Originally Posted by Valsdad
Yes on refer when they come in the house, unless I know I'm eating eggs the next morning. Then I'll just leave out what I need and put the extras in with the others.

The Gulag Girls have started up pretty regular again, not bad for 6 year olds.

I only wash eggs if they've got a really good dose of scheidt on them. Three nest boxes in the coop, all three are laying in the same one. Seems to be a bit messier than when the first one started laying alone after the daylight came back.

For those who say there's not much difference from commercial eggs to homegrown wandering chicken eggs, tell me which one is the store bought "free range" egg and which came from my hen.

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You hit on something this thread had me wondering.
Folks talking about not washing eggs like it's horrible.
Personally, I'm not big on having chicken shìt on anything if it's avoidable.


We don't have birds, most of our eggs come from a store.
If we get non-store eggs, they go in the fridge.
If they have shìt on them, we clean them.

Store bought or not?
Grew up mostly on farm eggs, now mostly store bought.
There is a noticeable difference, but it's not what some make it out to be.

Maybe if we had hens,
I'd care more.
And talk incessantly about how superior MY eggs are.

Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!