Who sells eggs with poo on them?

[Chicken411]

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LOL! Wow, it is really interesting reading through all of your posts and hearing the different opinions. I recently converted to organic/local/humane food sources and have found it to be quite the journey! I get my milk from a farmer who has one cow. That has been different seperating the cream out and making butter and dealing with pasteurizing (not a raw milk drinker). It is a lot more work and usually $ to eat this way, but it is soooo worth it. I feel like I am taking such better care of myself and my family and love feeling so much more connected with my food and the suppliers of that food. It is amazing to rediscover foods and see what they are really meant to be like.

As far as the poopy eggs, I think for myself I am just going to wash all eggs before I put them in the fridge. For one thing, I hate when I'm making a recipe and have to wash the eggs and then my hands before I can crack them into a bowl. I'm a bit of a germaphobe myself. For $1.50 a doz, I can take the time to do that. I might try to casually ask her why she doesn't wash her eggs and see if it is bloom reasons, but I don't want to risk offending her. She gives me such beautiful eggs, and often double yolkers.

 

[Slater1995]

If you are just eating them, then by all means wash them and put them in the fridge. She may not wash them because she may not know when they will get in your fridge and does not the eggs to go bad.

I just know if you are going to hatch them, they should not be washed.

Best of luck

 

[Dragonfly Ranch]

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LOL! Wow, it is really interesting reading through all of your posts and hearing the different opinions. I recently converted to organic/local/humane food sources and have found it to be quite the journey! I get my milk from a farmer who has one cow. That has been different seperating the cream out and making butter and dealing with pasteurizing (not a raw milk drinker). It is a lot more work and usually $ to eat this way, but it is soooo worth it. I feel like I am taking such better care of myself and my family and love feeling so much more connected with my food and the suppliers of that food. It is amazing to rediscover foods and see what they are really meant to be like.

As far as the poopy eggs, I think for myself I am just going to wash all eggs before I put them in the fridge. For one thing, I hate when I'm making a recipe and have to wash the eggs and then my hands before I can crack them into a bowl. I'm a bit of a germaphobe myself. For $1.50 a doz, I can take the time to do that. I might try to casually ask her why she doesn't wash her eggs and see if it is bloom reasons, but I don't want to risk offending her. She gives me such beautiful eggs, and often double yolkers.

Couple of things -

congrats for getting on with the idea of "knowing where your food comes from"!! You will enjoy it more and more as time goes by. You might want to think about learning to "can" your own food if you don't already. (There is excellent advise here for canning if you don't already) The quality of fresh produce and meat preserved is so far beyond store bought it isn't funny. Plus you control the additives!

Also, the way that I think about washing eggs is: I wash my hands before I cook food, wash vegetables and fruit before we eat them - so why not wash the eggs too. I tell my customers to at least rinse the eggs before they cook since we use DE (Diatomaceous Earth) and there can be a fine dust on them. Not that the DE is bad - its food grade - but again cleanliness in any food preparation is important.

Like I have said earlier - my germaphobe is enough that I wouldn't think to eat an egg with poop on the shell let alone sell one to my customers. Bloom serves it purpose but not an excuse to have poop on the shell.

 

[hipeatall]

No poo in the kitchen please... eek! I just can't imagine having poo on the eggs, in the fridge or on my counter... it's just gross!

 

[AdanMtz]

This will be our first year selling eggs and yes we will def wash them.

 

[jmjoffrion]

I want to thank everyone for this one! I am new to the chicken thing (one week and one day) and this post has made me laugh so hard that I am in tears. Thanks. Good people!

 

[beachchickie]

The grocery store eggs sometimes have poo on them

 

[Tikka]

Yup, I have had poo on grocery store eggs as well. I understand about bloom, but my husband is a germaphobe so we wash the eggs. It may become more of an issue once our 8 little girls start laying, and we aren't eating the eggs faster than they are laid. Our girls are 3 months old today, by the way. I should go post in the chick thread.

 

[patnjess]

I also wash my eggs before storing AND before hatching. I was looking at my Storey's guide to raising chickens. It says that you can wash if they have visible poo, or not if they dont. If it does wash with hot water and bleach. It says the same thing for hatching. In fact it doesn't give a option, dirty or not, it says to do it for hatching. I have always and have had excellent hatch rates. No stinkers no exploders. And I don't think i could give away an egg with poo on it

 

[patnjess]

oh and not a lot of bleach. I forgot the measurements it has per gallon, but i use a huge coffee cup iwth 1/4 tsp of bleach