Share your egg management tips!

[rosemarythyme]

I voted "something else" since there's not an option for refrigerate unwashed. I don't see the point in washing eggs most of the time unless they're visibly soiled as you're not eating the shell.

I do like my eggs under (like a lot under) so keeping the bloom intact is a higher priority for me.

 

[Mrs. K]

If you are consistently getting dirty eggs, look at your bedding and birds. Dry housing, adequate and clean nesting keeps most eggs clean. I never wash them, but I don't eat raw eggs either.

If an egg breaks or it has been raining a week, or those darn chicks are pooping in the nest, I just store as is in the fridge and wash them before cooking.

Mrs K

 

[Red Mangrove]

Eggs will last for a few weeks unrefrigerated and maybe longer if they're not washed. The hen deposits a mucous film on the outside of an egg that protects it and prevents decay for a long time

I've drank a million unwashed eggs from my free-range chickens with zero illness or difficulty whatsoever

 

[thecatumbrella]

I think we're going to end up storing unwashed eggs in the fridge downstairs, then bring up a dozen at a time to wash and store in the main fridge. I wish I could bring myself to eat an unwashed (clean) egg, but I can't get past this mental block. Perhaps I'll get there someday; this is still very novel for us.

What do you guys like for cartons? I bought some paper pulp ones off Amazon, and they smelt like literal death. Trying again with US made ones. I also tried hard plastic, but the eggs rattle around too much for my sanity

 

[rosemarythyme]

What do you guys like for cartons? I bought some paper pulp ones off Amazon, and they smelt like literal death. Trying again with US made ones. I also tried hard plastic, but the eggs rattle around too much for my sanity

I generally don't do cartons (I kept a few around in case I want to give eggs away, but those are all ones saved from grocery store purchases). I have plastic drawers and ceramic caddies, just to try and keep eggs confined to a single refrigerator shelf. No rattling with the drawers! 84 egg capacity here, though I could fit about 3 dozen more if I used some cartons as well.

 

[Chicken poppy]

Honestly i don’t wash them, set them on the counter for a bit and give them to my neighbors. I’m vegan and don’t eat eggs. I give them to my neighbors for free so they don’t get mad about my roosters crowing.

 

[NorthwoodsChick]

I spot clean if soiled and store on the countertop. Any eggs caked with A LOT of poo, like more than 1/2 the egg size (that would be Lazy Daisy-butt) I crack for the dogs. Thankfully most of the girls are clean.

 

[thecatumbrella]

I generally don't do cartons (I kept a few around in case I want to give eggs away, but those are all ones saved from grocery store purchases). I have plastic drawers and ceramic caddies, just to try and keep eggs confined to a single refrigerator shelf. No rattling with the drawers! 84 egg capacity here, though I could fit about 3 dozen more if I used some cartons as well.
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I REALLY like this!

 

[TennesseeChicken]

I collect them in the evening and wash the next morning.

 

[PoppasGrill]

We keep ours on the counter and don’t wash until ready to use, major dirty eggs, if one gets broken in the nest or it’s been raining so the Ladies drag mud into the boxes, then we wash and put in fridge. We sell our eggs unwashed and un refrigerated with a card stating this ( got farm fresh egg care cards off Amazon )
We eat a lot of eggs, but also get 45-60 a day from the girls. If no one is buying we will make a lot of quiche and omelets .