from pets (especially turtles).

 

[gritsar]

From what I understand, you're more likely to get it from commercial farm eggs than backyard birds:

http://www.motherearthnews.com/happy-homesteader/salmonella-outbreak-zb0z10zrog.aspx

http://www.motherearthnews.com/natu...gg-recall-know-where-your-eggs-come-from.aspx

 

[Judy]

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Um, no. This is certainly one way it can get in, but some chickens are carriers and infect their eggs in the reproductive tract, before the shell is formed. Any egg from any source could carry it -- so you have most likely already been exposed if you are any kind of egg eater, particularly if you do not fully cook them. If the number of bacteria is small, you may well never realize it. I've been eating overeasy eggs all my life and never been aware of illness from an egg; I can't believe I haven't been exposed at some point.

http://www.scienceiq.com/Facts/SalmonellaChickenEggs.cfm

This is just one article I found through Google; there are quite a few.