Is that egg bad? How to tell (spoiler - it's not the float test)

[@xSilentRecon]

excellent video. i feel like everyone who consumes eggs needs to watch this. the float test is pretty much the universal go-to it seems, but the smell test is the most reliable. thanks!

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you. Yes it's interesting how something gets repeated so many times that people think it must be true 😀

[@gibbyssofa8368]

*eggcelent

[@hugoapresname]

This was really great. So informative🙏 Though the food is good, the ‚mind‘ can be poisoned with worry😅

[@kylekhan8183]

Wow what an amazing video. I appreciate how well you are able to articulate this information for us, thank you

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you so much 🙂

[@lisamariebrayden4771]

You did a really nice job on this video, thank you! @@chickensinmygarden

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you! I appreciate the compliment

[@albacorao]

Thank you one more time for your fantastic work and devotion.

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you for watching and for your kind compliment 🙂

[@alisenokmouse]

Most of people are afraid of anything "weird" and wants to get rid off to not risk by health. Wanted to know the facts and finally found someone who explained everything, thank you a lot!!!

[@chickensinmygarden]

These days so many people only experience "food" that they get from the grocery store and expect everything to look the same. But they don't get a chance to find out that how food tastes and how healthy it is are not related to how standard it looks. Thank you for watching and for your comment, I really appreciate it 😊

[@thehansepeter]

Finally an proper explanation!

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thanks so much 🙂

[@CBReal1290]

Clear, Concise and relatively short video… I vote it Egg-cellent! Thank You!

[@chickensinmygarden]

😃 Egg-cellent! Thank you very much!

[@ozyrob1]

Extremely good tutorial. Well done. 👍

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you very much 🙂

[@CrystalandBern]

Another very informative video! Thank you!

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you. This one came about because one of my subscribers asked the question 🙂

[@lynnmillard1666]

Beautifully informative video. Great delivery. Bok bok❣️❣️

[@Kinironiba]

Your videos are so informative and accessible and I've really loved how much I've learned by watching them. I was drawn to your channel by the series on feather pattern genetics - do you ever think about doing a similar series about the genetics of other things we see in chickens, like number of toes or feather shape? I really appreciate the clear way you explain things and would love to get a better understanding of what's happening genetically that chickens like Silkies, Frizzles and Polish chickens have such interesting feather types! I hope the newer chickens you added have been happily integrated into the flock. :) If you don't already have one in the works I'd be delighted to see an update on how they are and to learn more about why you selected the chickens you did to have in your new garden. Thank you for this lovely channel!

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you for your kind compliments. Yes my latest 5 hens are completely integrated with the older 3. For months they seemed mixed during the day but slept in separate groups on the perch at night but now they are mixed up along the perch too. I included a buff laced Wyandotte in this year's hatch out of nostalgia for my old line but the only chick to hatch (from 6 eggs - fortunately a girl - you see her in my video about pumpkins because her name is Pumpkin). Anyway she's not a patch on the colour or lacing of my previous line. Now we live in town I won't be doing any more breeding but I have thought about doing some more genetics videos, even if I can't use my own chickens to demonstrate. Frizzle and Silkie feathers would certainly be interesting.

[@Kinironiba]

@@chickensinmygarden Very lucky indeed that Pumpkin ended up being a girl... and what a charming name for her. I can see what you mean about the colour and patterns being not quite as sharp or eye-catching as your previous line. What a terrible shame the way things ended for them. I know it's been a while now, but I'm sorry for your loss.

