I read the link and as far as I can tell, this is one person's hypothesis without any scientific data to back up their theory.I have had my flock for 8 months now and the other day a friend sent me the following post from Lisa Steele's site:
http://www.fresheggsdaily.com/2015/01/why-should-eggs-be-stored-pointy-end.html
I had never heard this before! I have always stored mine pointy side up since that's how they are when you buy them at the store so I figured that was correct. Never actually thought about it before.
After reading about this, I am switching to pointy end down. I've asked several people in the last couple days if they have ever heard of this and they all said they had never heard of it either.
Makes me wonder, why does the commercial egg industry always package eggs pointy side up? Do they have studies showing consumers view pointy side up eggs in cartons as more appealing? Is it simply because that's how the packaging machines put them in the cartons?
One reason I came up with is that maybe it's because it is easier to pull them out of the carton from the pointy end vs. the blunt end?
Must be a reason why they package them pointy end up? Anyone know the answer?
All store bought eggs that I have seen were pointy side up. It is my theory that this keeps the eggs fresher because there is less surface area exposed.
As others have pointed out there may well be more reasons to store pointy side up such as egg removal from the cartons and/or how the machines were built to handle the eggs.
Storing hatching eggs are typically stored large end up but their is a method that calls for storing hatching eggs pointy side up when being stored for periods that are longer than 2 weeks. When hatching eggs are stored pointy side up they are also enclosed in a plastic bag. The reason for doing so is to decrease the amount of moisture that the egg loses keeping it viable to hatching for a longer period of time.
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