I made this video for my friend in NY who is getting Rhode Island Reds. These are the answers to your questions and more.
1)HOW TO YOU KEEP TRACK OF WHICH ARE THE FRESH EGGS IN THE FRIDGE?
2)HOW LONG DO EGGS KEEP IN THE FRIDGE
3)HOW TO SEPARATE EGGS FOR INCUBATION
HOW DO YOUR TELL WHICH EGG IS A HEN OR ROOSTER
4)HOW TO MAKE IN A MINUTE AN EGG VIEWER FOR SORTING; HOW DO YOU KNOW IF THERE IS A BABY CHICK INSIDE OF THE EGG
Duration : 0:5:54
@Gelzamac: We …
@Gelzamac: We always cleaned them with a damp towel. Orginally I was taught to clean them with vegetable oil. But truthfully, they were harder to clean with oil. I read in the Joy of Cooking cookbook, that 1 in 10,000 eggs are contaminated where people can get sick. That’s good to know about the egg tilting upward if they are old. Egg shells are porous for sure and also when they are old the protective membrane shrinks which allows the air to enter the egg. Thanks for commenting.(:
I’ve heard not to …
I’ve heard not to wash eggs in water but I still do and have never become sick from it. I rinse the eggs then let them sit a few minutes damp then I scrub them. They are much easier to clean that way. Also to see how old an egg is: submerge in water. If they tilt-up they are old. The older the egg the more air is absorbed through the shell.
@Caveman0713: To …
@Caveman0713: To bottom of the egg is pointed if it’s a rooster. A hen is very round at the bottom. It takes a while but with practice you can see the difference immediately.
I wash mine in our …
I wash mine in our lake which is about 20 feet from our hen house. Although I never completely grasped how to tell the difference between male and female eggs, I learned most of this from my grandparents.
@TrailerParkTrish …
@TrailerParkTrish Thank you : )
@dave777blaster: …
@dave777blaster: that a good game! I love it.
Well it’s a game we …
Well it’s a game we play I make him flies for fishing and charge him 1$ and he makes gives me eggs for his dollar back.
@vention4wh: The …
@vention4wh: The same with aging cheese too. When I lived in Italy we didn’t have a fridge. We had crocks of cheese covered in oil also in a cool dark place. The cheese ages quickly and stores for a long time. Or just dry the cheese in the open air. It will not spoil. and that’s how we made parmasan cheese too.
@dave777blaster: 1 …
@dave777blaster: 1 dollar a dozen is cheap. Good for you. You can also dehydrate eggs, but I like the oil method in the mason jar. The 1 inch of vegetable oil keeps the eggs good for about 3 month.
@eoptravel
Wow, …
@eoptravel
Wow, that oil method could come in handy during a power failure. Thanks. I’ll add that to my extended power failure check list.
You can freeze …
You can freeze eggs too but would only be good for baking purposes and not as good as fresh eggs by a long shot.
I buy mine for a 1$ a dozen from a friend up the road.
@KillaC4Mammie …
@KillaC4Mammie Congratulations!
@eoptravel LOL… …
@eoptravel LOL…didn’t see your reply.
@dave777blaster: …
@dave777blaster: Absolutely pickled boiled eggs are excellent for long time storeage and the live culture of the vinegar is good for your health and digestion.
@vention4wh Yes, …
@vention4wh Yes, Vention. A friend of mine explained that on her blog some time ago. YT is a PITA with links or I’d share, but you could google and find plenty info I’m sure. From what I remember, she used pickling lime, salt and water, and was very pleased witht the results.
@vention4wh: Ok, we …
@vention4wh: Ok, we did store eggs, but we cracked the eggs open and put them in mason jars and covered them with 1 inch of vegetable oil. The eggs stay good for about 3 months. If you use brine and water, the eggs get really salty. Brine is made with one cup of kosher salt-no minerals and 1 gallon of water. The smaller salt molecules goes inbetween the water molecules, and doesn’t raise the volume of the water. When the density of brine is made correctly, a whole egg will float..
@glock10mm: Yes, …
@glock10mm: Yes, that’s how they sort eggs and sell you fertilized eggs for brooding. I use to sort the eggs to sell on the ranch, that was my job.
@KillaC4Mammie: My …
@KillaC4Mammie: My new chicks will start laying about 8 weeks, the leghorns are growing inches every week. I get on average 178 eggs a month with only 6 hens with the new chicks it should be around 356 eggs a month. That’s alot of eggs.
@dave777blaster: …
@dave777blaster: BARTERING MAY BE OUR FUTURE CURRENCY THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING. WHEN I WAS YOUNG WE BARTERED FOR ENGINES WITH MEAT FROM STEERS. When my daughter was young and needed braces, the economy was horrid then too. I bartered my stainglass windows for her braces. Bartering is great. That’s why it’s important to have skills, either in carpentary, automechanic and animals including eggs, fish and garden produce. Who needs money, and in these times coming you can have money and starve
Congratulations, NY …
Congratulations, NY! You’ll love your new chickens.
Eggs and rabbits …
Eggs and rabbits are great for bartering
Yes…. I’m that …
Yes…. I’m that friend from NY…. Thanks again for the awesome tips! I should have my RIR chicks in about a week….. My coop will be delivered in about 2-3 weeks…. You must have a LOT of eggs with all your chickens.
@vention4wh pickled …
@vention4wh pickled boiled eggs for egg storage long term
i never knew you …
i never knew you could tell the sex of a chicken before its hached thats great info
I heard something …
I heard something about how people used to preserve eggs before refrigeration. I head that they coated them with oil for shorter term storage but for longer term they used to keep them under water in some kind of brine soluation. Have you head anything about this?