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you. However I'm enjoying the chickens I have now. I've had Barnevelders before (those are my 3 older hens) and they were pretty good all-rounders as well has having that beautiful double-laced feather pattern. I hatched 10 out of 12 eggs that year but only 3 were girls. However the 1 "blue" one was a girl so that was lucky and I found a home for all the boys together. Last summer I hatched a mixture of breeds. The buff laced Wyandottes, plus 3 mottled leghorns and 3 Faverolles. I was keen on the mottled leghorns because I like the white eggs (and the Barnevelders lay brown). Unlike most leghorns this mottled leghorn line has a reputation for being less flighty and more friendly, and that has certainly turned out to be true - they are very people-friendly. The breeder of the mottled leghorns could only spare me those 3 eggs but 2 hatched and they were both girls. She (the breeder) also breeds Faverolles, which I've never had before, so I took 3 of those eggs too just to make up the 12 that fit in my incubator. 2 of them hatched - a boy who I eventually found a loving home for and this girl. She features a bit in my recent video about chickens dreaming although I don't think you get to see her funny feathery feet - they are why I call her Pantouffle - a wonderful French word meaning slippers. From what I hear she's typical of the breed - extremely friendly and a good layer of only medium-size eggs. It remains to be seen whether she will be a good winter layer once she's mature. So that's my current flock and at 7 is really pushing the number I want in this space so I won't be hatching any more this season. What breeds do you have and want, and why?

[@Kinironiba]

@@chickensinmygarden How lovely, it's always so delightful to hear what people name their chickens and why. I currently have chickens vicariously through a dear friend who I helped to build a backyard coop. He bought four young pullets that were Easter Egger / Silkie crosses, specifically because they're known to be smaller and quieter from the Silkie side but decent egg laying from the Easter Egger half. They were all beautiful... and then three of the four turned out to be beautiful little roosters! He found new loving homes for them but I was most heartbroken to say goodbye to Reptar, who was the only one of the four to have the fluffy Silkie feathers and, when they were little, looked like nothing so much as a funny, scraggly little brown dinosaur next to his siblings. He grew up to be incredibly charming and friendly and goofy looking, with beautiful vibrant blue ears and a funny little almost purple coloured comb, and small enough to hold in one hand... but unfortunately, my friend couldn't keep any roosters. With just one sweet little buff coloured mix left (her name is Blossom), my friend went out and adopted some adult hens from somebody downsizing his flock... two Barnevelders, as a matter of fact! The larger of the two, Mrs. Benedict, has a very distinctive warbling call that sounds like a dignified elderly lady from a period drama calling for her smelling salts. We were both drawn to that beautiful double laced pattern even before we knew what it was called. My friend also adopted an Easter Egger who is a lilac color who has the most magnificent grey mutton chops. That's his little flock of five that I help out with now and then - the source of my chicken addiction! I can't have any of my own right now but I think I could easily spend weeks researching breeds before deciding, if I find myself in the fortunate position of being able to have some in the future. I was so intrigued by how very different all four of his original hybrids looked, I really wanted to know how that all worked.

[@dquinn8344]

She seems like one of the last few normal women left on earth...Great video...THANKS!!!

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you. Have a great day 😊

[@notmyhome]

Very good information!

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thanks 🙂

[@christinevano7901]

thank you I love these videos, they have really helped me with my own chickens. They are also a great resource to go back to whenever I need some suggestions on what to do for a broody hen for example. Just watched that one again then went outside and took my chicken out of the nesting box. She didn't like it but seemed to be okay. This is all new to me so thanks for the great advice.

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thanks for the feedback 🙂 I'm glad you find them useful. I started out with chickens 15 years ago and I'm still learning. Chickens make wonderful teachers

[@lionelneal5683]

Cheers for that, all questions answered

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thanks 🙂

[@salerherman7794]

If only all farmers had this level of knowledge when caring for their chicken eggs. What we get from the grocery stores are eggs that are mass produced with chickens grown in cages, sleeping and feeding in their own waste. A real treat to buy from farmers such as yourself, when possible. Great info.

[@chickensinmygarden]

Unfortunately people want to buy cheap eggs and don't want to know where they come from.

[@hollywoodsse]

Great video! Very informative 👏

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you so much!

[@emduplessis9996]

Excellent information. Thank you Maam! Oh, and I love your chickens!

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you! From me and my chickens 😊

[@bmartino9]

Thank you for the helpful and informative explanation on eggs 🥚

[@chickensinmygarden]

You're welcome. Thank you for watching 😊

[@kamilaewska1663]

Very informative and concise. Thank you

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you so much. Have a great day 😊

[@nancymccarthy8914]

Thank u so very much! I am one of those ppl who tend to question things and second guess something when I don’t understand how we got from point A to point C. In your video u not only told what to look for u also explained how and why.

