Eggs: To Pitch or NOT to Pitch

Leah Renee

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:)Hi!
So we left for the weekend and came back to a broken egg that then found its contents rubbed all over the rest as the girls were laying throughout the days.
Wondering if the bloom has been compromised?
 

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Depends on how difficult the others look to clean. I'm lazy and usually just toss dirty ones to the ravens.

I have plenty of hens so there are always more eggs.
 

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It should be fine. If you're planning to eat the eggs, you can wash and refrigerate them, they'll be o.k. If you plan to incubate them, I'd wash them and handle them with very clean hands for the duration.

Oh and welcome to SS!
 

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Hi @Leah Renee . Welcome to the group!

When I get eggs like that, I wash them, and refrigerate them. I usually keep my unwashed eggs on the counter.
 

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Welcome Leah. I rarely have an egg that is nasty enough that it can't be salvaged. Even the cracked ones go to the dog! And I'll eat a cracked egg myself if the membrane is intact. I save all the less than perfect eggs for my own use, and my customers get the "pristine" ones.

Now, if those eggs were sitting out in the summer heat for a few days, I might have second thoughts about using them. I'd let my nose be the guide in that situation. When in doubt, give it to the animals or toss it.
 

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Welcome Leah. I rarely have an egg that is nasty enough that it can't be salvaged. Even the cracked ones go to the dog! And I'll eat a cracked egg myself if the membrane is intact. I save all the less than perfect eggs for my own use, and my customers get the "pristine" ones.

Now, if those eggs were sitting out in the summer heat for a few days, I might have second thoughts about using them. I'd let my nose be the guide in that situation. When in doubt, give it to the animals or toss it.

Almost all of the eggs that I eat are the cracked ones. As long as the membrane is still intact, I wash them, then place them in the fridge. It's very rare for me to toss an egg.
 

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