University of California Egg Study

[ronott1]

I read a news story about an egg Study to see if backyard chicken eggs are picking up toxins and poisons in backyard chicken flocks from the environment.

Backyard Chicken Egg Study

Live in California? Have backyard chickens?

Then we want you to participate in our backyard chicken egg study!
The UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine (UCD SVM) is providing free egg contaminant testing for backyard chicken owners in the state of California. We are testing eggs for two different types of contaminants, depending on what county you live in.

Results will be shared individually with each owner, and cumulative results will be summarized and made available to the general public.

http://ucanr.edu/sites/poultry/Egg_Contaminant_Testing/

I have decided to join the Study by sending in a sample!

This thread is for documenting the journey.

 

[bluejeans]

I read a news story about an egg Study to see if backyard chicken eggs are picking up toxins and poisons in backyard chicken flocks from the environment.

Backyard Chicken Egg Study

Live in California? Have backyard chickens?

Then we want you to participate in our backyard chicken egg study!
The UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine (UCD SVM) is providing free egg contaminant testing for backyard chicken owners in the state of California. We are testing eggs for two different types of contaminants, depending on what county you live in.

Results will be shared individually with each owner, and cumulative results will be summarized and made available to the general public.

http://ucanr.edu/sites/poultry/Egg_Contaminant_Testing/

I have decided to join the Study by sending in a sample!

This thread is for documenting the journey. Anyone want to follow along?

. After study were going to see all egg cartons labeled " eggs have been found by the state of California to be cancer causing."

 

[chickadoodles]

Ron I am wondering what the state might do ig toxins are found in backyard flocks.
Knowing how Cali does things.
They might try to ban people from having backyard flocks and make them buy for the state at a outrageous price!

 

[featherhead007]

That would be one way to get high quality free eggs.
"Send us 12, we'll pick 6 for the study. Regrettably we can not return those not selected."
They could eat well for months!

I'm doing a dollar bill study, send 10 and I will study them all! kidding

 

[ronott1]

Wow, that's awesome. Thanks for posting.
I wish we had something like that here. I should see what we can get going here.

When I saw the news story I was very excited!

This is the link to the study:

http://ucanr.edu/sites/poultry/Egg_Contaminant_Testing/

 

[Kiki]

Ron!
The rules/instructions said 6 eggs max!
Don't get rejected cause you didn't follow the rules!

 

[bruceha2000]

So I'm in So Cal, I guess I would mail them?

Or drive a really long way. Maybe you can get @ronott1 to invite you to dinner, I think it would be worth the drive.

 

[ronott1]

I got a confirmation email from the Study tonight:

Hi all,

Thank you for submitting eggs to our Backyard Egg Study! This email is just to inform you that we have received your eggs. We will be processing them within the next few days then submitting to the lab. Please note, if you submitted more than 6 eggs, we will only be processing 6 of them. We expect the results to come back within the next few weeks, but that depends on the lab and how many samples they are receiving (not just from our project). As soon as we have results, either Dr. Maurice Pitesky or Dr. Birgit Puschner will be contacting you regarding the results and what those results mean!

 

[orrpeople]

Of course that would skew the results and possibly render the results useless. I doubt the researchers are part of any government plot, maybe they deserve the benefit of a doubt.

As the result of sending a couple birds in for necropsy to UCD, I get their monthly newsletter highlighting their studies, etc. They are like any research institution. They have cases of animal disease they are required to report, but otherwise, they are working toward "betterment" not "banishment".

 

[ronott1]

I'll follow along. The results will be very interesting.

I know!

Luckily I get to drop the eggs off on the other side of the UC Davis campus where I work. I have a dozen here in my Office and will drop them off during my lunch break