[@chickensinmygarden]

I'm one of those people too. I suspect that a lot of wonderful inventions and discoveries came from people who wondered why and how and what is really true. And chickens are so fascinating I love to share. Have a wonderful day.

[@debbiegraham5585]

Thank you for your eggspertise on testing the eggs ❤

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you for watching 😊 Have a great day

[@leroysorber2661]

Thank you ,very informative! God bless you n yours .

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you. Have a wonderful day 🙂

[@vickyannpaintingwithoils]

I love the definition of "bad." 😄Have an amazing day!

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you. You too🙂

[@vickyannpaintingwithoils]

@@chickensinmygarden Can you tell me why some of my new hens are laying really small eggs? I call them robin eggs because I have no other frame of reference. I can't tell if they are the new chick hens or the older ones I brought home with some conditions I have been battling.

[@chickensinmygarden]

How small is small? An ounce or more (30 grams)? Or really tiny like a robin's egg? Do they have a yolk? Really tiny eggs are called fairy eggs and sometimes have no yolk. See kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGmnlHuMocuHfKs But if they are bigger than an ounce they are probably just the first eggs from your younger hens.

[@vickyannpaintingwithoils]

@@chickensinmygarden They are 1.2 oz/34 g. They are perfect brown eggs with a rich yoke. I think they might be the first eggs from the Ayam Cemani hens that I let my hen hatch months ago. This is so fun! Thank you.

[@chickensinmygarden]

That sounds right. Hooray - great celebrations in your chicken coop 🙂🐥🎉

[@HappyHeathen-JD]

So much great info - Thank you! I got some farm eggs from a friend and am planning on water glassing them. Just for fun because I've never done it and wanted to try it! 😊 Also... our town recently allowed people to have a few chickens, which I'm considering... So - just subscribed! ❤

[@chickensinmygarden]

What a wonderful decision by your town! Yes, do consider having chickens - they will completely change your view about chickens if you let them.

[@rebeccaharp3254]

Fascinating. Thank you

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thanks for watching 🙂

[@CalebRoc_Runs]

This is the best video I have ever watched. Thank you so much! I was just about to float my eggs.

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you so much. Have a great day

[@sgmarr]

Great information! I have thrown.eggs out, based on.some things you have shared as Good! Greenish whites, blood spots, mottled yolks, etc I was a farmer's girl, but I still viewed these things as undesirable. Now I know better.

[@chickensinmygarden]

I'm glad that was useful. Thanks for watching. Do check out some of my other videos. Have a great day 🙂

[@JH-eg7mq]

Thank you so much! This is the best video on egg health and safety I have seen!

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you 🙂 You might be interested in some of my other videos in my playlist about eggs Yummy eggs: kzbin.info/aero/PLZkmuqBJd8WQ_J3n0tBd0VU1KgHmEIpdx

[@marysurbanchickengarden]

I tend to break my eggs in a small bowl before cooking. I do use the float test to test for freshness for hard boiled eggs. If you've ever tried to peel a fresh egg, then you know you want them to be several weeks old and brought to room temperature before boiling.

[@chickensinmygarden]

Hard- b oiled fresh eggs are just impossible to peel! But I didn't know about bringing them to room temperature before boiling

[@koshermal]

I've always heard this but have never had a problem with our backyard eggs. That said, ours are always at room temperature because we store them... In a room 😛

[@Hannekevanaalst]

Thank you from the Netherlands for your very interesting videos! I subscribed and hope you keep going. To ensure the cleanliness of our eggs, we built roll away nesting boxes. But a number of our chickens prefer to lay in the straw underneath the perch. So they are often very dirty. How can we persuade them to change their minds?

