I always peel before smoking, have never tried it w/ shells on.
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We just recovered from a couple of traumatic episodes tied to either a broody hen and/or a bacteria issue tied to the nesting boxes. Tracie cracked a fairly fresh egg (<10 days) that had an embryo in it and of course, that went over like a fart in church. Then speaking of farts, I made an omelet with rotten eggs despite them being less than 2 weeks old and they didn't float when I checked them. As it turned out, we had several week old eggs that had already spoiled. I've never had to separate a broody hen, but I've had one that just wouldn't give up, so I removed her and cleaned out the nesting boxes. So far, so good *knock on wood*. I cracked a dozen week old eggs without issue last night. 
Dang! I haven’t run into that issue yet. Guess I didn’t even really know it was a possibility! I’ll have to stay on my toes, as we are usually eating and selling eggs that are 3+ weeks old. Even though I leave the eggs unwashed, I do refrigerate them as soon as they’re pulled from the boxes though. I would assume that would help mitigate the chances of this spoilage issue happening.We just recovered from a couple of traumatic episodes tied to either a broody hen and/or a bacteria issue tied to the nesting boxes. Tracie cracked a fairly fresh egg (<10 days) that had an embryo in it and of course, that went over like a fart in church. Then speaking of farts, I made an omelet with rotten eggs despite them being less than 2 weeks old and they didn't float when I checked them. As it turned out, we had several week old eggs that had already spoiled. I've never had to separate a broody hen, but I've had one that just wouldn't give up, so I removed her and cleaned out the nesting boxes. So far, so good *knock on wood*. I cracked a dozen week old eggs without issue last night.
Glad no one got sick Jesse, shit happens.
RCA time tho
- is this a timing issue for egg removal from nests or a handling/storage/dating failure? An A4, 5 Whys, or an 8D are all acceptable from involved parties.
Coop to carton, carton to fridge, when carton is full, it gets it's date. They fill up in 1-2 days so it's a bit easier since it's a daily task for us.
RCA time tho
- is this a timing issue for egg removal from nests or a handling/storage/dating failure? An A4, 5 Whys, or an 8D are all acceptable from involved parties.Coop to carton, carton to fridge, when carton is full, it gets it's date. They fill up in 1-2 days so it's a bit easier since it's a daily task for us.
They were left in a bucket in the coop during cool/cold weather. I pull them from the nest every 2-3 days depending on my schedule. Never had issues like this in a decade of having chickens.
What about running a D.O.E.?Glad no one got sick Jesse, shit happens.
RCA time tho
Coop to carton, carton to fridge, when carton is full, it gets it's date. They fill up in 1-2 days so it's a bit easier since it's a daily task for us.
The TLAs are killing meI gave you the AAR, so piss off
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Cracked the lid for the first time yesterday, day 93. No smell, no broken eggs. Took 20 off the top, rinsed and broke each into a small bowl before adding to the rest. Only difference is they are a little more runny and more than 50% broke their yoke when coming out. Cooked like normal scrambled eggs.
Me, Ty, and the Mrs. all ate a plate yesterday AM, still OK 1 day later. Next test will be in 30 more days.
pretty much my exact experiences with them, we are finishing our last ones that we did last October
After the last couple of weeks we are down to 4 chickens. Something has been killing them. She kept them in the pen this week and didn't have anything get any more. The one day was 6 chickens in a couple of minutes. Gotta be a dog or coyote. I'm guessing a neighbors dog. Usually happens once a year we have one day that we find feathers and the flock goes down by 4-5. This just happened a couple of times in the last 10 days or so. Oh well.
Dang, that would irritate the heck out of me. Do you have a rooster? (Yea… I know, probably a stupid question. lol)
Yeah, he got a little fucked up in the mix. Might of died actually. I didn't ask her if he lived
We had a chicken hawk die of lead poisoning this week. I didn't ask questions either
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So we got down to 2 hens and our beautiful white cock. I asked her if she was going to replace any of them and she said no. Then 6 more hens showed up today. 
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It's in the airSo we got down to 2 hens and our beautiful white cock. I asked her if she was going to replace any of them and she said no. Then 6 more hens showed up today.
At least these are 8 month old hens! You can have that mess you got yourself into.
ThatBuckeyeGuy
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I had the chance at 7 month old hens this week hatched from my own chickens I gave to My buddy when I moved....the wife said it's not the same and wanted to start over.... you know how it goes. It's times like these that makes it easier for her to look the other way when I drag stupid shit home lol