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Off topic - entering eggs in local fair - any advice?

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Britcheflee

05-17-2008 22:54:29




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Just for fun I am going to enter some of our chickens eggs in the local fair - one doz of medium size brown. However, having never done this I wonder if anyone can give me advice about - should I wash them? What shape do they look for - I guess long skinny ones or malformed ones out?

Any tricks?

Used the 8N with the brush hog a week ago - performed great and what a feeling of accomplishment when I finished both pastures.

Lee

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JAS

05-18-2008 18:40:51




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 Re: Off topic - entering eggs in local fair - any advice? in reply to Britcheflee, 05-17-2008 22:54:29  
My kids show In 4H and judges look to see if all are about the same size and shape. Color don"t make a diff. but they prefer all from same type of bird. Hope this helps.



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TimPa

05-18-2008 10:16:46




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 Re: Off topic - entering eggs in local fair - any advice? in reply to Britcheflee, 05-17-2008 22:54:29  
yes, egg shell are porous, and must be handled carefully to not introduce bacteria into the egg. however, they need cleaned to handle in the kitchen. we've been selling eggs for 6 or 7 years now. you can wash them, but do not submerge them in water. we place them in a plastic crate and pour water (with bleach added) over them, then clean them with paper towels. use a new section of the paper towel for each egg. this cleans the dirt etc off in a safe manner, and leaves no residue like dry cleaning would. jmho.

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john hunt

05-18-2008 05:00:28




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 Re: Off topic - entering eggs in local fair - any advice? in reply to Britcheflee, 05-17-2008 22:54:29  
sure glad to see back out here



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jon

05-18-2008 04:36:19




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 Re: Off topic - entering eggs in local fair - any advice? in reply to Britcheflee, 05-17-2008 22:54:29  
I pretty much have been doing what gahorN's article says so I guess I'll live!

I've never showed any but I would think the cleaner the better. I did buy some egg wash once but it just seemed like a lot of chlorine & Clorox is cheaper if I go that route again.

I keep an old dishwashing sponge, the kind with one abasive side, & it does a great job on them. They have a thin membrane inside that protects the egg even if the shell is cracked a little so nothing funky is gonna get inside unless it's broken.

Good luck, hope you win a blue ribbon! (Not the kind Bruce likes :lol: )

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Jim SC

05-18-2008 03:46:12




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 Re: Off topic - entering eggs in local fair - any advice? in reply to Britcheflee, 05-17-2008 22:54:29  
As a youngster on a farm in Nebraska, my mother sold eggs from app. 200 hens twice a week. She and I would sit in the cool basement and "clean" every egg with a very fine sandpaper and she would get 2 cents per dozen extra for "ready-to-sell eggs. I think her rule was to not use wet rags on them also, just dry, soft cloths. I must say, that really seemed to make them look a lot better....unless my memory is playing tricks on me again. Good luck!

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gahorN

05-18-2008 03:59:35




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 Re: Off topic - entering eggs in local fair - any advice? in reply to Jim SC, 05-18-2008 03:46:12  
From a Google search on "how to clean eggs":

I bought farm eggs ("greens" and 'browns") and when I called my father to ask about the "green," I told him that the lady had not washed them and said only to wash right before eating. He said NO! DO NOT WASH EGGS! Most of my life he owned a refrigeration and air-conditioning business, and had mostly commercial accounts; one was a large egg distributor. The eggs you buy in the store have not been washed. They have run over rollers that have very, very, fine sandpaper on them to remove any poopy, or what not. He told me to take the eggs and use the finest sandpaper I could buy and sand only the poopy parts, not the whole egg if I don't have to. It is just as the lady had told me and the one here in the post said; if you wash them you remove a coating, allowing the eggs to become porous and bacteria enters the edible part of the egg. While eggs laid in straw beds are usually pretty clean, free range eggs etc., may not be, and the poopy is kind of stinky. Hope that this is helpful to someone.

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gahorN

05-18-2008 04:02:43




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 Re: Off topic - entering eggs in local fair - any advice? in reply to gahorN, 05-18-2008 03:59:35  
And completely contrary info from Virginia Tech (this is the source I'd believe!)

http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/poultry/factsheets/9.html



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gahorN

05-18-2008 04:13:16




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 Re: Off topic - entering eggs in local fair - any advice? in reply to gahorN, 05-18-2008 04:02:43  
And another, even better (with illustrations) from Nebraska University. (THEY ought to know!)

http://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/epublic/live/g1724/build/g1724.pdf



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