[@chickensinmygarden]

Ah, straw is much more appealing to chickens than a roll-away nest box liner. I did a video about it recently kzbin.info/www/bejne/opWToHqdfNerl5Y Were you having problems with dirty eggs? Maybe you can fix the dirt problem rather than make the nest boxes so bare?

[@peterdavid2381]

Good morning, again a very informative and interesting Video 👍👍👍 Have a good time ! Here in Germany it's becoming cold now, (after a very hot and Dr summer) tomorrow we expect 4°c in the daytime and for the night -3°c Peter 🐓

[@chickensinmygarden]

My goodness that's cold! And it's only November! Here on the coast where I live it is very rare to get temperatures as low as 0°C even in mid-winter. Today has been raining but it was 21°C and last night it was 16°C. Best wishes 🙂

[@lensmanicfeleven1847]

..VERY Pleasant Video..Top Job !....

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you so much 🙂

[@daisybutler812]

Very educational! Thanks so much!

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you 😊

[@eighty88eight]

Glad now egg thrown garden never broke . . thanks lady.

[@chickensinmygarden]

A lucky escape, eh? 😀

[@catejordan7244]

I don’t have chickens but I am very curious about what you are using to hold up the netting on your garden beds

[@chickensinmygarden]

I'm trying a few different options. You can see a couple of them in this video. One is metal stakes with white curly tops. They are sold here by farm supply stores for supporting electric fence tape. The bottom has two prongs that easily push into the ground and come out again. You get a closer look at them in my video about fences kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKK5h5V4pteogNUsi=W2KMB3vQklv8-QPK The other system you see is made of bits of pipe. At our previous place the frame of the chicken run was a frame sold as a "temporary" carport. It lasted about ten years before parts of it rusted out and we replaced it. I also used one as a summer cover for my strawberry beds. So I had a few bits of this metal piping which I cut into short lengths and pushed into the soil at the corners of the garden bed you see in this video. I also found some long lengths of irrigation pipe which the previous owners left at our current house. It's black and quite stiff. I cut that into about 3 metre lengths and pushed each end into one of the metal pipes on each side of the bed. The irrigation hose is almost stiff enough to stand up on its own. The netting is draped over and then hooked around the bottom onto fence staples that are only hammered halfway into the timber garden bed. This keeps the birds out and the stretched netting adds extra support to the black pipe supports. It sounds complicated to write. Maybe I need a video 😀

[@addltd]

Thank you for sharing!

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank You!

[@kellycarver2500]

Very informative video, thank you. You always do a great job making these for us. This has nothing to do w the vid, but have u seen karen kingston and marie zee/latypova show on red voice media yet?

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you. No I don't think it's available in New Zealand.

[@helenaatalaia5762]

Thank you for your work! Do you have any videos to prevent salmonella in the eggs?

[@chickensinmygarden]

The most foolproof way is to have no salmonella infecting your flock. But actually most salmonella found in egg dishes has come from poop on the outside of the shell, so having clean eggs, laid in clean nest boxes is key. I cover it a bit in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmiad61jdpaXhs0 And don't wash away the protective bloom from the eggshell kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYuteZyNaNqfb9Usi=8OxwCxLhhjFp2z8b

[@dorothyharper4285]

Wonderful very educational video that I was not expecting to find! So fun to watch and I loved your beautiful garden! Everything looked so neatly organized and clean. So beautiful ! Thank you🍒 🥕🥬🍅🥦🍆 🫑

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you so much. Most of my videos are about chickens but I did a quick walk-through of my garden last summer which you might be interested in kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4K7l2ywm6ufgtk Or check out some others in my playlist about eggs Yummy eggs: kzbin.info/aero/PLZkmuqBJd8WQ_J3n0tBd0VU1KgHmEIpdx Thanks for watching. Have a great day!

[@logandashiell2584]

Very educational, I'm glad I watched this. I'd heard that eggs can be good to eat for a long time, but once they float they're inedible. I see now that that is... less than true.

