Washing the eggs washes off the protective coating and makes it easy for bacteria
to enter the egg. By washing you can actually push bacteria through the pores of the
egg. Avoid dirty eggss completely. If they are slightly dirty - they're OK. But severly dirty
eggs are not. If you must clean the egg, avoid water and any liquid cleaner. Use a dry
sponge, and GENTLY scrape off dried dirt for 'crusty' eggs. owever, in your situation, it sounds
like the shell of that egg may be cracked, or somone cracked another egg in the same nestbox that
the one you have was in.
to enter the egg. By washing you can actually push bacteria through the pores of the
egg. Avoid dirty eggss completely. If they are slightly dirty - they're OK. But severly dirty
eggs are not. If you must clean the egg, avoid water and any liquid cleaner. Use a dry
sponge, and GENTLY scrape off dried dirt for 'crusty' eggs. owever, in your situation, it sounds
like the shell of that egg may be cracked, or somone cracked another egg in the same nestbox that
the one you have was in.
