The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

[Leahs Mom]

Rolling on the floor laughing my butt off

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apparently she's easily amused.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

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Just curious but is there a really cheap way to wash lots of eggs? So far I wash them one at a time and use a bottle brush when needed. I typically only wash before using. But it would be nice to save time and wash a dozen or two at once.

I remember someone posting that "back in the day" (whenever that was) their g-ma used a light steel wool or a dry scrubby sponge to "lightly sand" the egg rather than washing.


Not sure if that would save any time, but it might save some of the bloom?

I have read that very lightly sanding is the only semi acceptable way to save the bloom for incubation purposes. I don't know. As an experiment I washed a really dirty egg and have a chick in the basement from that egg. Typically I do nothing to any egg bloom on an egg I want to set. But come summer I should have lots of eggs to eat and was hoping for a quick way to clean them if need be before trying to pass them on.

 

[Leahs Mom]

(Sorry. Couldn't resist.)

 

[armorfirelady]

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Just curious but is there a really cheap way to wash lots of eggs? So far I wash them one at a time and use a bottle brush when needed. I typically only wash before using. But it would be nice to save time and wash a dozen or two at once.

I remember someone posting that "back in the day" (whenever that was) their g-ma used a light steel wool or a dry scrubby sponge to "lightly sand" the egg rather than washing.


Not sure if that would save any time, but it might save some of the bloom?

Just me but I do not wash my eggs unless they are really, really dirty. They are hardly that dirt, even last year when we had so much rain & mud. I guess they wipe their feet when they come in from the mud

Even the eggs I sell I do not wash. My customers are ok with it. And I just got another egg customer today

 

[ki4got]

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apparently she's easily amused.

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[mlowen]

Just me but I do not wash my eggs unless they are really, really dirty.  They are hardly that dirt, even last year when we had so much rain & mud. I guess they wipe their feet when they come in from the mud 

Even the eggs I sell I do not wash.  My customers are ok with it.  And I just got another egg customer today   

I sell to coworkers and friends and I printed up a little paper that I include with the carton "wash well before cracking...please return carton and shells...." I also give them a little paper bag for the shells. Now, I only have 5 layers and I am close to the people who are eating the eggs, so I feel comfortable not washing them. If the egg is really bad, I wipe it off, or use it myself. I wash with a vegetable brush just before cracking my own to eat.

 

[Turkeytruff]

Can anyone confirm whether these are racoon tracks please? We had them in the snow coming up the tracks to my field where all my poultry are....

 

[chick rookie]

Can anyone confirm whether these are racoon tracks please? We had them in the snow coming up the tracks to my field where all my poultry are....

thats a coon for sure

 

[Scott H]

Kinda fuzzy but I would say yes.....here's a picture of coon tracks in mud.



Here's a link that shows pattern of walking....

http://wildwoodtracking.com/mammals/raccoon/index.html

 

[Leahs Mom]

Quote: I love the idea of asking them to return the shells. Never would have thought of that!