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[Cyber Chook]

Hi, I saw a spiral egg rack on here once and can't find it again. Not the stainless steel one which is like a stand with rings coming off it, but it's sort of like a helter skelter, so the eggs move down as you take the bottom one out. It might have been made in cast iron, possibly.

 

Hope this rings a bell with someone.

 

Thanks!

 

Caroline

[alih]

it's called an egg skelter - if you google this you will get to their website - they are fantastic!

[superjules]

i have one and they're great. I'm going to get a bantam version too once my broody bantams all start laying again. There was a very long thread about them here:

 

http://club.omlet.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18662&highlight=skelter

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Ta da

 

Just in case there's anyone in the universe who I haven't told yet, you may like to know that the egg skelter on Freddie's website is mine . I don't get many opportunities for fame, so have to boast about this incessantly .

 

[Cyber Chook]

And very beautiful it looks too, Ain't "Ooops, word censored!"ody Here! Well done you!!

 

Thanks everyone, I might just buy myself one in celebration of The Supermarket deciding to cough up

 

Caroline

[..lay a little egg for me]

I would love one of these. Can anyone tell me, though, what range of egg sizes the standard model will take? I see they also do bantam and large egg varieties, so I wondered what range of sizes it will accommodate!

[superjules]

As long as your eggs are bigger than about 50g they're fine on the standard skelter, although Daffodil's 80g efforts look a bit precarious sometimes! Our bantam eggs are more like 32-38g so too small for a standard size skelter.

 

If you're going to get one, lalefm, based on the chooks you have in your sig, get a standard size definitely. Even if your girls start off laying 45g they'll soon be laying bigger ones which will fit nicely on the standard skelter.

[..lay a little egg for me]

Thanks, I think I will get the standard size one. Our eggs are pretty much always over 50g, but one hen in particular lays really large eggs...70g usually and today 110g ...I guess any that big will have to go in an egg box!

[Cyber Chook]

I'm feeling creative and I've been eyeing up those Pringles tubes, wondering if I can make my own egg thingy.... then I think "life's too short to make your own egg skelter, Caroline", but I might give it a go... the Pisces in me (fish going in opposite directions) makes most decisions a nightmare

 

Caroline

[Cooks]

this was one of my problems my hens lay smallish eggs at the moment, which is no problem but I wanted an egg skelter really (hubby prefers the ceramic hen) but there's no point getting one yet until their eggs get a little bigger, we are just hitting the 50'gs with Sugar and no hitting them often with Cocoa (although she has laid two bigguns) then she goes back to the normal size for her.

 

The ceramic hen is lovely though (even with it's cracked neck)

[beergibbon]

Is it okay then to keep eggs in one of those and not in the fridge? Does this affect how long you can keep the eggs for (and if so, any advice?)

 

Thanks

 

Neil

[..lay a little egg for me]

Ooooh, I replied to a similar thread just yesterday...can't find it now though!

Anyway, the people who make the egg skelter say eggs should not be kept in the fridge as it interferes with the antibacterial coating or something and that is why eggs in the supermarket are never in the chiller and they also say that eggs stored out of the fridge will keep for weeks. The hen gives a special antibacterial coating to the egg when she lays it...so clever! That's why you should never wash eggs, just brush off any dirt. Washing can force bacteria into the egg so contaminating it.

 

Also, according to Delia, for most baking/cooking jobs, eggs at room temp give better results.

 

I also checked on the Brit Eggs website (the official website for british eggs) and they say that a steady temp under 20degrees C is best. The fridge temp can vary quite a bit with the opening and closing of the door so eggs are best in a coolish place out of the fridge. They also say that lion stamped eggs have a use by date 27 days from being laid.

 

I must say mine never have a chance of being kept as long as 27 days! Three days is good going round here!

[BarbaraJ]

i have been thinking of one of these for a month or so , well today made up my mind and posted my check

[Woodchick]

First time I've seen these - a must have now that my three are all laying. It's a very thrilling moment the first day there are three eggs in the nest box!

[freddie]

Thanks again you lot!!!

At end of July I'm going to coerce the paint shop to try a few colours... I'll keep you posted on how it all goes.