[@chickensinmygarden]

The simple answer is seldom the whole story 🙂

[@marthacastro9162]

Excellent video!❤

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you so much 🙂

[@goymedhundDogtrainingBehavior]

So i understand this as i can cook /bake with eggs that looks fine - does not pass the water test but looks and smell fine? I could not even see the difference between my old eggs and the new.. Maybe the yolk was a bit more yellow..no smell - no nothing.. They have been in my very cold fridge since march and never been taken out.. They are clean. . Can i use them in baking ?? Thank you for this fantastic video. You just earned a new subscriber. Greetings form Norway :)

[@chickensinmygarden]

Yes if it looks fine and smells fine it should be perfectly fine. In July I was eating eggs laid in February 🙂

[@goymedhundDogtrainingBehavior]

@@chickensinmygarden Thank you so much :)

[@Hackedaccount7372]

Very helpful, thanks! 😊

[@chickensinmygarden]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching 🙂

[@MichaelButh-n5u]

Great video

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you so much 😊

[@karenhancock542]

Very, helpful! I do have a question, though. How does one clean eggs that have gotten dirty from muddy feet without removing the bloom? And, if the bloom gets washed off does that mean the egg won't last as long, ie., gets dried out faster? Thanks for your very informative videos!

[@chickensinmygarden]

The best option is: - if it's just a smear of dry mud, ignore it. - if it's a lump, knock it off then rub just that spot with a dry rough cloth or plastic dish scrubber. Don't store it more than a few days in the fridge. - if it's very dirty wash it in WARM water then dry immediately and use today or tomorrow - if it's poo-y feed it to the animals. 🙂

[@ple8379]

Honestly, I'm really not so sure still. I'm live in Europe, and here, eggs aren't washed before selling to customers, and are not stored in the fridge. So you could have an egg that's still fresh with feathers and dirt on it. If I feel a funky smell, given that the egg was not washed, I honestly don't know if that smell is because the egg has gone bad, or is it just because it wasn't washed. I never dealt with actually bad eggs so I don't know what smell am I looking for. I once had an egg which looked good, did not smell - neither the shell or after cracking. Looked perfectly fine on the inside too. I went ahead to fry it on a pan, but then the white started getting green and creating very big air bubbles which definitely wasn't normal to me, but it smelled perfectly normal. I threw it away just in case, but still I wonder about it, what was it with that egg, never seen something like that before.

[@chickensinmygarden]

Ah - the "green" egg "white"! It's a thing! Egg white can look green because the hen had a lot of riboflavin (vitamin B2) in her diet, perhaps from lots and lots of green leaves, or because she ate lots of cottonseed or acorns. In either of these cases there will be no bad smell and the egg is safe to eat. The white can also look green (kind of a bright, almost fluorescent or neon green) if the egg is contaminated with bacteria called Pseudomonas. In this case there is a definite bad smell and the egg is not safe to eat. Usually these green colours are apparent even before cooking. The only thing I know that causes the white to start out looking normal and to go green on cooking is the formation of iron sulfide - this is very common as a dark greenish ring around the yolk of an overdone hard-boiled egg. Again, there is no obvious smell and the egg is safe to eat.

[@mcoggeshall2448]

Question, what if you smell your cracked eggs but while cooking, you get the rotten egg/fishy smell?

[@chickensinmygarden]

I haven't come across that, but I do know that if you overcook egg yolk it will produce hydrogen sulphide, which smells bad. That's also what makes that green ring around overcooked boiled eggs. One time I had fried eggs that smelled really fishy - I found out they had been cooked in a pan after cooking kippers!

[@vickyannpaintingwithoils]

Off topic question because I trust your advice above all others. I have been seeing many videos out about people mixing their own whole grain feed for chickens and on its face it seems like a cheaper healthier idea. Many of them include flax or lentil, split pea or something of that type. I am sure you know there are always two extreme camps when it comes to chicken rules. For instance I read that flax is amazing at adding Omega 3 fatty acids to the chickens diets making the eggs healthier. I also read that flax has damaging effects on chicken livers. The hens lay smaller eggs and eat less on average so the birds are smaller and prone to liver hemorage. It is so hard to know what is true and what someone else just hasn't experienced yet. Can you speak to that confusion? Cheers to you and your other half.

