What do you do with all those eggs?

[Grits&Eggs]

but I'm afraid people could sue us or we could get in trouble if anyone got sick after eating them

what are you doing to your eggs that they would sue you or get sick? I wouldn't worry about that, I even gave some to the boy scouts this year for their pancake breakfast.
NOTE: I pull mine out of the nest wipe off any feathers, poop etc box them up and give them away, never had a problem yet. I do have a note in the lid of the carton that says - "Wash before using, keep in cool dry place, do not refrigerate - Dispose of after 3 weeks. Enjoy!"

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

what are you doing to your eggs that they would sue you or get sick? I wouldn't worry about that, I even gave some to the boy scouts this year for their pancake breakfast.
NOTE: I pull mine out of the nest wipe off any feathers, poop etc box them up and give them away, never had a problem yet. I do have a note in the lid of the carton that says - "Wash before using, keep in cool dry place, do not refrigerate - Dispose of after 3 weeks. Enjoy!"

This is great, however, why dispose after 3 weeks? I let mine sit that long if I want to use them for hard boiled eggs. Using fresh eggs for hard boiling makes them impossible to peel. Also, there have been studies done on egg keeping and they are good for much longer periods of time. Given the amount of time from hen to packaging, shipping to grocery store and then finally to consumer, the eggs in the grocery store are most likely 2 -3 weeks old or older. Just saying...

 

[LunaMarieWolf]

I have 8 hens and I sell them as hatching eggs and eating eggs in the spring and early summer. Give some back to the hens. Then eat some (my dad loves eggs!). Then any leftover eggs get pickled.

Just hard boil the eggs (I recommend using week old eggs not fresh eggs). Peel them. Throw them in an old pickle jar with pickle juice, vinegar, then store away in the pantry/fridge.

You can look online for different recipes for the pickled eggs. Like if you want spicy pickled eggs.

That's just what we do with our extra eggs.

 

[IamRainey]

This is great, however, why dispose after 3 weeks? I let mine sit that long if I want to use them for hard boiled eggs. Using fresh eggs for hard boiling makes them impossible to peel. Also, there have been studies done on egg keeping and they are good for much longer periods of time. Given the amount of time from hen to packaging, shipping to grocery store and then finally to consumer, the eggs in the grocery store are most likely 2 -3 weeks old or older. Just saying...

Yup! This is true. I forget how long it is that grocery stores are allowed to keep eggs for sale but Krogers has been found to collect their aged out eggs and repackage them with new expiration dates. So Americans could easily be eating month old eggs and even older on a regular basis. Not a very honest solution (they and all their subsidiaries like Ralphs out here on the West Coast are a pretty dicey company) but, of course, they keep theirs refrigerated all the time and no one's died from eating an aged egg.

Good thought about keeping some older eggs specifically for hard boiling. I just had to wedge some out using a spoon between the egg and the shell. Not so attractive result! I should just put the occasional half dozen apart to age more before boiling them.

 

[Maugwa]

Yup! This is true. I forget how long it is that grocery stores are allowed to keep eggs for sale but Krogers has been found to collect their aged out eggs and repackage them with new expiration dates. So Americans could easily be eating month old eggs and even older on a regular basis. Not a very honest solution (they and all their subsidiaries like Ralphs out here on the West Coast are a pretty dicey company) but, of course, they keep theirs refrigerated all the time and no one's died from eating an aged egg.

Good thought about keeping some older eggs specifically for hard boiling. I just had to wedge some out using a spoon between the egg and the shell. Not so attractive result! I should just put the occasional half dozen apart to age more before boiling them.

You are correct, as is Wee Farmer Sarah, however, if eggs are to be kept for longer periods, especially unrefrigerated, they shouldn't be washed first. The natural bloom that the hen leaves will keep them much longer. I hate dirty eggs too, and if I get some I wash them, but use them up first. I don't like selling dirty eggs either, almost all of mine are very clean when I gather them, but the few that I do find dirty, I wash and use at home. If I want to boil some, I'll set aside some naturally clean with the bloom still in a cool place but not in the fridge for a few weeks first. All those store eggs are washed by law, so they don't last as long.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

I don’t wash my eggs. I do if they are dirty then I refrigerate them. Then I will eat them or scramble them up for my girls. I have one regular egg customer and the rest of my surplus I exchange for a credit on my purchases at the local farm store. They all know that I don’t wash them so they don’t need to be refrigerated until they are washed. Unwashed eggs will keep safely edible for a couple of months.

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

If you have a ton of extra eggs, you could make pudding or custard with the yolks, and meringues with the whites. Also, there is a Slovak cheese-like food called hrutka that is made with eggs and milk and is usually eaten around Easter.
Brioche bread is made with eggs, as is challah bread.
Spekkoek is an Indonesian cake that is made under the broiler. It doesn't contain baking powder or soda, and is instead given a lighter texture by using beaten egg whites. It is very time-consuming to make, however, as it has more than eighteen layers, and each individual layer is cooked under the broiler.
You could also try making a frittata or quiche.
Eggnog is another option, and there are several sauces, such as creme anglaise, made with egg yolks.
Hope that this helps anyone that has egg problems.

 

[casportpony]

Check out the new excess egg poll:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...excess-eggs-what-do-you-do-with-them.1382807/

 

[SmColorInDaPan]

I don’t wash my eggs. I do if they are dirty then I refrigerate them. Then I will eat them or scramble them up for my girls. I have one regular egg customer and the rest of my surplus I exchange for a credit on my purchases at the local farm store. They all know that I don’t wash them so they don’t need to be refrigerated until they are washed. Unwashed eggs will keep safely edible for a couple of months.

I have 4 egg customers. One made a point to tell me how easy it is for her to leave the eggs on the counter rather than taking up space in the frig.
I Usually have one smaller egg that Most times, gets slammed on the ground for my girls. DON'T want to get between them and that egg!!

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

I have 4 egg customers. One made a point to tell me how easy it is for her to leave the eggs on the counter rather than taking up space in the frig.
I Usually have one smaller egg that Most times, gets slammed on the ground for my girls. DON'T want to get between them and that egg!!

Feeding raw eggs to the chickens is not that great of an idea. It could lead to egg eating (when you don't want them to). Just MHO.