What do you do with your eggs when you collect them?

[Mosey2003]

I would not use lime for food. Freeze them, dehydrate them, sure.

 

[Molpet]

Dirty eggs go in a separate carton, which i use sometimes I wash them, sometime I figure the heat will kill any germs. So far it works for me. Cracked eggs are fed to the dog right away. Clean eggs are sold with in a couple of weeks or I use or freeze. No eggs are refrigerated. I had some dirty eggs that went bad after 3 months or so. Not really sure how old because the box the 8 cartons were in got out of rotation I get up to 3 dz eggs a day in the spring. getting 6 a day now LOL
In the summer I store in the basement, in cartons in boxes.. it's above 80 in the kitchen on the counter, which is too warm IMHO. ..I usually have 8-12 cartons of clean eggs. Most of my egg customers seem to want eggs the beginning of the month when the retirement check comes in.

 

[Redhead chicken mama]

All my eggs stay out unwashed. Don't have to many dirty ones, maybe if it's rained a bunch some will get muddy, those I save til I have enough to make scrambled eggs for the birds. View attachment 1575483

Where did you get your holder?

 

[Redhead chicken mama]

All my eggs stay out unwashed. Don't have to many dirty ones, maybe if it's rained a bunch some will get muddy, those I save til I have enough to make scrambled eggs for the birds. View attachment 1575483

Where did you get your egg holder?

 

[Battlepants]

Fairly sure that is the same model that I use, but mine has a black finish on it. It's not perfect as the odd shape for eggs can sometimes get stuck in the track, resulting in a backup of eggs near the top, then potential slamming down when the backup releases. Just be mindful of this and you shouldn't have any broken eggs.

https://www.amazon.com/Toplife-Skelter-Dispenser-Storage-Display/dp/B06XVFQTW4

And for the original survey - I take my eggs, as they are, and put them right on the spiral on the counter. Then when I am ready to use them, I briefly soak them in water to remove the debris prior to using them.

The only time I refrigerate eggs is if I have a lightly damaged egg. And in this case, I make sure I use said egg within 24 hours. Beyond that, I will fry up the egg, shell and all, and give it back to the chickens.

 

[RUNuts]

Where did you get your egg holder?

search skelter egg holder or spiral egg holder. They are available.

 

[HollyWoozle]

We just put them into this big old wooden egg storage box which has little egg-size slots lined with felt. They stay there until we eat them or put them in boxes to give them away - we don’t refrigerate them or clean them at all really, unless there’s a big feather or bit of straw stuck to one which we just pull off.

 

[Faraday40]

If damaged egg: fed to dog
If dirty: I wash (warm water only) and put in fridge. For family consumption
Most are clean: they go in an egg carton on the counter. These are sold or given to neighbors with the bloom in tact. (It's how they prefer their eggs) If I have them for over 6-7 days on counter, then eggs go into fridge.

 

[Coops Dad]

We leave them unwashed on the kitchen counter.