[@chickensinmygarden]

Interestingly I have the topic of homemade chicken feed on my shortlist of topics for a video and like you I've seen a bit of comment about it lately. To answer about Omega 3 - it's true that increasing the Omega 3 in the chicken feed does increase the Omega 3 in the eggs. But I'm not sure of the concentration of Omega 3 in flax relative to the level in commercial chicken feed (and it's quite possible that the level in flax could vary significantly depending on where and how it was grown and how it has been processed and stored). On the broader topic of mixing your own wholegrain chicken feed, it will almost certainly be much less healthy than commercial feed, and probably also more expensive unless you are really prepared to have your chickens malnourished on the cheapest calories available. The formulation of feed for today's highly productive chickens is a very complicated balance of the dozens of different nutrients they require. I'll include some details when I do that video. But the short answer is that I'm all in favour of adding healthy treats and additions to the chickens' diet, but no more than 10% of the total, otherwise you risk diluting some of those essentials.

[@vickyannpaintingwithoils]

@@chickensinmygarden I can't wait to watch your video. You go through things pro and con, with a scientific mindset like I do, which is rare these days. Thank you! I mixed together one of the mixtures and it is more like a scratch grain to me. So I only give it to them in the yard every couple of days but I notice they don't really care for the whole corn grain and such. They love the cracked. Which makes sense because when Gideon the handsome rooster takes a nut or a morsel from my hand he breaks it for the hens and drops it and then they eat it. So much of what I experience with my flock is the opposite of what many of these new youtube channels, seemingly all at the same time are professing. Much of their information is in my experience not correct.

[@chickensinmygarden]

Ah but your chickens know 🙂🐥🐥

[@vickyannpaintingwithoils]

Indeed! They teach us if we listen. Thank you!

[@pseudopetrus]

Very informative!

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thanks 🙂

[@pseudopetrus]

@@chickensinmygarden Thank you! I have learned so much from you!

[@kida12]

I got eggs (for free!!) from a friend and have no idea how old they might have been. I know they were stored at room temp. When we'd crack them into a pan the yolks ALWAYS broke. Also the whites seemed a bit runnier than store eggs. They were fine to eat, but I wonder if you would know why the yolks always broke?

[@chickensinmygarden]

It is because the eggs were older. As the eggs age, lots of changes occur. Having runnier whites is one of them (although some other factors can cause runnier whites)- in fact the runniness of the white, measured in Haugh units, is one of the measures of quality for grading eggs. Another change over time is the loss of strength of the membrane around the yolk. Water moves across the membrane from the white to the yolk, stretching the yolk membrane. At the same time changes in pH are also weakening the membrane. So it breaks more easily.

[@kida12]

TY! I love your videos because they are so educational.

[@naomi2646]

Are chicken eggs safe to eat if left in nest with temperature of 106 outside

[@chickensinmygarden]

The short answer is yes. How hot the temperature is doesn't affect how safely edible the eggs are - after all, we eat eggs that have been at much higher temperature - we just call them hard-boiled eggs 😃 If the egg was at 106 degrees Fahrenheit it won't be cooked, but the nest box might have been hotter than the outside temperature. But of course if the egg was cracked or contaminated it could be unsafe to eat regardless of the temperature. 106 is very hot. I hope you and your chickens have somewhere cool to relax in.

[@pattiannepascual]

Keeping chickens in that high heat is animal abuse 🤬

[@G-mom-A]

Thanks 🙏

[@antonioramos7139]

What if once you've cracked an egg into a pan, a mottley egg yolk does not hold its shape, but runs all over the pan? Some eggs, no matter how carefully i break them onto the pan, just run all over the place. In other words, is a "watery" egg yolk that doesn't hold its shape a bad egg?

[@chickensinmygarden]

If it smells ok (and tastes ok) it's probably not going to make you sick, but a watery mottled-looking yolk might be old or have been stored too hot - not ideal at all. If it's just occasional, I would probably not eat it. If it happens a lot, I would be asking where the eggs came from.

