mojojojo Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Hi, I just posted this question in the chicken part of the forum but I suppose it fits better here!! My question is.... Do I need to do anything to my eggs before eating them?? MY OH thinks supermarkets do things to eggs before they hit the shops (his work colleages told him) but I assumed they are fine to eat. Do our chickens have to be vacinated or something before we can eat the eggs?? Or are his work mates talking rubbish!!! Thanks for your help!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 They are talking rubbish, sorry! Your eggs are absolutely perfect and just as nature intended them - no need for washing or anything! Your chooks will probably have been vaccinated as chicks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 yes they put a stamp on them shove them in a box then send them miles by road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojojojo Posted September 24, 2008 Author Share Posted September 24, 2008 Thats what I said!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve. Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 And they remove all flavour and goodness, and make the an unnatural yellow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Watch Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 MY OH thinks supermarkets do things to eggs before they hit the shops (his work colleages told him) but I assumed they are fine to eat. The lovely free range chicken farm I visited 2 years ago, just collected them and then put them on the lorry to the packing plant. There they are weighed (as eggs are graded by weight not size) and sprayed with the lion code (of the farm etc.) Nothing more than that. The only thing to note about supermarket eggs is that all the nice even coloured, "egg" shaped ones are chosen. All the wrinkled, torpedo, speckled eggs that I get would be rejected and sold as baking ingredients. So shop ones are all a bit uniform looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Yes someone I was chatting to in a supermarket the other day told me that their eggs get scanned by a light while being "processed" and any with double yolks are removed for baking produce as well as the weird ones. No wonder they all look the same in their military little boxes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
