Eggs - York,SC

Store ought eggs are ONLY different in that the go from chicken to warehouse to store... Which means that nearly all store bought eggs are

1) significantly older (usually at least 1-2 months older)
2) infected with salmonella (from the time in the warehouse)

Chicken to Mouth is MUCH healthier and safer. In countries and regions where eggs go from small farms (less than 100 chickens) direct to store, there is almost no incidence if salmonella.

We had chickens for several years. None of my kids had problems with chicken eggs.

I personally believe eggs from free range chickens are much healthier and better than the typical store bought egg.

BTW, your grandparents and their ancestors probably only ate eggs from chickens that roamed around the home. The chickens ate bugs, weeds, grass and scraps from the kitchen that the dog didn't eat first.

Good luck to you and yours.

Of course!!! My parents have many laying hens, and we get all our eggs from then. My son only eats those. You have less of a chance of sickness with fresh eggs, actually. No hormones in the chickens, no awful diets. Salmonella is not likely.

The way I see it the big difference between fresh eggs and store eggs, are the difference is the health of the chickens, and a road trip!

PS.
Please don't wash in chemicals, that's not safe.

They should be perfectly safe.

As long as you are sterilizing the shells (Clorox will do the trick) to get rid of anything that could get into the egg when cracked, there's no reason not to give him the good stuff!

My father grew up on a dairy farm, so as children we drank milk pretty much straight from the cow. Oh my... whole milk, real butter and homemade cheese... makes me hungry just thinking about it!

The eggs from the store can be in cold storage for up to 4 mts. before they get to the store & unless so specified not to are layed by hens who have been fed chemicals to make them produce! I raise chickens like you clean before consuming. I saw a saying yesterday on FB that I reposted...'Don't eat ANYTHING your great grandmother wouldn't recognize' I am thinking mine would not recognize the chemicals in mass produced eggs...give that boy some Good protein, your hen's product!

I don't want to ruffle any feathers, (sic) but do not use bleach on your eggs unless it is soooooooo watered down it WILL get into the liquid of the egg itself...sorry Krista :(

I have never refrigerated eggs and many people I know do not do it either. They do not have to be kept cold. It just makes them last longer. We often went for a whole week to young women's camp or some other activity and the eggs we took were just in a tub along with the other non refrigerated items.

I love fresh eggs! I really miss living on a farm...

I know you already answered your own question... but I wanted to toss this trick out if you don't already know it.

Put your eggs in a pan of water. If they stay on the bottom, they are the best. If they 'stand up', they are getting ready to go bad (so eat them quick!) and if they float to the top, toss them.