[@olson.pamela]

Thank you for another good video. My little neurotic girl that had finally grown back the feathers on her bare behind died this morning. She hadn’t laid since July, and her comb has been gray for the last two months. She was eating regular and acting normal tho less noisy but I knew she was off. I dewormed her a month ago but there doesn’t seem to be evidence she had worms. I am very sad. I so wish I knew what went wrong. Maybe you could do a video on why chickens die. My two other girls are very healthy with bright red combs. I raised them from chicks. My little neurotic Valentine was bought from a farm at 3 months.

[@chickensinmygarden]

Oh that is sad, I'm sorry to hear she didn't make it. There are lots of possible reasons why chickens die, and sometimes we don't really know. All we can do is be grateful for the joy they bring while they are with us, and hope we gave them some happiness too ❤

[@olson.pamela]

@@chickensinmygarden Thank you.

[@melwakefield1137]

Great presentation but I just watched the whole thing hoping it would tell me if my eggs were fresh enough to have boiled eggs for my breakfast😂😂😂 wrong video!!!

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thanks and Sorry 😒

[@mrhalfstep]

LOL! Bad, Gone Off, Gone Rotten, Become Bacterially Contaminated, Is Spoiled, Decomposed, Decayed, Putrid, Unwholesome, Fetid, Foul, Rank, Gross. Sounds like John Cleese in the old Monty Python skit about returning the dead parrot. You Brits!

[@chickensinmygarden]

That was exactly what I had in mind! But I don't think anyone else noticed 😀

[@mrhalfstep]

They probably didn't notice. After all, not everyone has our refined sense of humor!😉@@chickensinmygarden

[@sydneybristo22]

Thank you very much!

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you for watching 🙂

[@zm8575]

Very informative , Superb work , just want to point a cloudy egg white in a freshly laid egg is because of dissolved Co2 and not oxygen .

[@chickensinmygarden]

Whoops! Thank you so much 🙂

[@zm8575]

@@chickensinmygarden My Pleasure ... you explain complex things in the most easy way .

[@janetpaul7357]

So then how will we know if it has salmonella?

[@Sydney-bt8jm]

Thank you

[@chickensinmygarden]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching 😊

[@suraiyaakter5125]

when i cracked my egg it was kinda jellyish and it was sticking with the shell is it fresh ? it was floating just fine and have good texture but at the bottom it was jellyish plz someone reply

[@chickensinmygarden]

That sounds a bit like albumin (the egg white part) with a low hydration - less watery than usual. This can happen if it's a very old egg or been in a very dry environment for quite a while but it can also occur in a fresh egg from some older hens. Was the egg from your hen or did you buy it?

[@suraiyaakter5125]

i brought it @@chickensinmygarden

[@chickensinmygarden]

Then you might never know the reason, but it's likely a quality control failure somewhere along the line

[@austininmississippi2280]

What about eggs that are liqiddy, runny?

[@chickensinmygarden]

If the whites are runny, that means they are old, but they are still ok to eat if they look and smell normal 🙂

[@johnwhitney6736]

Please put a sample of a two month old egg under a microscope and view the bacterial

[@koshermal]

When you were talking about the sniff test, I thought you were going to say hydrogen sulphide was the distinctive smell of Ro....torua!

[@chickensinmygarden]

You are so right! Volcanic gases have lots of hydrogen sulphide 😀

[@phillipray592]

Thanks awesome video!

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you. I appreciate it 🙂

[@evelynrogers7145]

Very interesting

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you 🙂

[@DavidKos-h9m]

Your children should feel blessed

[@chickensinmygarden]

That's kind of you. Thank you so much 😊

[@Liberallez]

GOOD STUFF!!! Excellent information presented clearly (except for that weird accent)!!!😝😜🥰

[@chickensinmygarden]

Ah but the weird accent is entertaining, eh?

[@Lewisusa11]

I have eggs in my garage fridge that are a year old. they are from my girls. I am assuming they are O.k?

