Eggs are widely eaten as a breakfast item in almost every household. Large families need even bigger batches to keep them full. Being a protein powerhouse, it is extremely important to keep eggs fresh and crisp.
Speckled eggs are perfectly fine. But dirty, grubby eggs are oh-so-unappetizing!
Your unhygienic egg production won’t do you any favours in the farmer’s market. Nor will they be well- received amongst your peers. So what should you do?
Imagine cracked egg shells and broken eggs, the egg-whites or the bright yellow yolk dripping from the sides and basically witnessing a major egg-disaster –certainly not a pleasant sight, is it?
As for someone who runs a poultry farming business, you certainly don’t want your customers coming back to your shop with frowns on their faces and eyes laced with anger because the eggs they bought from you broke on their way home.
Generally, freshly laid chicken eggs are dirty, often covered with mud, feathers and even poop. How do you clean these chicken eggs? Here is some advice.
One of the joys of chicken rearing is getting fresh and organic eggs right at your home. You don’t have to go to the grocery store every week to get your dozen eggs and all you need to do is go to the chicken pen and scoop off a couple of fresh eggs.
An egg is a fragile product, despite its hard shell, and must be handled with great care. As such, eggs should be packaged properly before storing and shipping. Doing this ensures that they are protected from microorganisms, moisture, tainting and excessive temperatures.
With the increasing awareness related to organic food, a lot of people are shifting to home-grown eggs over the ones available at the supermarket. These eggs are obviously healthier as you have better control over the feed and care of your chickens – but they aren’t that clean – there’s mud, chicken poop, and feathers on them which needs to be taken care off before these eggs go to your kitchen.
We recently did a post on how to wash your fresh laid poultry eggs properly. Following that, it only seemed fair to provide you with valuable tips for storing these eggs properly. First things first, it is important to make sure the eggs are clean before you store them. For tips on how to do that, read our post on How to Clean Freshly-Laid Eggs.
