To wash. Or not to wash. That, is the question.

[Chick-N-Fun]

I always wash mine and refrigerate as I give so many away to friends, family and neighbors. I wouldn’t want to give them dirty eggs!

 

[HuskerHens18]

I always wash mine and refrigerate as I give so many away to friends, family and neighbors. I wouldn’t want to give them dirty eggs!

Thats my thought too! I could never just give someone a gross poop covered egg. I'd feel so guilty

 

[AgentJeffy]

I just feel like, it's an egg. That's where it has ALWAYS come from. The bloom is more than sufficient to keep the insides clean, and you run a greater risk of salmonella being introduced inside the egg when you wash. Considering every store bought egg is washed, I feel like those are at a greater health risk than the eggs I produce.

My contribution to providing people with clean eggs is by making sure the chickens habitat and yard is clean. I think that goes just as far as washing, but doesn't run the risk of forcing salmonella into the egg itself.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

This is a big debate between my SO and I. He wants to keep them on the counter and I want to keep them in the fridge. My kitchen is very small and usually cluttered so I cant stand anything on the counter. I also hate the idea of the eggs being unwashed with the rest of our food regardless of how clean the coop is. So we compromised and did it my way

 

[KikiLeigh02]

If we get a dirty one, which doesn't happen often, I keep it for us and then wash it right before I cook it. I am firmly in the store the eggs at room temp club though. I try really hard to keep their nesting area clean so it's not a huge issue for us.

 

[HuskerHens18]

This is a big debate between my SO and I. He wants to keep them on the counter and I want to keep them in the fridge. My kitchen is very small and usually cluttered so I cant stand anything on the counter. I also hate the idea of the eggs being unwashed with the rest of our food regardless of how clean the coop is. So we compromised and did it my way

Hey sounds like my kitchen sounds good I'm not alone!

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

Hey sounds like my kitchen sounds good I'm not alone!

Im considering hiring the keebler elves to do all my cooking since its so tiny in there.

 

[WVduckchick]

When I voted, I was thinking about eggs I put in the incubator, not ones I eat. I don't wash hatching eggs, and usually don't incubate dirty eggs. My girls eggs stay pretty clean. But if I need to incubate one that has a little something on it, I will damp-wipe just the dirty spots.

Eating eggs, I keep on the kitchen counter, and I sometimes wash just before eating, maybe half the time. But eggs that I give away to friends for eating -- those I always wash and refrigerate the night before giving them away.

 

[WVduckchick]

So we compromised and did it my way

 

[HuskerHens18]

One reason I wash is because I don't own any egg cartons, so there's no way to separate all these eggs from touching my cheese, cream cheese, and fruit that's hidden under all that. I wash all my fruit too.

I blame that I'm half city girl, half farm girl. My mom was very clean while my dad came home everyday covered head to toe in pig feces. So although I'm not afraid to get dirty, my house is not the place to store unclean butt nuggets, or anything unclean for that matter.

That's kinda why I do things like that. I have nothing against unwashed eggs, or the people for that matter, just not in my house!! I'll wash YOU at the door if you show up dirty!