[@chickensinmygarden]

They might be rather light (weight) from dehydration. Pick one up and feel it. Check the outside of the shell for any mould or other discolouration. Then open one and see what it looks like. Most likely your garage fridge has a low humidity and after a year you might find the egg contents have lost so much moisture that they are jammy or gummy consistency. But if they look and smell edible, they should be safe.

[@Lewisusa11]

@@chickensinmygarden Thanks so much for the quick reply. I have 16 girls and am very close to getting my Freeze dryer up and running. I am planning on FDing most of these eggs, as long as they are good. I appreciate all of your great info and efforts. Look forward to seeing more! Chris

[@chickensinmygarden]

Ooh, freeze drying eggs! I know nothing about that. It sounds fascinating! Do let me know how it goes!

[@Chris-xe2bq]

I got eggs from a year ago, are they still good to eat?

[@chickensinmygarden]

When you open them, let me know 🙂 I have opened eggs that were older than that but just stored at room temperature and they were all dried up inside like jello. But no smell.

[@Chris-xe2bq]

@@chickensinmygarden they have been in the fridge never moved them never took them out of the carton. I hope I can still eat them 😩

[@chickensinmygarden]

Well ... what do they look like inside? I can't wait to hear 🙂

[@Chris-xe2bq]

@chickensinmygarden I haven't opened them yet but they are pasture raised eggs, no cracks brown eggs

[@chickensinmygarden]

So far so good. Smell ok?

[@kbullet7385]

My egg is very watery but doesn't smell wish me luck

[@chickensinmygarden]

Good luck! I expect you know by now how it was 🙂

[@keelymunoz6960]

Hello. We have a chicken who lays cloudy eggs. They are NOT fresh. It’s only one chicken, and the eggs are always cloudy. Do you know what this could be? Everything I read says they are fresh, but I promise you they aren’t 😂

[@chickensinmygarden]

Actually No I don't know but I do know what you mean because I have a hen who used to do that too. We ate the eggs and they seemed normal when cooked. Eventually her eggs stopped being cloudy and I never worked out what caused it.

[@keelymunoz6960]

@@chickensinmygarden Thank you for replying! We have not been eating those eggs because we're afraid they're contaminated with something. It's good to know someone else has experienced this and did not get sick.

[@sway2382]

But if I open the carton and it smells like cat piss, these eggs are bad!

[@chickensinmygarden]

Or there has been a cat making his mark around the cartons of eggs! 😄😄

[@sway2382]

@@chickensinmygarden either way, In the bin, so sad :(

[@chickensinmygarden]

@sway2382 Compost.

[@shyandeanna]

Me tryna see if my egg is fresh because the date is a month expired 👀

[@chickensinmygarden]

Probably fine 🙂 How does it look and smell?

[@jedmccullough7809]

7:45 I already cooked the egg it was fine.

[@mrjp2149]

Thank you, though I think I just threw out a good egg. I guess I'd rather throw a few out then smell a bad egg.

[@chickensinmygarden]

That's a thought. I guess my stomach is pretty tough - I've smelled a few awful things before.

[@mrjp2149]

@@chickensinmygarden I did once and couldn't eat an egg for a year afterwards. But that was a long time ago and now looking at starting our own chicken coop. Fresh eggs are the best!

[@chickensinmygarden]

Oh yes, better not risk it then - it would be terrible not to like eggs. And home grown eggs are definitely the best!

[@denisepeel1327]

Lol...another Your nose knows test...for those of us that can't smell food is always a luck of the draw game...I take more chances than the average joe cause I hate waste...😮

[@chickensinmygarden]

I can't imagine how awful it must be, to be unable to smell. A huge amount of flavour is detected by smell. Food must be so disappointing!

[@denisepeel1327]

@@chickensinmygarden thankfully, I can taste. I don't know if it's the same as other people, but I love food. Thank God for the little things 🙏

[@chickensinmygarden]

@deniseclingenpeel1315 oh that's a relief! A world without flavour would be awful! Have a great day 😊

[@bigcws4522]

Awesome video thank you!

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you so much. Have a great day!