Snoxy Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Please don't but I've heard that you shouldn't eat an egg on the day it is laid...your comments appreciated Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 I have always eaten them right away They poach beautifully if they are really,really fresh! If you are going to hardboil them then you need to wait a few days or chunks of the white will peel away with the shell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phosphorus Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Its funny but I am sure that I read that about leaving eggs for 24 hours somewhere. I think it was in a cook book rather than a chicken book - haven't had it confirmed by anyone or seen it in a chicken book since though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 I've often eaten eggs within minutes of them leaving the nestbox . No adverse effects . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 I've often eaten mine straight after they were produced too... not noticed anything wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjules Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 I allow mine to cool to room temperature before cooking them - the eggxact can't work out the boiling times otherwise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoxy Posted April 27, 2008 Author Share Posted April 27, 2008 Thanks for all the replies...think we'll wait till we've got 6 eggs...hopefully tomorrow...then eat one each Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Off topic I know, but I just noticed that one of your hens is called Leia... That's now all my kids having some 'name twin' hen out there... well Indiana has a name twin cockerel... My eldest two have chickens named like them, and we were missing a Leia... Are these your first eggs? When we got our first, we soft boiled it and shared it between five of us (would have been six if Leia had been old enough to eat some too but back then she was still a baby). Enjoy your eggs, how will you cook them? PS : Sorry, just noticed your other thread, about first egg... makes my question about it redundant... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Please don't but I've heard that you shouldn't eat an egg on the day it is laid...your comments appreciated Thank you. Dont say that-i ate one today within hours of being laid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FruitandNutCake Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 My eldest son ate both our first eggs within minutes of them being laid! He is still OK. He hasn't wanted to eat any today though - so I might have them in a sandwich for lunch tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 I think it may have come from slightly older eggs being better for baking cakes with, not necessarily that they are bad for you or anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 (edited) Also...slightly older eggs peel more easily when hard boiled. We often eat eggs on the day they have been laid. Edited April 28, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoxy Posted April 27, 2008 Author Share Posted April 27, 2008 Hi Ziggy My son, Christian who is only 7 named his chicken Princess Leia after the Star Wars character...very clever as she will be a 'layer' one day...hopefully Is you daughter's name pronouced Leea or Layer? Cleopatra's 1st 3 eggs weighed 37, 38 and 41gms but Fifi's 1st egg which arrived today weighed 58gms. Hopefully we will have 6 by tomorrow so we can all have one each with our dinner tomorrow I am planning to poach the eggs and put them on top of our chorizo and couscous...yum I don't think my childen will have 'twin' chicken names cos two of our boys are named Matthew (Matt) and James and our daughter is named Ellin. Very best wishes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 My son, Christian who is only 7 named his chicken Princess Leia after the Star Wars character...very clever as she will be a 'layer' one day...hopefully A very clever lad, with a very nice name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 DD1, aged 9 at the time, named DD4, also after Princess Leia in the Star Wars movies, and we pronounce it as in the movie, though many people pronounce it Leeia... My first reaction when she suggested Leia as a name was 'not over my dead body'... all I could picture in my head was the bun hairstyle.... but after repeating the name for a while I really liked it... We have Jenny, Suki, Indiana and Leia... wasn't surprised to find a Jenny hen, but Suki came more as a surpise, and so did Indiana the cockerel... thanks to your son we now have the lot... (there was apparently a Princess Layer and Hen Solo before, but this is the full correct spelling)... Sounds like a yummy way to eat your eggs... I hope you enjoy them thoroughly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoxy Posted April 28, 2008 Author Share Posted April 28, 2008 YAY...so happy your daughter is named after the Star Wars character...I thought maybe it was a name from foreign parts...as it sounds exotic . Well done DD1! I love the name Jenny and it was in my top 3 names when we found out we were expecting a daughter...at last We eventually decided on Ellin...it is a combination of two grandmas names 'Ell' (Ellen) and 'in' (Win(ifred)...although we've since found out it is a name in it's own right too...more American (Irving Berlin's 2nd wife I believe was named Ellin) than English...it is also a Welsh form of Helen if spelt with one l. A little bit of trivia to keep you going...tee, hee, hee! Enjoy your day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...